Daddy Pig
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We have about 5 inches on Dartmoor so far (10 if wife is counting
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It's a cold snap.
Daddy Pig
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It'll all be over by Monday when it rains... it always bloody rains in these parts...
They're forecasting 7° - 9° all next week by us. Temperature going above freezing on Saturday and 4° on Sunday.
That'll be the end of it then.
5 days of winter and the country panics to a standstill.
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We have a cottage booked on the 10th near Bodmin next to the Camel trail, you had all better get out there with you spades, I don't want to see a speck of snow when we get thereWe have about 5 inches on Dartmoor so far (10 if wife is counting
It'll be gone by next week.
A barely visible snowplough and a tractor try rather in vain to keep the A140 clear (main road from Ipswich to Norwich). It's been closed all day but as soon as they clear it, it blocks again. The field had 20cm of snow on it yesterday but the wind has stripped it.
Daddy Pig
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I'll make sure I go down there to write my name in the snow...
Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
- Location
- South Wales
It's starting to look bad here now.
Not 1982 bad though
Not 1982 bad though
Mr Celine
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- Waxing my moustache
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Not quite so bad further upstream, just some small ice floes floating past Celine Towers.
As soon as I put the camera back in my pocket a kingfisher flew past, easy to spot against the white background.
Not quite so bad further upstream, just some small ice floes floating past Celine Towers.
As soon as I put the camera back in my pocket a kingfisher flew past, easy to spot against the white background.
gavgav
Legendary Member
Nowhere near as bad as the December snow was, yet, over here in Shropshire, but enough this afternoon for a slippy slow drive home from work. That wind is something else though and the temperatures colder than I can remember for a long while. From the office window it appeared to be snowing upwards and sidewards for most of the day!
Roadhump
Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted
- Location
- The flatlands of South West Lancs
I had to turn into work this morning, at 9.00 am, and after watching the unfolding snowpocalypse on the news, and looking at the BBC weather site's forecast of 40 mph gales and a temperature that feels like -11 C, I decided to layer up a bit and go on my mountain bike, only 3 miles today. I put 7 layers on and set off to find the wind was a bit of a pussy cat (it was harsher yesterday) and I was warm as toast. Work was cut short due to the snow so had an early dart about 11.00 am and decided to go for a ride of about 10 miles along a local trail through the pine woods. The wind was quite strong, but nothing like forecast and it was quite exhilarating being out in it all, although the snow and ice required a bit more care than usual.
Got home and after Mrs. Rh declared me insane for going out cycling as the world was ending, I soon got cold and wondered why, then I realised I had changed and now only had 2 layers on....duh!! I do think the wind got stronger later though, and more brutal too. We seem to have got off quite lightly near the coast on Merseyside compared with most of the country, but still looking forward to it getting nicer in the next few days.
Got home and after Mrs. Rh declared me insane for going out cycling as the world was ending, I soon got cold and wondered why, then I realised I had changed and now only had 2 layers on....duh!! I do think the wind got stronger later though, and more brutal too. We seem to have got off quite lightly near the coast on Merseyside compared with most of the country, but still looking forward to it getting nicer in the next few days.
Lucky cyclist in York today, tweet by City of York Council above a gif of Superman
Not all heroes wear capes...A big thanks to @Transdev 42 bus who rescued a cyclist during today's 'white out' on Naburn Lane. The roads were ok, but the weather meant significantly less visibility. The bus driver gave both cyclist and bike a lift into the city for free.
Not all heroes wear capes...A big thanks to @Transdev 42 bus who rescued a cyclist during today's 'white out' on Naburn Lane. The roads were ok, but the weather meant significantly less visibility. The bus driver gave both cyclist and bike a lift into the city for free.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Maybe 6 or 7 years ago I was working in the Fens and the temps were minus 8 to 10 for about a week, so cold I was taking food for some feral cats near our factory.
Today, Alconbury, it's around minus 3 to minus 4, then the wind chill. Jesus, I walked round the yard and once into the wind, the skin on my face actually stung and hurt with the cold within a minute or two.
Layering. One t shirt, two jumpers, a padded work bomber style jacket and a padded work below the hip length jacket on top of that. I've been toastie warm but Jeez, that wind on my face.
Reports of frozen pipes coming in. An old friend of ours mentioned on FB her pipes were frozen, now my daughter's rang, she's in the same position.
Warned her to turn the stop cock off and be ready for the thaw...then the water may flow
...where she doesn' want it.
Today, Alconbury, it's around minus 3 to minus 4, then the wind chill. Jesus, I walked round the yard and once into the wind, the skin on my face actually stung and hurt with the cold within a minute or two.
Layering. One t shirt, two jumpers, a padded work bomber style jacket and a padded work below the hip length jacket on top of that. I've been toastie warm but Jeez, that wind on my face.
Reports of frozen pipes coming in. An old friend of ours mentioned on FB her pipes were frozen, now my daughter's rang, she's in the same position.
Warned her to turn the stop cock off and be ready for the thaw...then the water may flow
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