It's an absolute whopper of a wave (Daily Express content but no link)

Christ, Graham, is that all recent Excess front pages? 😯

In history? Yeah 😉

Try this:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site:express.co.uk+snow

Looks like they’ve had at least eight stories about the terrible snowpocalypse already this year!

Jan 4: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/451924/Snow-and-arctic-winds-to-plunge-Britain-into-deep-freeze-after-storm-destruction

Jan 8: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/452559/Weather-Forecast-Polar-Plunge-to-replace-endless-rain-with-heavy-snow-set-to-sweep-UK

Jan 8: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/452773/Beast-from-the-east-to-bring-SNOW-freezing-winds-and-weather-chaos-to-the-UK

Jan 8: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/452656/Snow-2014-USA-is-even-too-cold-for-polar-bears-as-dramatic-images-show-Chicago-in-ice

Jan 10: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/453019/New-winter-misery-as-blanket-of-snow-follows-devastating-floods

Jan 25: http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/455960/Brace-yourselves-for-80mph-gales-and-snow-to-batter-Britain

Jan 27: http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/456262/Now-Britain-faces-ice-8in-of-snow-and-more-flooding-too

Jan 28: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/456506/Now-it-will-be-floody-freezing-Snow-and-icy-winds-follow-deluges

those rail lines look like they could be fun if you got the speed right;

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and a clip of the last 2 months of swells hitting the UK:

http://magicseaweed.com/news/an-extraordinary-winter-of-north-atlantic-storms/6066/