to think it is pointless shoveling the snow?

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It is still snowing, heavily. DH shovelled some to put the bin out (I am amazed the bin lorry made it here- cars simply spin their wheels) and it is now an inch thick and very slippery where he did it. Up to our knees in some places, but at least we can grip the ground and get about.

The road itself has been gritted, so once we are out of our drive we can walk on there (they seem to have used a plough, as the snow is extra high at the sides of the roads- pavements unusable, unless I want to lose my three year old in the snow)

Our drive is on a steep slope, so it being slippy is very dangerous. AIBU to leave my bin where it is (surrounded by a foot of snow on each side) rather than shovelling to get it back in?

AIBU also to wonder why some of the younger (by that I mean only retired in the last ten years or so) neighbours are seemingly trying to keep their drives completely free of snow all day, despite not going out in their cars?

Shoveling an entire drive is a bit excessive, but I personally would try to make sure a path is clear for the postman (assuming you are still getting deliveries- no idea where you are or how bad the snow is).

It is easier to keep on top of it than to let it build up (learned that from last year) It can also get a bit oddly addictive....

No post, milk or parcel delivery. School at end of road closed. All fair enough, tbh. Hence why I was so shocked at the binmen being out!

If I was the postman I would rather it was left- within an hour of it being shovelled it is ice, which is much harder to walk on than snow, especially with the slope as well. The layer of ice is covered with a smaller (one inch or so) layer of snow, meaning it is extra dangerous too.

If you clear it, and it's still cold, you should certainly put down rock salt/grit to make sure you don't end up with a layer of ice - like you say, snow is safer than ice to walk on. But if you leave it lying, and it snows for day after day, you will end up with a huge task at the end of it, as it will be compacted and icy, and there will be an awful lot of it to shovel. We had a few days in a row last Christmas, and when we cleared it we had to take a pickaxe to the lower layers.

This year I'm trying to keep on top of it a bit more.

Never a good idea to leave it. If you end up with the same snow looking at you 4 months later (it's happened before now!) you'll be sorry. We shovel our path around 3 times a day and make sure the car can get out daily. Otherwise it becomes a gargantuan task. Just takes a sprinkle of salt to keep ice at bay.

I did ours today for that exact reason and it was notn frozen underneath so i chucked some grit on it - hopefully if it lays again it will be easy to displace again. I found it quite rewarding and have satisfyingly aching arms.