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Although we don’t like to admit it, the British are by no means the hardiest of people and it only takes a flake or two of snow to get that legendary stiff upper lip trembling. Scottish people are possibly the exception; they deal with snow far more often than the rest of us, and thus remain unfazed by the occasional flurry. For most of the UK, however, winter can be a time of traffic chaos.