to not pick my kids up tomorrow

[MrsCosmopolite]

My kids went to their dads yesterday for the weekend, he lives in Newcastle and I live in North Yorkshire.

All day it has been snowing and the roads are terrible, I've checked the highways agency and both the A1 and A19 have warnings for hazardous driving conditions.

If the roads are still considered hazardous tomorrow, AIBU to leave my children at their dads until such a time that it is safe to make the journey to pick them up. I've already spoken to him and he's fine with keeping them for an extra day or so, but I'm thinking of school - DCs are Y8 and Y7. From the schools point of view, AIBU to not risk the journey?

I'm kicking myself for letting them go :(

Of coure YANBU! It could result in disaster! No...call school and they will totally uderstand. It's fine. Kids will be thrilled about it too.

Yanbu

YANBU you dafty

No YANBU. If the roads are still hazardous its better they stay with dad until safer to drive.

YANBU

Thanks :) I was 99.9999% sure I was not BU but there was that tiny shred of doubt.

No yanbu. The A1 is fine up to York at the moment - we've come back from my sister's wedding that way today but mil came down from Scotland yesterday & it was horrid then!

Chances are schools will be closed anyway

It's not a critical journey, don't drive.

YANBU

Far better everyone stays safe and warm than getting stranded for hours - YANBU

err, how will school know exactly how bad the roads are near your ex? tell them that they are snowed in at their dads. the police often say essential journeys only, so uanbu.

yanbu
better to leave them safe with him than risk it.

YABU

You are on a slippery slope. Next you won't want to take them to school because the sun is too hot. Man up.

YANBU, the kids safety is more important than anything else. A few days and the roads should be safe again. Main roads aren't usually unsafe for long.

YANBU!

YANBU!

If its anything like here (sunderland) yanbu!
We are literally going to be snowed in if it carries on how its going! There are high winds forecast too and there is about 8/9 inches of snow on top of sheets of ice. Tis a bloody nightmare and not worth the risk! There are some nuts out on the roads too!

I am in Sunderland too, don't risk it, we can't drive our car it's stuck outside, we spent an hour digging it out (ford ka) only to find it couldn't get up the hill at the top of our street, kept stalling.!

no, keep an eye on the road situation... I'm not looking forward to Monday's commute into Newcastle (all supposing the school's open). I feel very :( for you though having your dc away, horrible. But of course safety has to be paramount.