There's two kinds of people in the World:

Those with a loaded camera and those that dig...(apologies to Sergio Leone!)

Today the temporary thaw began and it was time to free the car from its icy shackles.

Incidentally, I heard an urban myth that all the B&Qs in Edinburgh were sold out of shovels, as BAA had bought every single one to clear the airport runway. If that's how they were doing it, no wonder it took four days to get it open!