Last week there was praise for the gritters and snow ploughs which kept traffic on the main roads flowing and trouble-free, especially when compared to neighbouring districts.
This week the complaints have started to pour in as the council has been forced to reduce its gritting
and salting just as fresh snow has fallen on iced-up roads.
Hindsight, of course, is an exact science and it may well be that the council was rather too enthusiastic in sending out the gritters over the Christmas holidays when most people were off work and tucked up at home. It's ironic that the grit and salt are running out just when they are most needed – to enable the daily commute to school and work to go ahead.
On the other hand, even the weather forecasters failed to predict the depth of this winter's severe conditions and the current cold snap is being described as the worst for 30 years. New stocks of grit and salt are on order and, until they arrive, we'll just have to carry on taking care and being good neighbours.
The bad weather has, on the whole, brought out the best in people who have helped to push cars, clear drives and pavements and keep an eye on their neighbours.
Schools mostly threw in the towel on Tuesday and decided to close half way through the day – surely increasing the danger on the roads as parents were forced to try to pick up their children – but the volunteers at Brighouse Rest Centre have been open every day dispensing warmth, coffee and company to the elderly in need. Those who remember the really bad winters of 1963 and even 1947 are perhaps able to view 2010's icy start with a bit more perspective.