Without wanting to sound like a cockle lets talk about the chances of basingstoke, over the last 3 years I have seen stupendous snow events, 3 years ago on my way to my annual snow hunt, that year being montreal (one of the snowiest cities on earth) I boarded the plane and the steward informed me that Montreal was having a lovely mild winter, on arriving I switched on the telly box to find out the Canadians were reporting blizzards in England, not just England but Basingstoke, who'd have thought it?