Andy Freeman Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Properly snowed in for the first time ever!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Not yet - just south of London the snow hasn't yet arrived this time round. I did get severely held-up by a sudden dump of snow on the Monday before Xmas (10 min journey took 2hrs20), and snowed-in for a day and a half in February last year though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 here's a photo from the winter of 1947...showing the railway worker's clearing the line using a 'jet engine'.........i was a twinkle in my mam's eye......some of the mod's-timbo/phil or young asher's will remember this time........... head of the yellow snow party captn anderson........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcho99 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I'm back in work tomorrow so hopefully it'll carry on snowing all night, we've had 4 inches so far today and its started snowing again. The airport I work at has been shut today, only heard 1 plane go over all day! The main road outside is like a car park too, nobody can seem to drive over the canal bridge! Ha HA, bring on a snow day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Adams Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Sat here at work looking out the window at stationary queuing cars. Well at least I can look at the RCM&E Forum. Tesco store and two pubs within walking distance. Well things could be worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdy Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I went to asda earlier and was quite amused; everyone was panic buying everything they could as if there was going to be a nuclear winter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasa_steve Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 still no snow here in kent yet........but the friday before christmad we were snowed in and did'nt see the postie for 4 days it seems all of TWBC could'nt get in either as not one of the footpaths in even the town were cleared......it makes you wonder what they do with the council tax each year but you can lay money they'll be knocking on the door with the bill in may!!!!steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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weasel Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Andy the weasel, is snowed in at work. woke up this morning. the snow is about 2ft deep, more forcast for the morn. was ment to finnish my shift the night. could be hear for a few more days. still there is plenty of food left in the cave. and there is the R.A.F BOULMER SEA KING just down the road, to airlift us out if need be... regards weasel stuck in the middle of the chatton moors........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytilbroke Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Locally we keep getting slight thaw then freeze, more snow, then repeat again. Makes for difficult conditions underfoot. perhaps four inch deep. Elsewhere up to a couple of feet of snow. A lot of Highland region is closed including our main (read only) North South routes. The Ski centres had/were having a bumper time, as were some drivers in a different sense. Today I am not so sure that the TOWRISTS with planks on thier shoes were able to get to the slopes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy watson Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 8" here today. The car hasn't been on my (long sloped) drive for about 3 weeks, but parked on the semi-main road. The fresh snow has fallen on about an inch of compacted, refrozen several times over the last 3 weeks, ice/snow that is very slippy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handyman Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 You shouldn't be complaining about a little snow. I have friends in Southern Norway, Lillesand to be precise. They have 60 cms,( 24" to you wrinklies) and more snow is still falling. Do you hear them complaining. Not on your life.Edited By Handyman on 05/01/2010 23:49:43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Six inches plus here in North-East Hampshire at present and still coming down steadily, which is a good deal more than for many years. Ftb and Andy Watson are describing perfect avalanche conditions for hilly areas, so let's be very careful out there! Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 It's back in West Kent now , a little overnight but not as much as a few weeks ago.......at the moment....Edited By David Ashby - RCME Administrator on 06/01/2010 05:57:32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Grigg Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Just preparing myself to go out and start shovelling.Im the eldest in my road and seem to be the only one who knows what a shovel is for!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 We had some snow whilst I was on duty last night ... but not snowed in: Ponies wander around the local Industrial Estate untethered BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 100 mm here on the west coast of France this morning Unheard off. No salt, no gritters, nobody's ever heard of a snowplough. As far as I can see everyone is still in bed ernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Whisky Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 In SW Scotland we've got about 3 inches of lying snow, but the main problem is ice with night-time temperatures down to -10°C and often still below freezing all day. Strange how these conditions only become national news when they hit the south. I lived in west Sheffield (within the city boundary) for 25 years and got snowed in most years for varying lengths of time. Two years running the snow was so heavy it brought the guttering down! We lived on a bus route and for the first few years we were there the road (a steep hill) was ploughed and gritted and the bus route was kept open. Then about eight years ago that was stopped and road quickly became impassible after snow. Also worth remembering is that when the thaw eventually comes, the south will thaw quickly, while the north and high areas will still have lying snow for much longer - yet watch and see how quickly it will disappear from the news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Clarkson Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 About a foot of snow at home (Brize Norton) and all way to work (RAF Benson) and is still bucketing it down. Managed to get into work in my little Aygo but was fun!!!! Not much flying today though!!!!Edited By Ross Clarkson on 06/01/2010 11:20:34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James40 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I got a phone call at 7pm last night that Brize was activating the station disaster plan and can I come into work. I pitched up with 7 others, made several phone calls to find out what was happening but no one knew so I sent the 7 guys that bothered to turn up home. Woke up this morning to around a foot of snow, flicked on the tv to see whats happening and nearly choked on my morning coffee when I heard on the BBC news that the military is being called out to help stranded motorists, we can't even get our own work place sorted, never mind the poor stranded folks in cars. I'm supposed to be flying tomorrow morning but I can't see that happening ! This is what happens when civilians replace military jobs, union rules come into play and all of a sudden it's too dangerous to drive snow clearing machines in the snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Clarkson Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 James, Standby and i will give my dad a ring and tell him to get his lazy backside in and clear a way for you!!!!! Unless, you secretly want a day off of course? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James40 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Your dads a civi now though Ross, he'll be sat watching tv in the crewroom thumbing through a book of union rules on why he shouldn't be working in the snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Freeman Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 Posted by Romeo Whisky on 06/01/2010 11:13:41:In SW Scotland we've got about 3 inches of lying snow, but the main problem is ice with night-time temperatures down to -10°C and often still below freezing all day. Strange how these conditions only become national news when they hit the south. I lived in west Sheffield (within the city boundary) for 25 years and got snowed in most years for varying lengths of time. Two years running the snow was so heavy it brought the guttering down! We lived on a bus route and for the first few years we were there the road (a steep hill) was ploughed and gritted and the bus route was kept open. Then about eight years ago that was stopped and road quickly became impassible after snow. Also worth remembering is that when the thaw eventually comes, the south will thaw quickly, while the north and high areas will still have lying snow for much longer - yet watch and see how quickly it will disappear from the news! How true.....Our head office in in Guildford. First few flakes and everyone is at action stations and plans are pulled out of the woodwork. They care not when us up here are thigh deep and even 4wd is not a guarantee of getting up the hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myron Beaumont Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I used to motorcycle across the pennines to get from Derby to Ashton under lyme near glossop to work in the Bird cage club( good model shop too there) It was a gold star 350 with clip-ons . Now the whole country stops ! Never forget the hot aches before playing the guitar ! Just me being grumpy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Clarkson Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 That is impossible James, as he would have to have worked to start off with before reading why he shouldn't work!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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