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Globetrotter.uk
16-12-2009, 09:32
According to my local weather forecast the white stuff should soon cover the city. Anyone got any yet. The sky is a blanket of snow waiting to fall. But I won't be letting it stop my plans. I have a meeting at 2pm right near the heath, so I'm off to spend a few hours of lunch under the tarp. Prepare my lakeland christmas trip.
Just wet grey and miserable up here right now :(
There's a chance we might get a shower tomorrow though :)
It was wet and dank earlier up here but the sky has brightened up a lot, not even a lot of cloud :D
Too much to do to play in the snow yet :sigh:
cheers,
Toddy
I hope we get some, alhtough it can wait until just after Christmas, get visiting out of the way and then i'm happy to have 3 feet for a couple of weeks
Andy2112
16-12-2009, 10:17
A colleague is on business in Borhamwood and it's snowing down there, us in the Midlands haven't had any yet but forcast between 5 and 10 cm tonight/tomorrow.
Bushwhacker
16-12-2009, 10:28
Had some last night up on the hill, my car had a very light covering this morning.
calibanzwei
16-12-2009, 10:32
Ai, dark and wet here too. Forecast suggests snow on Thursday night.
Nothing here yet..http://www.wayland.me.uk/assets/images/snow-wee.gif
Spikey DaPikey
16-12-2009, 10:43
LMAO@Wayland :D
Nothing here yet..http://www.wayland.me.uk/assets/images/snow-wee.gif
:lmao:
Good one Gary :D
Cap'n Badger
16-12-2009, 10:45
Not even a flake here yet.....lmao...Gary, that emoticon is the bizz.....nice one fella!.:You_Rock_
Waterworx
16-12-2009, 11:03
Nowt down here :(
One forecast shows snow later this week and another shows sun on the same day :confused:
Aslong as it doesn't snow Friday for my 200 mile round trip to endicotts, probably best I leave the CC at home :lmao:
Where do I find those smilies???
TallMikeM
16-12-2009, 11:06
A colleague is on business in Borhamwood and it's snowing down there, us in the Midlands haven't had any yet but forcast between 5 and 10 cm tonight/tomorrow.
I'm just up the road from himm, it's more of a cold sleet. Went out earlier, and when I got back to the car it had already started to freeze on the windscreen.
Oh, I'm lying. It's actually just started snowing.
Snowed here in Abernant last night but rained this morning.
Snowing in central London!
Wayland !!!
At last :D
A use for a Sheweee :lmao:
cheers,
M
Melonfish
16-12-2009, 12:25
see Col (Calibanzwei) is looking forward to the snow more then anyone i can currently think of, first chance we're racing off to the hills to walk in the white stuff!
we even have an emergency plan, i.e. as we freeze to death strike the most "Metal" pose possible so when they find us either in a few days or perhaps in a few hundred years they'll wonder what the hell we were doing out there...
Bushwhacker
16-12-2009, 12:28
we even have an emergency plan, i.e. as we freeze to death strike the most "Metal" pose possible so when they find us either in a few days or perhaps in a few hundred years they'll wonder what the hell we were doing out there...
^^^This. :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
Pandabean
16-12-2009, 12:42
Its supposed to snow here tomorrow or Friday I think but we had some the other week. :)
Snowing in central London!
For 5 mins stopped now. OfF to Stockholm on Friday though where they have a good covering.
Mesquite
16-12-2009, 13:26
Pretty hard frost first thing this morning. Then the snow started where I worked about 11 and it's a nice light dusting at the moment with the promise of more to come :) And best of all 10cm + predicted for the weekend. The Herts meet should be fun :D
Excellent smiley Gary, one of the best I've seen in a long while :D
Andy2112
16-12-2009, 13:34
Pretty hard frost first thing this morning. Then the snow started where I worked about 11 and it's a nice light dusting at the moment with the promise of more to come :) And best of all 10cm + predicted for the weekend. The Herts meet should be fun :D
Lucky so and so Steve. :lmao: It's brightening up in Brum now.:( I put my camping boots on special this morning in the hope of some of the white stuff.:bigok:
At last :D
A use for a Sheweee :lmao:
cheers,
M
Excuse me !
I do have my uses you know
andybysea
16-12-2009, 13:46
Mild with very heavy rain here(hope it clears for weekend meant to be beach camping)
Excuse me !
I do have my uses you know
Yeah, but your's is a multi purpose hose attachement :rolleyes: :D
cheers,
M
HillBill
16-12-2009, 14:04
Wayland !!!
At last :D
A use for a Sheweee :lmao:
cheers,
M
SWMBO hasnt used hers yet, We have a plan lol, introduce her to artistic joys of making yellow snow.:)
now now, don't get personal....:D
I can see the new Scottish craze, Winter sheewee paining
Asa Samuel
16-12-2009, 14:16
Thre is supposed to be snow here but it's just raining :(
swampy99
16-12-2009, 14:34
Some light flurries here in South Essex. I hate it unless Im on skis. Well 4 weeks time and I ill be living in Queensland where there is no snow
Klenchblaize
16-12-2009, 15:26
Must iron my German snow camo (Schneetarn) cape!
calibanzwei
16-12-2009, 15:27
Snoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooow!
Waterworx
16-12-2009, 15:32
where? It ain't here :(
Melonfish
16-12-2009, 15:56
Col, if there's snow in birchwood a mere 5 miles from my current location i will NOT be happy. especially as i'm stuck in the office and just had to have an exam on ITIL!
I am only down the road from you pair COME ON THE SNOW!
.............................. .............................. ........
we even have an emergency plan, i.e. as we freeze to death strike the most "Metal" pose possible so when they find us either in a few days or perhaps in a few hundred years they'll wonder what the hell we were doing out there...
Don't forget to smile. http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/images/icons/icon7.gif
bring it on.
Mind you I'm thinking about going surfing on Sunday - although SWMBO want to got to the village Xmas sing along (at the pub) - forecast air temp -1C. Cool
Went last year on my birth a balmy 1C but snow on the beach.
Leonidas
16-12-2009, 17:40
Rain and damp in Lincolnshire.
Daughter just informed me it is snowing at home (North Hampshire)
Dammit....I love the snow, first job when it snows....go out for a drive :)
Tom
Snow here!
Yeah and it sounds like you guys down there are in for plenty more at the back end of the week.
I remember when we used to get loads up here in the early eighties, schools would close for weeks at a time and nobody could get out of the villages for days.
Or is it just that my childhood memories have enhanced over time and it wasn't really that bad ?
Hmph, not fair :(
Melonfish
16-12-2009, 18:03
to my knowledge we have never been snowed in up here in warrington.
we're in a bit of a valley so are pretty sheltered from the worst of it. about 2-3 inches is the most i can remember. in fact that day i remember going to the local park (forest park) and it was swarming with kids, we made a giant polo mint on the main field. it was around 9-10 feet tall and we dug out the middle so it had a hole.
wicked day.
Sincerely hope there is none.
Spent today shooting in the woods, and the snow was a real bonus. I followed a deer trail straight to them (wasn't deer stalking though), including finding a patch where they must have hunkered down out of the snow. Fantastic to be out there on the first day of snow, what amazed me was how quickly the place was full of tracks - like reading an open book.
Spikey DaPikey
16-12-2009, 19:56
Snow = no motorbike use = unhappy Pikey :(
woodlanduk
16-12-2009, 19:59
the Deeper the colder the better so come on Mummy nature show us what your made of i dont call the odd snowflake a blizzard whare is that whiteout?
woodlanduk
16-12-2009, 20:02
see Col (Calibanzwei) is looking forward to the snow more then anyone i can currently think of, first chance we're racing off to the hills to walk in the white stuff!
we even have an emergency plan, i.e. as we freeze to death strike the most "Metal" pose possible so when they find us either in a few days or perhaps in a few hundred years they'll wonder what the hell we were doing out there...
love the emergency plan it will confuse the c**p out of an arcy in 23,000 years LMAO:lmao::lmao::rolleyes:
Yep, had a nice frost this morning then some nice big flakes at about 11am. Covered the car for a while but then it all turned to mush. Now its just a fine drizzle.
I wonder what it will be like at the weekend though? Im going to the Herts meet so should be fun!
ATB, Jon.
andybysea
16-12-2009, 20:51
How come you southerner's get all the good weather,,,eg in summer you get all the sun(my sister lives in London and calls me bragging how hot and dry it is), and in the winter you get all the Snow, where as we get rain all four seasons, with the odd smattering of gale force winds just for that little extra touch.
...........
I remember when we used to get loads up here in the early eighties, schools would close for weeks at a time and nobody could get out of the villages for days.
Or is it just that my childhood memories have enhanced over time and it wasn't really that bad ?
Hmph, not fair :(
No, it really was that bad. We had over a metre of snow in two days here:eek:
My brother's Alsatian got tied to the sledge and Lass towed my P1 son home from school on it. They built an igloo on the front lawn with their Uncle's help :) Son2 looks perishing cold in the photos :rolleyes:
It snowed heavily for several years afterwards too.
The same thing happened in my childhood. My Mum made me a snowsuit using the down from a pillow :approve:
It seems to come in cycles. I think we're due :cool:
cheers,
Toddy
Yeah, but your's is a multi purpose hose attachement :rolleyes: :D
cheers,
M
You need to get out more :rolleyes:
I want three feet now to last for a year. :)
Woodwatcher
16-12-2009, 22:48
It snowed in wickham market in suffolk. this morning big flakes but only lasted 30 mins or so. Went there with work and headed back into norfolk where it was foggy and raining. roll on the real white stuff.
At least there seems to be more to come :rolleyes:
How come you southerner's get all the good weather,,,eg in summer you get all the sun(my sister lives in London and calls me bragging how hot and dry it is), and in the winter you get all the Snow, where as we get rain all four seasons, with the odd smattering of gale force winds just for that little extra touch.
Aye, it's ridiculous. There was snow in Barcelona tonight (watching the match :D ) and in Aberdeen there is nary a flake. I want my money back.
Cael Nu Mara
16-12-2009, 23:58
No Snow For Sambo please, send it to the southern lot who seem to revel in it lol I llike cold, and when NOT at work snow is reet good. But have you ever had to work in it !? Its doable but not that nice IMO
Sam
Yeah, I drove a Renault Clio up Broad Street in Stirling through two feet of snow to get to work at the Castle :sigh:
Me and Trishbo wearing 16thCentury costume, complete with corsets :rolleyes:
I think I was more terrified of the comments we'd get from the rescue folks if I stalled the car, than of the snow, right enough :o
No, I agree, snow's not funny when you're working.
The older I get the more I realise just how much hardship it can cause people, birds and animals.
But a day or so of it is still fun :D :D
cheers,
Toddy
Globetrotter.uk
17-12-2009, 06:53
Well What a disapointment, I was already to go out opened the door to rain, but I still ventured out to the heathland, despite my wife thinking Im mad. It wasnt that cold either, I sat under my poncho and had my lunch. Only a couple of dog walkers nearby and they were soaked lol. I hope I get some snow over christmas for some photos
Peterlee_Paddler
17-12-2009, 07:27
It's 7:25 am here in County Durham and we've just had a few minutes of heavy hailstones.
Hopefully, an omen for things to come.
Bring on the white-stuff :)
How come you southerner's get all the good weather,,,eg in summer you get all the sun(my sister lives in London and calls me bragging how hot and dry it is), and in the winter you get all the Snow, where as we get rain all four seasons, with the odd smattering of gale force winds just for that little extra touch.
"All the snow". We never get enough, bring back the days when I was a kid, several feet of it and it lasted for weeks. Thats snow! We want more. :soapbox:
Just in from walking the mutt and some flakes are falling, and I've got two days off... please be heavy please.....:puppy_dog
We've just had a sprinkling now...http://www.wayland.me.uk/assets/images/4570.gif
HillBill
17-12-2009, 09:23
Still grey and wet here. I have to pick my new rifle up today so this is one occasion i am grateful that we havent had any yet. Let it snow away when i get back, I always enjoy a bit of tracking in the snow, great fun.
Still grey and wet here. I have to pick my new rifle up today so this is one occasion i am grateful that we havent had any yet. Let it snow away when i get back, I always enjoy a bit of tracking in the snow, great fun.
What you getting Mark ?
You out playing on Saturday ?
HillBill
17-12-2009, 09:46
What you getting Mark ?
You out playing on Saturday ?
Air Arms Pro Sport in .22 flavour, Walnut stock. :D
Wanted one since they came out in the mid nineties, overlooked them many a time, dont know why. Got the PCP bug for a couple of years, Went off them for being too souless, there is no life in them and as such i find them boring in comparison.
Wont be out this weekend though as i'm taking my son out. Well i may try get some time in on sunday, need to bed the barrel in and Zero the scope etc.
I traded it for 6 knives from a gunshop in Brighouse. Hes going to put up a proper display for my knives and i dont believe he's going to sell them. From what i gather he just wants to advertise my work as he was well impressed when i took some down. I'm just finishing the last sheath off now, i'll take some pics before i take them :)
Air Arms Pro Sport in .22 flavour, Walnut stock. :D
Very nice mate
I traded it for 6 knives from a gunshop in Brighouse. Hes going to put up a proper display for my knives and i dont believe he's going to sell them. From what i gather he just wants to advertise my work as he was well impressed when i took some down. I'm just finishing the last sheath off now, i'll take some pics before i take them :)
Good luck with that, hope it gets you a bit more trade. Is it Aaron Wheelers shop ?
HillBill
17-12-2009, 10:07
Very nice mate
Good luck with that, hope it gets you a bit more trade. Is it Aaron Wheelers shop ?
Yeah thats the one. Do you know him?
None here, just frost....
John Fenna
17-12-2009, 10:10
And icy roads...and mist....
BorderReiver
17-12-2009, 10:14
None here.
They keep promising us snow then changing their minds.:puppy_dog
Ogri the trog
17-12-2009, 10:14
Just getting a few flakes here in the Mid Wales desert.
Must emphasize the "few" though, not expecting much just yet.
ATB
Ogri the trog
andybysea
17-12-2009, 10:40
First small flurry this morning(non stuck all now gone), but the temperature has dropped alot compared to yesterday which was quite mild.
Just in from walking the mutt and some flakes are falling, and I've got two days off... please be heavy please.....:puppy_dog
If we get two foot of snow Snoop'll disappear ! :eek:
cheers,
M
If we get two foot of snow Snoop'll disappear ! :eek:
cheers,
M
Hi Mary,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbYhhd1Bv7I
Here he is doing just that, loves the stuff bouncing around everywhere, sorry for the vid quality was shot with my mobile phone cam.
Still doing a snow dace here, puhleeeze.....
Colin.
rancid badger
17-12-2009, 12:30
There was a tiny bit of sleet during the night, about 2am I think, when I made a call of nature.
When I woke again, it was still dark but you could tell it had been snowing by the 'glow'.
Not a huge amount, enough to give everything a coating but it's already fading on the roads.
It gets quite pretty round here, when it drops a fair load:
This was our last decent stuff last February
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x125/stalch/snow%202009/P2020013copy6.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x125/stalch/snow%202009/P2020047copy2.jpg
anyway stay safe and warm
R.B.
Matt Weir
17-12-2009, 12:53
Im in Macclesfield at the moment and there was a 5 minute flurry a couple of hours ago but bright and sunny right now - cold mind you :hatscarf:
:D Yee-haaa, well all the snow dancing worked... It's Snowing. Think I may just turn off the 'puter and forget all the chores I was avoiding anyway and go play.
Oh what a happy Goatboy I am:):mexwave:
Indoorsout
17-12-2009, 15:25
It's brass monkeys here. We had a brief flurry of snowflecks hsere, not big enough to warrant the term flakes lol and that was it.
Bring on the spring I say!
Snow snow come and play
Go somewhere else another day goodjob
Klenchblaize
17-12-2009, 16:24
Just off to a bar in Mayfair for Christmas team drinks but fear I may have to leave early before South-Eastern Railways get wind they have the perfect excuse to cancel the last train to the North Downs:(
As for getting back in tomorrow we will just have to see:)
Had about two or three inches of snow up here near Edinburgh.
As usual the salt gritters hadn't been out and most roads came to a halt with spun out cars...
It's still snowing so I expect I'll be walking to work in the morning :)
Simon
Waterworx
17-12-2009, 19:08
Well, after all this waiting we have some white stuff dropping from the sky :D
Shame it's all wet on the ground, doubt any will settle though
Dry on the ground here in Leeds and it's been coming down lightly for a couple of hours now, strong cold winds too so it's sticking to everything.
Woohoo
squantrill
17-12-2009, 21:05
Snowing like crazy here all day its up to the tops of my meindels as I got wet socks ;)
Stopped now but the snows still there !!
A nice covering of snow here in Hove Sussex.
Had Hail down Chichester way earlier on.
Mesquite
17-12-2009, 22:26
We've had about 3" in the last 2 hours or so. The way it's coming down at the moment I won't be suprised if we don't get another 3" or so over night
Well, we have some right proper amounts of snow!
My weekend starts a day early.
Unfortunately my partner has also decided to take the day off. I say unfortunately because I was going to go for a good yomp through the fields of snow and...well...play. To be honest.
But since she is now going to be at home, if I say, 'I'm going out for an adventure' I'll be told off and told not to be 'such a knob'.
Need to think of a good excuse. Maybe I could volunteer to walk to the shops to get some basics in...mmm...
But crikey - we do have some snow!
Whittler Kev
18-12-2009, 07:56
Well, we have some right proper amounts of snow!
My weekend starts a day early.
Unfortunately my partner has also decided to take the day off. I say unfortunately because I was going to go for a good yomp through the fields of snow and...well...play. To be honest.
But since she is now going to be at home, if I say, 'I'm going out for an adventure' I'll be told off and told not to be 'such a knob'.
Need to think of a good excuse. Maybe I could volunteer to walk to the shops to get some basics in...mmm...
But crikey - we do have some snow!
They've shut the school a day early here. Woohoo, an extra day off. Thought I might hit the shed but SWMBO has "decided" that its a perfect time to wrap the presents (and yes....don't be 'such a knob' going out in the cold shed)
Globetrotter.uk
18-12-2009, 08:17
The snows arrived - maybe I wont have to see the inlaws now
MartiniDave
18-12-2009, 08:32
The way they're talking about it on the telly you'd think the world had come to an end!
We've got about 3 inches with a bit of drifting near the hedges down here in Cambridgeshire. A few jack-knifed lorries but otherwise not too bad. Now all I have to do is get home again tonight!
Take care out there!
Dave
Well, we had about 4" last night and its just started again with another 3" expected today.
Emmie (the cat) has taken up her useual position and wont move until the sun comes out.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/chopper692006/IMG_3714.jpg
Indoorsout
18-12-2009, 10:58
Yep, about 3" here too and I'm off into town in the midst of it.
Melonfish
18-12-2009, 11:42
Very light dusting late last night. we're off to north wales tomorrow for a friends wedding and we're hoping it may snow for them, make it all especially magical.
BorderReiver
18-12-2009, 12:16
Hurrah! Real snow! Yippee!!:mexwave:
http://http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e367/oldspot/PC180032.jpg
http://http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e367/oldspot/PC180044.jpg
Davey569
18-12-2009, 12:19
Everywhere has snow but us. :(
Not just you mate, we've not got any....... :soapbox: :hatscarf:
Andy2112
18-12-2009, 13:13
Not just you mate, we've not got any....... :soapbox: :hatscarf:
The east and the south have it all, not fair, lol
andybysea
19-12-2009, 00:03
Im East and not a single flake here just cold and windy.
nothing here in NI either !
We've had bits today but it's not got much above freezing all day so it's sticking around. Saturday evening and Sunday is when we're getting our share up north.
Cyclingrelf
19-12-2009, 08:17
We've got snow here, right down in the Lands End area of Cornwall. Never seen it this time of year before.
Asa Samuel
19-12-2009, 10:14
We've got snow here, right down in the Lands End area of Cornwall. Never seen it this time of year before.
Nothing here by St Austell :(
John Fenna
19-12-2009, 11:08
West Wales is white this morning!
Well - a light covering anyway....melting already :(
Started snowing here in Liverpool city centre, just showed our little granddaughter her first snowball, was she amused?
Must get the camera out, goody goody.
BorderReiver
19-12-2009, 13:14
Pleased to say that our snow is still lying.:)
It's now 15:15 and the temperature has just got up to 0.5' C.
This is more like winter should be.:bigok:
Torrential rain here :sigh:
The thermometer in the garden said -4 oC this morning but there's been a warm wind come through and everything has melted. It's now reading 2 oC and the rain is lashing down.
cheers,
M
The snow does'nt last long here ,:(:(:(:sadwavey: it's a shame
Doesn't last long here either, all melting away and the sun coming through. http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/images/icons/icon9.gif
Only consolation, Liverpool are getting beat 2-0. http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/images/icons/icon10.gif
The snow does'nt last long here ,:(:(:(:sadwavey: it's a shame
Whooo hooo, :D :D
In the time since I posted last we now have a couple of cms and it's lying despite all that rain, and it's blowing a blizzard.
Jamie's in town, and he just phoned to say that twenty minutes ago Glasgow was dry and now he's got about three inches on the ground :D
cheers,
M
:mexwave:, it's pure white here again, a blizzard blowing :dancer:i want ti go a walk :D:hatscarf:
BorderReiver
19-12-2009, 16:05
Sunny Norfolk is down to -3 now and the snow has stayed on the trees.:)
The poor dog has got balls of snow frozen onto his beard and he's trying to wipe them off.
Hope that you all get at least some to play in.:)
fred gordon
19-12-2009, 16:18
-4 C deg and 4 inches here in NE Scotland now. Going out in the woods tomorrow I think :red:
After all my moaning and whining i'm in Chorley and we've got stacks of snow now so i'm a happy boy, although i've got to pop into town which involved dealing with people putting their brakes on when going around corners etc in the snow, it will be fun :D
Long live the snow :mexwave:goodjob
Not even a dusting here :(
It's like the frozen north up here today, the sun's out but it's so cold nothing is melting. Still got a good few inches everywhere apart from on the roads and the wifey's just told me it's snowing again at home :)
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We've got quite a bit now.
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andybysea
22-12-2009, 19:05
Minus 5 here clear skies no more snow though, my misses was just off the phone to the mother in law and its 6in over where she stays (Strathaven Lanarkshire)and her sister in Aberdeen reckons its to get to around minus 12.Looks like the west is getting the more snow and the east getting the colder temps.
We've got about 10cms of the white stuff :D
and I've bene out throwing snowballs :cool:
The cat's got her legs crossed and she's cuddling a radiator :rolleyes:
was supposed to do a supermarket shop tomorrow :sigh:
Oh well, the pantry's full :approve:
Merry Christmas :D
cheers,
Toddy
andybysea
22-12-2009, 21:41
just an update since my last post its been snowing for the last hour and half quite heavy, now panicing as its christmas shop (food) day 2moro and weve had no gritter lorries out at all,its been minus 5 and now weve got snow on top and a hill at the end of the road.Should be fun.ps our pantry's empty.
Was going to go out earlier, but decided not to. Didn't want my pantrys freezing on me.. :D
Ditto Mary!
Loads here in North Glasgow. Down to -7 last night too. Currently about 3-4" on the garden. Hoping for no more until New Year, though! I'm supposed to be driving down to Cheshire tomorrow (Glasgow-Carlisle-M6-Winsford).
Anyone know what M6 at Shap Fell's like? Intent is to leave after rush hour tomorrow morning (10-ish) with spare clothes, sleeping bag, etc, in the car. I'm hoping that the major A-roads and Motorways will be gritted and largely clear. Finger's crossed.