Baby! It's cold outside!

Usually on a Sunday, when I don't have my grand-daughter with me, I get up early and take the car out for a run. There are two reasons for this, firstly, as I don't do a lot of driving I need to make sure that the battery is charged up and secondly, because I don't like driving in the city there are fewer people about so I can drive rather than the usual stop/start.
This morning, I fully expected to have to de-ice the car but I was quite surprised to see that the frost that had been on the car at bedtime last night had all melted and this was eight o'clock this morning. I set off on my usual route out of the city and as I got further out, I noticed that all the side roads looked quite white with heavy frost so I continued on my usual round trip which is about 20 miles in total and as I came back and got nearer to home, I could see that there was a lot of ice forming on the pavements. When I got into my road this ice was also forming on the road itself so I carefully parked the car and went inside.
After having breakfast and catching up with the Archers, I thought I would go out for a walk because the sun was shining and I don't mind the cold. Wrapping up warm I set off along the road and had only gone about a hundred yards or so when I met two young men coming the opposite way. They asked me if I was taking the short cut up past the school and told me to be very careful if I was and to walk where the sun had been. Apparently it was like a skating rink and both of them had slipped and fallen. They didn't appear drunk besides it was too early and they hadn't even got to the pub!
Thanking them, I carried on but went by way of the main road. The wind was really biting and as most of the pavement was in shade, the wind was freezing all the moisture from where the sun had melted the frost earlier. Eventually, after doing a few bad impersonations of Bambi on two legs I decided to walk in the road but the sides were just as icy so I had to be really careful.
Now it's all very well going out for a walk but it is impossible to walk only where the sun shines because it is unlikely that you will ever get home again! I decided to give it up as a bad job and continued what was almost around the block and back home.
When I got back home, I couldn't believe how long the walk had taken. Under normal weather conditions I would be able to do that in about twenty minutes but trying to do it on two feet in such icy conditions it had taken me more than twice as long.
So beware! It may look nice and sunny but this weather has set a few booby traps!