Yesterday we had snow - real, proper snow - in North London. It was a bit of a shock. Not just to me - there were people on the bus trying to take pictures of it. The snow didn't actually settle and was soon gone, but it was enough to make me think that winter has finally arrived. I remember winters when I was little. Sometimes the snowfall was so heavy that it would come up to my waist. Admittedly, my waist was a fair bit closer to the ground when I was seven, but even so, i