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« on: January 06, 2010, 08:45:37 »
It snowed all night and this morning there was about 30cm of snow at home (Headley near Bordon Hants.) I drove in to work at 6am I made the first tracks down the country lanes. Lots of fallen trees I drove over a couple of smallish trees and pushed through a big trees branches. The rollcage did it job:) It still snowing at work (Camberley) the drive home should be fun:)
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Re: Snow
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2010, 13:11:27 »
There was some guy on phone to the Beeb this morning who left work in Feltham (?) at 6.30 last night and was still on the A3 at 8.30 this morning trying to get to Portsmouth  :shock:
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Re: Snow
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2010, 13:18:29 »
Massive, massive, massssssssive disruption in and around Fareham - Last night and this morning!

I've been to my daughter's nursery and picked up the kids and care assistants who were stranded there overnight and taken them all home. Five hours to Waterlooville and back. 1000's of abandoned cars along every road. Multiple idiots who think flat out is the way to go.

On a sad note, I attended (along with 6 others) to an elderly gent who had a heart attack in his car. We took turns with chest compressions for 50 minutes until the ambulance arrived. Sadly, he was pronounced dead at the scene. No amount of training prepares you for a situation like that.

Please be careful out there!
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Re: Snow
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2010, 14:12:22 »
Quote from: auf_wiedersehen_pet on January 06, 2010, 13:18:29

On a sad note, I attended (along with 6 others) to an elderly gent who had a heart attack in his car. We took turns with chest compressions for 50 minutes until the ambulance arrived. Sadly, he was pronounced dead at the scene. No amount of training prepares you for a situation like that.

Please be careful out there!

Not nice, but well done all of them for trying.
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Re: Snow
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2010, 18:12:34 »
Quote from: auf_wiedersehen_pet on January 06, 2010, 13:18:29
Massive, massive, massssssssive disruption in and around Fareham - Last night and this morning!

I've been to my daughter's nursery and picked up the kids and care assistants who were stranded there overnight and taken them all home. Five hours to Waterlooville and back. 1000's of abandoned cars along every road. Multiple idiots who think flat out is the way to go.

On a sad note, I attended (along with 6 others) to an elderly gent who had a heart attack in his car. We took turns with chest compressions for 50 minutes until the ambulance arrived. Sadly, he was pronounced dead at the scene. No amount of training prepares you for a situation like that.

Please be careful out there!


i was on the fareham round about last night as it came to a stand still. finaly got things moving between a few of us. i was ferrying a few nhs staff to and from work and ended up recovering stuck vehicles all over the place.  titchfield area was real bad last night along with alot of other places.

i am doing the same again tonight.  lets hope its not as bad out there and people have stayed at home where possible
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Re: Snow
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2010, 18:56:56 »
YES I LOVE SNOW IN HAMPSHIRE!!
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Re: Snow
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2010, 07:35:55 »
Btween 6 and 12" in Berkshire, main roads are reasonable, but side roads are lethal with up to 6" of compacted snow. Stayed at a friend's house last night in Bracknell and had to drive up the hill with the lockers in and then winch a few people up behind me just to get out.

Currently the Landy is the only vehicle which can get out of the drive (down a single track road and then a byway). Haven't had anyone else leave the road on the lane and make contact with the side of the house as happened late last week.

Ended up recovering a lot of vehicles yesterday purely to enable me to get to where I wanted to go. So far the Land Rover hasn't missed a beat and its recovered everything from a tanker to the local milkfloat.
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Re: Snow
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2010, 11:32:14 »
A fair covering on Mendip, dug the zook out today and hit town for supplies, first time I've been out for 3 days!!!
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Re: Snow
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2010, 14:26:04 »
Snow in Camborne Cornwall! 2 inches in half an hour in Turo.

The lane I live down was totally iced over last night as its basically a stream, so I left the Golf at the top and wallked back (in suit as had come from 3 days in London)

Out in the Freelander this morning, no problems, glad I kept it with the best AT tyres I could find as its 90% road miles but the 10% off road I do really matters. Sill diddnt try the lane (sheet ice is sheet ice!) so went up the overgrown green lane thats an old shortcut to my house, its so rocky you get good grip.

Took the wife out site seeing and recovered (with police in attendance) an estate car that had gone off the road into a road sign  (I put my tow strop in the car before I left). Went to the egg farm during a blizzard and the woman on the till was amazed to see anyone!

All in all an exciting morning.
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Re: Snow
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2010, 14:28:01 »
Oh yes,

We like heated windows
We like heated seats
We like fuel buring heaters
We like traction controll
We like Hilll Decent Controll
We like 4x4
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Re: Snow
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2010, 15:05:11 »
Quote from: carbore on January 07, 2010, 14:28:01
Oh yes,

We like heated windows
We like heated seats
We like fuel buring heaters
We like traction controll
We like Hilll Decent Controll
We like 4x4

Audi allroad. good choice my friend  :P
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Re: Snow
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2010, 15:09:43 »
Nope its a Freelander

Id consider an allroad to replace the Golf as we need a high ground clearance car (cos our lanes unsurfaced)  and an estate would be idea. Id still Need a Disco or Pickup for the Farm type stuff though is the current thinking.
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Re: Snow
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2010, 13:10:21 »
Quote from: auf_wiedersehen_pet on January 06, 2010, 13:18:29
Massive, massive, massssssssive disruption in and around Fareham - Last night and this morning!

On a sad note, I attended (along with 6 others) to an elderly gent who had a heart attack in his car. We took turns with chest compressions for 50 minutes until the ambulance arrived. Sadly, he was pronounced dead at the scene. No amount of training prepares you for a situation like that.

Please be careful out there!
It was just fantastic that he didnt die alone and had people trying to help him.
If only every one knew CPR
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Re: Snow
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2010, 13:13:29 »
Quite a bit of snow around the louth area of lincolnshire..It wa quite cold refitting a propshaft this morning :lol:

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Re: Snow
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2010, 13:15:21 »
I have never know it so bad.
Our local supermarket shut at 10am as it had sold all the bread milk etc.
I came home at 5pm one night and everywhere was deserted, quite erey really.
I did dig a neibour out and we tried to shift a crashed car from the middle of the road, but it was just too badly mangled and we would have put our selves at risk, so just checked no one was hurt
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Re: Snow
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2010, 14:24:22 »
oh Lord please make it snow here again as she has me hanging out of upstairs windows cleaning and replacing leaky guttering  [-o<
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