I thought it was a worthy watch.
Having driven only once in snow where visibility was zero (yes I stopped), then I don't think their panic was untoward. And I didn't have 6 feet deep ditches at the roadside with 40 ton lorries approaching in the opposite direction when you can't tell where the centre of the road is. Don't forget, they're making a TV programme and it would have been boring if everything was plain sailing.
As for him being a cockereal, I only wish that I could have travelled half of what he has achieved in the past 10 years and be around to tell the story.
Tazz