Getting trapped in Liverpool town centre in 40cm of snow has never been my idea of a jolly good night out. However, this is what happened to me on Christmas Eve 2010 minus seven days – also known as Friday 17th December 2010.

The weather has been a little wild in the United Kingdom recently. November saw temperatures as high as 19 degrees Celsius and as low as -18, with the overall average for the month resulting in the coldest November we have seen since 1993 [