You want to try Scottish winters
they start around sept/oct and go thro till april/may.
If the road is clear and gritted then i ride, even if it is snowing. Think i only missed about 2wks last year due to a real heavy snowfall, couldnt even drive the car in it. I would like some studded tyres, if it wasnt such a hassle to swap wheels on the A50 i would buy a spare set of wheels and have them ready for winter with the studs fitted to swap over. Way too much bother tho swapping them over.