Topic: Its snow fair updated I played in snow today (Read 4547 times)

gtomo2 · « **on:** December 30, 2009, 19:23:41 »

Me sat here watching the rain come down just had a phone call of my perants saying they are snowed in my brother had to leave his car in the lane leading to the village lastnight as he could not get down it. They could not get out to day and its snowing again now. And the worst bit they only live 5 miles from me in north wales and we ad no snow. Not a happy bunny. :'(

Please al i want is about 2 foot of snow [-o< [-o< [-o<

paul_humphreys · « **Reply #1 on:** December 30, 2009, 19:57:34 »

Just to make you even more happy http://s767.photobucket.com/albums/xx312/m6pih/30-12-09%20north%20wales/ and it was not that far from you :)

gtomo2 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 30, 2009, 21:00:56 »

Was thinking of going to the horseshoe pass as well today. Just didnt fancy it on my own. Will have to go out tomorrow and play

paul_humphreys · « **Reply #3 on:** December 30, 2009, 21:07:12 »

We will be starting from the truck stop at Chirk at 9am (just before if you want a fry up :)) if you want to join us?

Paul

Bishops Finger · « **Reply #4 on:** December 30, 2009, 22:08:43 »

Paul ...was that your LC preventing the 110 from forward movement... :lol:

paul_humphreys · « **Reply #5 on:** December 30, 2009, 22:10:44 »

Quote from: Bishops Finger on December 30, 2009, 22:08:43

Paul ...was that your LC preventing the 110 from forward movement... :lol:

Well TBH in the one picture I was stuck :shock: I did not take a picture of the other time I was stuck as I do not do getting stuck :lol: :lol:

Paul

bogie · « **Reply #6 on:** December 30, 2009, 22:57:37 »

Ive had anoth of this naff white rain that melts,going north yorkshire moors tomorrow for 3 days where it is going to snow!!! Well little weather women says it is anyway!

squaddie_fox · « **Reply #7 on:** December 31, 2009, 18:23:32 »

i just got back from cumbria, hartside was impassable for lesser vehicles on tuesday and the range rover had to plough through the snow first to clear a route on the highway.

muddydisco · « **Reply #8 on:** December 31, 2009, 21:34:34 »

This was up buxton last night at 10.30pm

paul_humphreys · « **Reply #9 on:** December 31, 2009, 21:49:29 »

More snow pics

http://s767.photobucket.com/albums/xx312/m6pih/31-12-09%20north%20wales/

Paul

gtomo2 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 01, 2010, 08:41:24 »

Looks nice up the hills. Will have to sort a day out. Shame could not make your last trip. Too much to do. And this man flu has hit me for 6.

V8MoneyPit · « **Reply #11 on:** January 01, 2010, 17:31:11 »

We tried to drive up Cross Top to Swaledale on the 26th, but thought better of it since the snow was getting a bit serious and nothing had been through before us. We turned round and took the Buttertubs pass instead. Then it took over an hour to get down to Kirkby Stephen. The B6270 was 10"-12" deep in snow in places. We only met one other vehicle, another Defender coming the other way, although there were vehicle tracks.

gtomo2 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2010, 17:44:37 »

Well went out playing today in the white stuff. What a fun day it was went over to ruthin then picked up the a5 towards betws y coed but last min turned off on the b4407 towards Blaenau Ffestiniog then the fun started nice road single track and on a nice long stright bit saw a 4x4 pick up coming down the road so i slowed down ready to stop by a passing place the other driver just came down the road road like a boy racer with no sigh on slowing so i ramed it into reverse he then relised someone else was on the road and hit the brakes (in icy snow) i had reversed back about 25foot and he stop just in front of my disco. Had i not reversed he would of just ploud stright in to the front of me. He was shocked to see another car on the road :shock: I saw him form about 2 miles away
. So anyway me and shmbo carried on up the moors got to the top nice road loads of snow At the highest point found 2 stranded chinese tourist stuck in a drift in there hire car. They had been there for 6 hours :shock: :shock:. They said one car had stop but didnt have a tow rope so they left them there Without a phone signal and no hope of rescue some people just make me wonder. So i pulled them out of the snow made sure they were ok. Gave them hot drinks etc. then made sure they go down the road ok. And bless them they wanted to give me money for rescuing them which i refused so they gave us cholcolet bars instead. :D.
Then had fun in the snow down to ffestiniog then down the a470 to betws then over the LLanberis pass then back home down the a5 and over the denighb moors which was nice. Only for the clutch fork to go at a set of traffic lights so ended up driving all the way home to hawarden with out using the clutch and sods law every set of lights and every junction was against me.
Got some pics but none of the rescue i was to busy sorting out the couple and shmbo never thought of taking pics :roll:

dxmedia · « **Reply #13 on:** January 03, 2010, 18:26:21 »

Quote from: gtomo2 on January 03, 2010, 17:44:37

And bless them they wanted to give me money for rescuing them which i refused so they gave us cholcolet bars instead. :D.

Good on ya, does my nut when people in 4x4's charge for recovery

gtomo2 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 03, 2010, 18:28:18 »

pics of the day here http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c257/gtomo2/Days%20out/Snow%20day%202/

bastynitch · « **Reply #15 on:** January 03, 2010, 19:23:53 »

shame the snow has gone , its been a great few days , larking around in the rangie lol :dance:

Bishops Finger · « **Reply #16 on:** January 03, 2010, 20:00:15 »

Did a local lane this pm and one always flooded section the ice was just cracking and breaking...not splintering... in a Jeep Grand Cherokee...its getting frozen out there...

kizz81 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 03, 2010, 22:59:44 »

just come back from north wales :lol: epic snow! rude farmers ... heavon?

came back though buxton to pick up a few things from my flat, came across a stuck pick up on the cat n fiddle pass that was up to its wheel arches in snow that got stuck there after recovering the police, looked down into derbyshire bridge saw a convoy of landys pulling cars up, was up the road near snowdon last week and pulled a car up and my brother tried to pull a car out of a wall, i reovered a mail van ( planet killing 4x4's ay [-X :lol: )

[ the pic is on a tarmac road] , the angrey famers were well out of order coming out on their quad bikes to tell me i was insane for trying to drive in the snow as i was turning road after realising the snow was 2ft deep on that lane, then on the next lane another farmer shouting at me for being slightly off the lane to let another 4x4 past who wanted to continue whereas all i wanted to do was take pics, whem i say slightly off the lane a mean one wheel about 4 foot off the track still inside the fenced off area seems to be some tension up there maybe glass should be informed i have a few pics of lane blockages and so on
saw a few groups out in north wales around ruthin area, any of you?

redhand · « **Reply #18 on:** January 03, 2010, 23:02:20 »

Quote from: gtomo2 on January 03, 2010, 17:44:37

Well went out playing today in the white stuff. What a fun day it was went over to ruthin then picked up the a5 towards betws y coed but last min turned off on the b4407 towards Blaenau Ffestiniog then the fun started nice road single track and on a nice long stright bit saw a 4x4 pick up coming down the road so i slowed down ready to stop by a passing place the other driver just came down the road road like a boy racer with no sigh on slowing so i ramed it into reverse he then relised someone else was on the road and hit the brakes (in icy snow) i had reversed back about 25foot and he stop just in front of my disco. Had i not reversed he would of just ploud stright in to the front of me. He was shocked to see another car on the road :shock: I saw him form about 2 miles away
. So anyway me and shmbo carried on up the moors got to the top nice road loads of snow At the highest point found 2 stranded chinese tourist stuck in a drift in there hire car. They had been there for 6 hours :shock: :shock:. They said one car had stop but didnt have a tow rope so they left them there Without a phone signal and no hope of rescue some people just make me wonder. So i pulled them out of the snow made sure they were ok. Gave them hot drinks etc. then made sure they go down the road ok. And bless them they wanted to give me money for rescuing them which i refused so they gave us cholcolet bars instead. :D.
Then had fun in the snow down to ffestiniog then down the a470 to betws then over the LLanberis pass then back home down the a5 and over the denighb moors which was nice. Only for the clutch fork to go at a set of traffic lights so ended up driving all the way home to hawarden with out using the clutch and sods law every set of lights and every junction was against me.
Got some pics but none of the rescue i was to busy sorting out the couple and shmbo never thought of taking pics :roll:

I know those roads well having lived in Tan Y Grisiau for nearly 10 years

dxmedia · « **Reply #19 on:** January 04, 2010, 09:31:45 »

Rude farmers in North Wales? :lol: :lol: :lol: Na never :lol:

kizz81 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 04, 2010, 12:33:11 »

we met one nice one but only after he rode out from his house to ask me if i was sane ? well ofcourse not :lol: but we offered him chocolate and said happy new year and he was fine after that mind you maybe with my cuent hair he thought i was a sheep :lol:

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