As an enthusiastic skier, the sight of snow seldom fails to excite me. But sitting in another two-hour traffic jam on the way to work this morning, even I was starting to feel I'd seen enough.
Many farmers will have reached the same conclusion far quicker, as the cold snap takes a toll on their patience and their businesses.
Precise estimates have yet to emerge as to the overall cost of the "big freeze", though it is likely to run into the £ millions.
As we've been reporting on FWi this week, all manner of costs have gone up. Red diesel has firmed by about 5p/litre, with many farmers now having to pay over 50p/litre. The cost of heating oil has also risen as demand increases.
Animal fodder is getting costlier too, with auctioneers this week reporting a 20%-30% rise in the price of hay. Conventional bales have been touching £4 a bale for top quality meadow hay, with "Claas Quads" making over £50 a bale at Alexanders of Huntingdon's annual sale...
Compound feed is also more expensive this month, though manufacturers say this is a reflection of the rise in raw material prices since harvest, rather than any snow-effect.
And its not just inputs that are costing more. Loss of sales and, in some cases, loss of quality is also weighing down on the bottom line.
Nowhere is this more visible than for dairy farmers who have been forced to dump their milk, as tankers have been unable to get through for collection. With milk prices finally showing some sign of improvement this month, these losses will be felt even more acutely.
Beef and sheep producers will also be counting the cost of lost condition in their animals - especially critical for pregnant ewes - and in many cases will have to step up feeding rates to compensate.
And spare a thought for field vegetable growers, who are unable to harvest their crops and who will be losing value the longer they stay in the ground.
But it could be worse. As so often happens in time of crisis, the industry has really worked together, with farmers, suppliers and buyers pulling out the stops to keep things moving through the food chain.
Government has played its part too, relaxing rules on lorry driver hours to allow feed hauliers to keep working. The Environment Agency has given farmers permission to spread slurry and milk on frozen ground to relieve the pressure on slurry stores. And Natural England has waved the rules banning supplementary feeding on environmental stewardship land.
Despite all this, there is no doubt that the cost of the bad weather will be massive. As such, it is imperative that the pain is shared evenly along the whole food chain - if necessary involving price rises to consumers - and not just dumped at the farmers' door.
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