Beast from the East

[Dirk]

4.5° and drizzle here this morning. No snow on the ground. Forecast temperatures rising to 10° by Thursday.

 

[Dave 123]

We finally have a couple or 3 inches of snow. Just when I hoped it had passed us by!

 

[Milzy]

We had a little over night top up of about 25.152mm. Now doing the melt, freeze, melt freeze thing.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Damned salt it's everywhere! Salt on my glasses,on my windows,cutting into my dog's paws,on my door,in my mouth,in my ears,on my boots,even in the air, so we're breathing it in! If i never see,taste or come into contact with salt ever again it won't be too soon!

 

[Welsh wheels]

Just started snowing again here in South Wales. There goes any hope of going out tomorrow.

 

[Welsh wheels]

[QUOTE 5169980, member: 43827"]You really expected to?[/QUOTE]
Not on the bike I didn't mean - just outside in the car or bus

 

[AndyRM]

Damned salt it's everywhere! Salt on my glasses,on my windows,cutting into my dog's paws,on my door,in my mouth,in my ears,on my boots,even in the air, so we're breathing it in! If i never see,taste or come into contact with salt ever again it won't be too soon!

Just as well you live nowhere near the sea.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Too much salt is poisonous to cats and dogs. Try to wash it off his paws rather than let him lick them.

I neutralise it by walking him in the unsalted snow. If he refuses to walk in it, i hold him and move him around in a circular motion to hopefully remove the salt/grit.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Just as well you live nowhere near the sea.

27 miles,so not too far away i'd say.

 

[Roadhump]

Had a fresh dusting of snow overnight, it didn't stick on the drive where I had gritted, so we have a clear path for the postie and any other visitors, but it's slowly melting anyway. Should begin to warm up tomorrow, hopefully.

 

[Julia9054]

I'm very bored with it now

 

[Venod]

i hold him and move him around in a circular motion to hopefully remove the salt/grit

Just be careful.

 

[Maenchi]

Well it's all gone around here, just wet and dirty now , 3 days worth of snow.....just. only thing is it looks like it going to rain for the whole of March..

 

[Milzy]

Well it's all gone around here, just wet and dirty now , 3 days worth of snow.....just. only thing is it looks like it going to rain for the whole of March..

Lucky you, my Sunday Race has been called off.

 

[Brandane]

No snow since Thursday, but there are still no trains running! From the Scotrail website:

Weather Disruption Update for Customers for Saturday 3rd March 2018.
Ongoing service disruption due to weather conditions. The safety of staff and customers is our priority, which is why services in the Central Belt area have been withdrawn.
Current advice to all customers: Do not travel! The Met Office's weather warning is now yellow.

On Thursday, CalMac withdrew all the ferries on the Wemyss Bay to Bute service because of the weather. There was very little wind, just snow - and really not an excessive amount of that. Why do snow showers prevent a ferry sailing anyway? Being a natural cynic, I am beginning to think that some of our public "services" see the weather as a convenient excuse to close down operations.