It's Snowing

[Stu]

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s148/messiemille/snowgirl1-1.jpg
I think the snow on my table is taller than your snowoman ;)
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i136/stu369/f41d5f81.jpg

[steveg]

got in to work for 10 , son phones at 13:30 saying school is closing at 2pm

Snow Day , Yipeeee:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

Just finished making 2nd snow man with daughter , first snowman got its head taken off by my mad dog


Think its time for a nice drop of malt :-D:-D:-D:-D

Cheers Steveg

[missyburd]

Good grief Stu, how much snow do ya need...tut...honestly.....:-P

[yorkie_chris]

Any snow in aber?

[missyburd]

Yeah its been trying but it won't stick dammit

[chris8886]

Good grief Stu, how much snow do ya need...tut...honestly.....:-P

i've got that much here too! n it's still going.

[missyburd]

i've got that much here too!
:smt019 gits

[Gene genie]

Yeah its been trying but it won't stick dammit
where are you??? brazil!!!!!

[missyburd]

where are you??? brazil!!!!!
read my sig :-P

[ThEGr33k]

Why is the news only ever reporting about London and the south? Sigh. Should be SBBC (Southern) or LBBC (London). :rolleyes:

Most people get today off because of the snow, I got called in because of the snow and have lost my 1 day off in 8 days. :(

Still, I hope someone is enjoying it. :mrgreen:

[Paul the 6th]

is there no way you could have told them you were stranded in barnsley maybe?

And yeah, gotta love the media :) skynews have been reporting all about the disruption to the tube, brighton to london trains and motorways nearby (especially the m4) and various other major roads around the midlands. No mention of how the m62 is doing or further north on the m1.. feck em :)

[Speedy Claire]

Is snowing here but not sticking.... bugger!

[yorkie_chris]

M62 was doing fine last night, probably because we're not southern pansies up 'ere.

[Baph]

WOOOOO! We have snow! :cheers:

Pathetically tiny flakes mind, but snow nevertheless, don't think it will stick though...

Same here, but it is sticking, slowly! :cheers:

[Paul the 6th]

apparently it was buggered this morning :rolleyes: still, managed to fix the shopping cart and build a snowman... pretty productive day for me :D

[missyburd]

M62 was doing fine last night, probably because we're not southern pansies up 'ere.
Hence all the fuss in the media, they haven't seen snow down there for so long bless their ickle cotton socks, let them enjoy it :p :mrgreen:

[Baph]

let them enjoy it :p :mrgreen:

No, I want some!!

[missyburd]

No, I want some!!
#stamps foot# :D

[missyburd]

It's settling :smt026:-D :smt026

[Messie]

Well it stopped snowing and the temperature went up a little.

Essex Snowgirl had a little fall...


http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s148/messiemille/fallensnowgirl2.jpg

But it's started snowing again now

[Baph]

Essex snowgirl has obviously had too much &pop& judging by that pic!!

I'm in work doing everything I can to just watch the snowfall. :D

[Daimo]

Ahhh bumpoops. Went home at midday, snow was falling pretty hard by then. Got all the way to my road bar a fewslips n slides en route. Slush was terrible though.

Turned down my small road, got literally 5m from my garage, and the front end went down. Wasn't on the brake and was coasting.

Bung done its job, but scratched the clutch casing a bit too. Ahh well, but lucky.

Damn entertaining ride home. The looks I got were brilliant. :lol:

[ThEGr33k]

Dont worry those that havn't had that much, youll get a LOT soon enough (tonight and tomorrow) becasue its covering everyone. Wales is looking at 6" of snow by end of play tomorrow. :rolleyes:

Enjoy.

Paul, I couldnt pretend, people had seen me in the mess and they knocked on my door and I answered lol. Damn only being 5 mins walk from work! :(

[ThEGr33k]

Ahhh bumpoops. Went home at midday, snow was falling pretty hard by then. Got all the way to my road bar a fewslips n slides en route. Slush was terrible though.

Turned down my small road, got literally 5m from my garage, and the front end went down. Wasn't on the brake and was coasting.

Bung done its job, but scratched the clutch casing a bit too. Ahh well, but lucky.

Damn entertaining ride home. The looks I got were brilliant. :lol:


LOL you mentalist. Id love a offroader/enduro/supermoto bike for this. Fun :D

[Baph]

Wales is looking at 6" of snow by end of play tomorrow. :rolleyes:

Enjoy.

Six inches?!?! I want 6 feet!!! :D

[yorkie_chris]

Essex snowgirl has obviously had too much &pop& judging by that pic!!

Six inches?!?! I want 6 feet!!! :D

You're starting to sound like an essex girl now.

[kwak zzr]

mmmm its still coming down heavy:( driving conditions round here are awful, i cant get on or off my drive so my cage is parked on the road (its a slope see) personaly i'm dreading work tomorrow in a 145bhp rear wheel drive car:(

[Lissa]

I'm really worried about Pete getting home tonight. He's working until 10pm, and it's still snowing.:(

[Speedy Claire]

Is coming down heavy and sticking now woo hoo :cheers:

[xXBADGERXx]

I got in to work this morning and got called a "Psychopath"
I replied "I already know that"



Pfffff tell me something I don`t know , Ride home was "interesting" with my visor needing clearing every 10 seconds and when I got up to 70 , 4 inches of snow took off from my Tank and Fairing and boffed me right in the face , lesson learnt there :)

[kwak zzr]

filthy bike pictures needed Mr Badger lol

[xXBADGERXx]

You know what , I just cleaned the bugger yesterday as well , typical .

Edit : Just tried with my mobile but the Flakes are whiting the flash out

[ThEGr33k]

I got in to work this morning and got called a "Psychopath"
I replied "I already know that"



Pfffff tell me something I don`t know , Ride home was "interesting" with my visor needing clearing every 10 seconds and when I got up to 70 , 4 inches of snow took off from my Tank and Fairing and boffed me right in the face , lesson learnt there :)


Aye it is bad, you wipe the snow open the visor (for the steaming up) then have to wipe it 2 seconds later which shuts the visor which then needs opening... :( Once did 110 miles of that, no heated gear. NOT fun. it was so bad at one point the traffic was doing 5 mph and I was a meter away from an ambulence (flurescent rear) and could only just see it :(

[xXBADGERXx]

I have pinlock and a buff over my face so no fogging , but left hand was cold from wiping the visor off and right hand was steaming from the heated grips , can`t win can ya lol

[Mr Speirs]

Rear wheel drive car, traction control switched off :) :)

[dizzyblonde]

M62 was doing fine last night, probably because we're not southern pansies up 'ere.


well ...Paul the weatherman off look norf, was stood on the bridge over the M62, up Ainleys.........it ain't fine now....lol, :cheers:I'm going sledging in the morning down crow wood park.....wanna come???
Im Indoors has gone for a walk:smt104. Silly man! can bet a shiny penny he'll end up in The George:smt019....so much for getting 'fit'!

[DarrenSV650S]

well Paul the weatherman off look norf were on stood on bridge over M62, up Ainleys.........it ain't now....
Is that a sentence?:p

[dizzyblonde]

Is that a sentence?:p

sorry i went into yorkshire puddin' mode then, didn't I:rolleyes:

[DarrenSV650S]

I don't know what it was. What did it mean? :D

[dizzyblonde]

it doesn't help when you've got a seven year old sat on your shoulder trying to distract you from typing ;-) i've edited it now :-)

[Baph]

Work have just made it manadtory that I go home. :) By that, they said "for your own safety, go. If you want to stay thats fine but it'll be unpaid!"

[DarrenSV650S]

well ...Paul the weatherman off look norf, was stood on the bridge over the M62, up Ainleys.........it ain't fine now....lol, :cheers:I'm going sledging in the morning down crow wood park.....wanna come???
Im Indoors has gone for a walk:smt104. Silly man! can bet a shiny penny he'll end up in The George:smt019....so much for getting 'fit'!

it doesn't help when you've got a seven year old sat on your shoulder trying to distract you from typing ;-) i've edited it now :-)
And yet I still don't understand it:smt043

[missyburd]

I'm really worried about Pete getting home tonight. He's working until 10pm, and it's still snowing.:(
Have faith Lissa, he'll be fine so long as he doesn't have to fill up on the way ;) :D :p

[xXBADGERXx]

It`s Hoofing it down here now :( , bike is covered and locked and has the maximiser plugged in for the night , see what the morning brings

[Lissa]

Have faith Lissa, he'll be fine so long as he doesn't have to fill up on the way ;) :D :p

PMSL!

He's got a full tank of petrol, so if he does get stuck he won't freeze to death:p

[Grinch]

Yep fingers crossed... then when you get him home maybe you can persuade him to go for a little run?

[xXBADGERXx]

Oh Grinch I have just seen your Avatar , the Abominable GrinchMan

[dizzyblonde]

the ramp for the shed has disappeared and half my garden. There certainly was no point to clearing the garden path, because its gone again

[dizzyblonde]

Oh Grinch I have just seen your Avatar , the Abominable GrinchMan


I bet he was colder than a snowmans cold bits:-D

[Lissa]

Yep fingers crossed... then when you get him home maybe you can persuade him to go for a little run?

Only if he does it a la Grinch though!:D

[northwind]

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/motivator1114763.jpg

[dizzyblonde]

northwind.....thats proper hardcore!!!

[northwind]

Nah, it's proper cowardly, SV's staying in the garage til there's no snow left :cool: Pushbike's got gigantic knobbly tyres on so I was the fastest thing on the road today, great fun.

[xXBADGERXx]

What about Snow Chains for bikes in this weather ?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2352/2236695777_b2fef1d3cf.jpg?v=0

Looks like a nice Winter Hack to me :)

[fizzwheel]

Nah, it's proper cowardly, SV's staying in the garage til there's no snow left :cool: Pushbike's got gigantic knobbly tyres on so I was the fastest thing on the road today, great fun.

I bet that was alot of fun in the snow :cool:

[Grinch]

Only if he does it a la Grinch though!:D

That was the hope... its the new lunge.

[Ed]

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s148/messiemille/snowgirl1-1.jpg

Messie that snowgirl is spooky - she looks just like you. No, really.

mmmm its still coming down heavy:( driving conditions round here are awful, i cant get on or off my drive so my cage is parked on the road (its a slope see) personaly i'm dreading work tomorrow in a 145bhp rear wheel drive car:(

I said we rarely get any snow - we've got about 8 - 10 cm now, still falling with more forecast tonight, and the Merc has been going sideways:D

[monkey]

Grinch were you in a car park when that picture was taken?

[kwak zzr]

looks like the middle of the street.

[DarrenSV650S]

Looks like just outside his front door

[yorkie_chris]

I've just been sledging.

[missyburd]

I've just been sledging.
Ok now I'm jealous :smt019

[fizzwheel]

I've just been sledging.

Is your sledge a "rat" sledge, you know manky old bits of wood, a bit dirty, but solidly engineered underneath...

[yorkie_chris]

Actually it's a nearly new, ultra flexible, low friction polymer sledge.

It used to contain coal.

[fizzwheel]

That is the best kind of sledge :cool:

[BanannaMan]

Your snow has made the news here! :cool:
Major snowstorm covering almost the whole country!












'Tis snowing here now...but only to be a light dusting. :rolleyes:

[xXBADGERXx]

None here this morning , yayy , biking it to work :)

[fizzwheel]

We've had loads, I've been out for a walk and to take some pics, its chaos on the steep hill by our house. I've just watched 3 cars slither all over the place and fail to get up it.

Liz has gone off in the 4 x 4 to try and get to work, and its snowing heavily again.

[STRAMASHER]

Things are back to normal here.


Heavy rain!:cheers:

:rolleyes:


Had some fun giving it a bit of Colin McRae in a few motors last night. The snow makes everything look beautiful, even Castlemilk...










....if you half-close your eyes.:)

[missyburd]

We have a very pretty blanket of snow, not too deep but its still trying :-)

[G]

We had a decent dumping last night.

Couldnt get out of the quarry this morning (infact I probably could have but all the idiot who couldnt got stuck half way up and blocked the route)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v634/graemepaterson/DSCF0768.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v634/graemepaterson/DSCF0771.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v634/graemepaterson/DSCF0773.jpg

[Gazza77]

I went out for a walk last night, and just up the road the snow had drifted up to waist hight in places. Even the more sheltered bits had about 6 inches in a lot of places. I'll post some pics when I can locate my camera lead.

I walked my usual 1.2 mile walk down to get the train this morning, down our lane the snow was nearly over my wellies in a couple of places, but still managed to make it into work on time. I don't know what all the fuss is about. :rolleyes::smt019

[Paul the 6th]

We had a decent dumping last night....

I had a decent dumping as well :) but we've not had much snow, mind you

[G]

but still managed to make it into work on time. I don't know what all the fuss is about. :rolleyes::smt019

There is no buses here and I would have to walk 4 miles to the train station, pay £8.90 for a train to nottingham, then walk another 3 miles from the train station in nottingham.

It would take so long and cost me that much its not worth while. Plus I have a meeting later in Derby so need my car at work.....easier to work from home, wait for the road to be cleared and the straight to my meeting:mrgreen:

[Gazza77]

There is no buses here and I would have to walk 4 miles to the train station, pay £8.90 for a train to nottingham, then walk another 3 miles from the train station in nottingham.

It would take so long and cost me that much its not worth while. Plus I have a meeting later in Derby so need my car at work.....easier to work from home, wait for the road to be cleared and the straight to my meeting:mrgreen:

There are no buses by me today either, though they appear to be running ok in Leeds....

[kitkat]

my daughter went out yesterday with ruler to measure snow. the snow in our street measured 21 cm and its snowing again at the moment. DD is away to walk to the main road to see what its like. schools and college closed again.

[Frank]

well for the first time in 20 yrs we have snow.
Schools closed
No buses



pussies

[hovis]

its coming down quite heavy here........... its starting to stick to the main road a bit, but the cars are spoiling it. i wish it snowed through the night instead

hope i dont have to go to work

i might get the bike out*







*trials bike

[carty]

My train back from work was cancelled yesterday so I borrowed a pool car to get home. Main roads fine, a couple of dodgy moments close to home when I was sliding down a steep hill towards a roundabout at about a 45 degree angle. Managed to straighten up but couldn't stop. Slid straight on to the roundabout, just glad there was nothing coming! I was rather glad when the car was safely parked up at home I to be honest. :batman:

[Luckypants]

We got a load last night. I had to go to my Mum's to sort out her dinner etc, so made the trip to LLanrwst entertaining. My little 4X4 really showed it's mettle in the snow. views from my house this morning....


Rhys looking for grass... (don't worry he has hay and is fed twice a day in this)

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w111/luckypants_photos/2009_0203snow0022.jpg

The hills...

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w111/luckypants_photos/2009_0203snow0023.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w111/luckypants_photos/2009_0203snow0025.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w111/luckypants_photos/2009_0203snow0026.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w111/luckypants_photos/2009_0203snow0027.jpg

[missyburd]

Sunrise this morn can just about see the snow - or what there was this morning, its mostly melted :(

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/7783/dscf1466md2.jpg

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1299/p2038093mk4.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8299/p2038095dr0.jpg

This is turning into a photo thread lol!

[pencil shavings]

nice shots :)

[G]

IF thats your garden Mike clearly the AR should be in northwales one year......plenty of camping :p

[urbane1]

I'm glad we're organised here. Between the end of Oct. 2007 and the middle of Apr. 2008, we had nearly 2 m of snow, in fact on Mar. 22 we had 24 cm fall in 4 hours, during the morning rush hour (which it wasn't).
This winter looks like we may have less snow, but it has been colder, with the temperature dropping to -36 C (-45 C with the windchill) for an number of days.
Enjoy the snow I'm sure it will be gone soon!

[northwind]

All gone here, god damn it :( What a waste.

[Lissa]

Snow again:D

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/Lissasv650/Image004.jpg

Quite deep as you can see on the bin.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/petevtwin650/orgphoto/snowonbin002.jpg

[jimmy__riddle]

the usual rain again in southampton!

[ThEGr33k]

Its just not going :(


Nice pics MYC

[Dave20046]

Bloody snow :( Why does sheffield have to be so hilly.

[G]

It has snowed about 17cm according to my ruler here in nottingham.....and its still going.

I set off for work at 7am and by 9am did 2 miles.....so have come home.

[dizzyblonde]

started just before school. Everything that was gritted is covered. I've a feeling by lunch I'll have a call from school. But its supposed to stop by then

[Gene genie]

for good dizzy????[-o<

[dizzyblonde]

nope. its put a stop to going to Big Ds on Sunday. It won't have melted by then. Can't see the bottom half of the shed, never mind the ramp. I've to reverse the bike round 4 houses before I even get to the road..........think I'll give it a miss!

[Lou M]

Got a text from school at 6.30 this morning to say have a lie in we're not going to open.

Well I would have had a lie in if you hadn't woken me up!:D

But it's thick here, and we usually miss all the snow, first lot this week!

[Gazza77]

nope. its put a stop to going to Big Ds on Sunday. It won't have melted by then. Can't see the bottom half of the shed, never mind the ramp. I've to reverse the bike round 4 houses before I even get to the road..........think I'll give it a miss!

What's it like this morning Dizzy? I've just seen on the Metro website buses have already stopped running by us due to abandonded cars in the road, so looks like another walk home tonight...:(

[missyburd]

nice shots :)


Nice pics MYC
Cheers fellas :)

Reeeeally weird. JUST as I went to post in this thread, I looked out of my window and snow has just started to flutter down from the sky haha, nothing too heavy though. I can't believe I haven't been able to make a snowman or go sledging yet :( (1. Not got time and 2. not enough snow, it all melted before I got a chance, hmph.)

[dizzyblonde]

What's it like this morning Dizzy? I've just seen on the Metro website buses have already stopped running by us due to abandonded cars in the road, so looks like another walk home tonight...:(

buses normal from Hx town centre. Its just the same up here as its been all week....snowed in. i'm bored with it now, all my weekend plans have gone to poop.....so I dyed my hair pink this morning in boredom!

[slark01]

Yes we have had snow, but it's like everything is normal here. Buses are working, town is busy, kids going to school.
Still, baba did make a lovely little snowman the other day :-)

[Gazza77]

buses normal from Hx town centre. Its just the same up here as its been all week....snowed in. i'm bored with it now, all my weekend plans have gone to poop.....so I dyed my hair pink this morning in boredom!

Where abouts in Fax are you? Up in Old Town the roads have been cleared pretty well, even the ones not on bus routes. I couldn't get my car or bike out though, but I live down a little track which obviously doesn't get a plough down it!

[dizzyblonde]

Highroadwell. (a couple of roads down from Norton Tower) The problem is, that although my road is gritted, as there is a lorry loading bay at the end, its where my bikes are kept. Never in a million years would i risk getting it them out...so snowed in so to speak. Our street has a single track gritted. The main road from where my street comes off is clear, but the road other side of the junction is just snow frozen solid. I find it odd as I'd have thought after gritting ours they'd go straight across to grit the other.
Like I said i have to get the bikes round four house before I can even hit a road, so theres really no point. I aren't digging everbody elses!