Snow in Britain

As promised, I am updating the current situation of snow here in Egham, England.
There is maybe 2 inches of snow on the ground, most of which we got last night. 
As far as how the people are coping with the snow, I must admit that people here do not take it for granted.  In fact, there were about 5 snowball fights in the Founders courtyard last night alone.  I did manage to participate in one of them, where there was about 40 people throwing snowballs at nobody in particular. Later it became a defense snowball fight as a group of the players took refuge on a balcony. Thus they had a vantage point from which to lob their projectiles. 
I futilely tried to rally the troops and storm up the stairs to the balcony, but no one rallied, and I was destroyed.
Not only that, but people have been going sledding, or "sledging" as some call it here.  Everyone really seems to appreciate it a lot more here.  But I suppose you must consider that Minnesota can get 2 feet in a blizzard and nobody bats an eye, and here if they get two inches school is cancelled.  (This is actually true, I received an email from a professor saying there would be no lecture due to the weather conditions).  Furthermore, people just aren't used to navigating in such conditions, most people won't drive in snowy conditions if they can help it.  Like I said, it is just second-nature for those of us who live where snow is common.
This might be why we don't get as excited over the first snow of the year.  While people here figure that it might be the only snow they'll have this winter, Minnesotans know that once the first snow falls, you won't see anything not covered in the white powder for 5 months.
In fact, snowplows are all but non-existent here in Britian.  It is mostly up by Scotland where they are needed.  Instead, you just find big barrels of salt everywhere.  That is the grand solution.  Just salt it up if it is snowing!