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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: carbore on December 16, 2009, 14:16:39
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Hello,
Its snowing here in Wesminster (and blinknig cold)
(A fitting welcome for Gordon , back from the Global warminig summit)
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That's what we all want to hear - bring it on :lol:
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can we have some [-o< please
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had a bit in Hertford this afternoon, and it was cold enough to freeze the ruts i made in the field on monday
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We've got a covering in not so sunny South Yorks - guess whose RR is poorly again :(
Had to go out in it in the Mondeo earlier - at least RRB has very kindly fixed the heater switch in it, thank you!
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We have got loads of the White stuff and still coming down has been since about 8. I have got my car stuck out side the house.
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this thread is worthless without pics.
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8 o'clock this morning in Norfolk.
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8 o'clock this morning in Norfolk.
Looks like you got your motor ready in the nick of time! :twisted:
Rich
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8 o'clock this morning in Norfolk.
Looks like you got your motor ready in the nick of time! :twisted:
Rich
:lol: Yeah! It's nice having a working heater too!
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Not a flake on the top of the Mendips :'(
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this morning about 10 o'clock
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com:80/VOL1385/11214785/22813315/379769042.jpg)
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no pics, but here the snow of this morning that has melted due to traffic is now freezing due to the ground temps. 4 recoveries so far from the ice rink that is the area around my house on a hill. I couldn't quite manage the 7.5 tonner that sensibly parked and tried to anchor when he felt the slide. He has since continued down the hill and is now settled against some poor blokes Rover214.
I was shocked to find a number of the spectators asking how much money I had made, has the state of this country really got that bad?
DT.
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me and phil c did 3 tows today, 2 up a steep hill and 1 sprinter van off of a snow bank and manhandled a couple of others around. the best bit was when i had to tow phils trooper out of a rut :D looking forward to more tommorow :afro:
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A couple more pics from this morning. Had a little more snow overnight. These pics wer just on the phone, but aren't too bad. The lane is leading away from our house.
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And this is about half a mile down that road..... I love where I live :D I could never live in a town, or even a village, again.
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Stayed in Swaffham last night. Left mine with hardly any snow but buy the time I got there there was a good 18 inches sitting on top of the walls and gardens with the roads completely covered despite the best attempts of gritters and snow ploughs :D Carried on snowing heavily all night although it didn't seem to get any deeper on the ground.
Decided to walk to the high street in the morning and had a very near miss with a tree. Walked along the road as the pavement was deep in the white stuff and was about to walk under a heavily laden bough that spanned the road. Before I reached it I heard a loud crack and a lot of the snow dropped off. Decided to get up onto the footpath that was just out of it's reach and carried on. As I passed it there was an even louder crack and it came crashing down blocking the road :shock: If it hadn't of given that first crack there would of been a good chance I'd of been underneath it taking photos like i had been further back along the road :roll:
(http://img4011.photobox.co.uk/61166815c78f53b635f3d30f783fe2394adbc91b09995ed4a32662e530fd53593b0731fc.jpg)
On my return journey there were several cars struggling to turn around in the snow because they couldn't negate the bough. I was tempted to get the Landy and clear it but it was still just about attached to the trunk which was in a rather large garden belonging to a very expensive looking period house and didn't fancy the hassle that would no doubt come about of trying to do a good deed. Also I had had a few sherbets the night before so decided against being caught on the road that early dragging half a tree away :roll:
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heres a few of the recent snow fall weve had although its still falling now and will be till about the end of next week
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Yay!! a light dusting of snow on top of the hill today!! - let's watch the muppets trying to drive!!
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Finaly got a good dose of it over night so couldn't resist the temptation to go for a jolly down the untreated back roads (even the treated ones were a bit dodgy in places). Was not surprised to find complete muppets crashing about in it sliding around blind corners as they were driving far too fast and overtaking on sheet ice or compacted snow :evil: I was surprised and a little ashamed that it was 2 seperate guys in 4x4's that were behaving like kids and that all the standard cars that I came across were actually driving extremely well in the conditions (I wouldn't of fancied it at all in my focus). I was expecting to find someone in trouble at some point but the nearest I came to it was actually when I stopped to let the dog stretch her legs and a nice family in a Freelander came alongside to check that I was ok :oops: :lol:
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:oops: :huh: :shocked: the fatal last words were,I bet you couldt get through there
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a couple more
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:oops: :huh: :shocked: the fatal last words were,I bet you couldt get through there
Love it
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:oops: :huh: :shocked: the fatal last words were,I bet you couldt get through there
I guess you didnt then?
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We've got a covering in not so sunny South Yorks - guess whose RR is poorly again :(
Then get the damned garage emptied out so we can fix it.
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Finally, snow has come to Cardiff, we must have nearly an inch !!!!
wizard
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As much as 12" in places round Reading.
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very little here. not even a cm I reckon and I am west of Northampton. To top it off the roads are just dangerously icy and my 4wd has broken so just 2wd as normal. Shouldnt take much more than about £600 I reckon to mend the car. deep joy!
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once again, the white fluffy stuff brings chaos to the roads of the UK :roll:
This country is becoming more pathetic. I have been out on patrol round Hampshire over the last few days,and in all honesty, if people took a bit more time for their journey, used 2nd gear to get themselves out of a mess, and didn't panic, there wouldn't be so much of a problem!
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I thought i shoiuld add a couple of photos of me having some fun! :P
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/andre_aggassi2000/DSC04116.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/andre_aggassi2000/DSC04117.jpg)
Rob :twisted:
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once again, the white fluffy stuff brings chaos to the roads of the UK :roll:
This country is becoming more pathetic. I have been out on patrol round Hampshire over the last few days,and in all honesty, if people took a bit more time for their journey, used 2nd gear to get themselves out of a mess, and didn't panic, there wouldn't be so much of a problem!
I quite agree although I think some of the blame should lie with the media whipping up a frenzy over it. Obviously a slow news week but getting sick of turning the box on to see headlines like 'Severe snow chaos brings country to gridlock!!!' and being told to stay indoors unless absolutely necessary :shock:
I had to go to a xmas dinner some 70miles from home on Friday and was aware that the area it was being held in was getting far more snow than we had been. But I was ashamed when a friend actually rang to see if I was still going as he was staying at home because the woman on the telly told him too :roll: I told him to grow a pair and eventually he came round to the idea. Admittedly when we got there it was under 18" of snow and the road was being cleared by a snow plough infront of me (gutted :twisted:) but he still managed it himself in his Vectra and despite snowing heavily all night he got home safely too (although it did take us half an hour to get his doors open and defrost it :lol:).
Obviously if the media is able to reduce the numbers on the roads than this does help ease matters but all they are trying to do is make the first half decent cover of snow we've had seem like a scene from 'the day after tomorrow' :doh:
(http://www.yourmoviestuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/the-day-after-tomorrow.jpg)
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Hardly anything here in Trowbridge worth mentioning - smattering of snow, currently mostly freezing fog at -2degC. This was the view from my tent on weekend:
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_vsZEAUl5Nmc/Sy5okt9t14I/AAAAAAAAGpY/hInreUnme6E/s720/20122009281.jpg)
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I trust you cleared all that snow off before driving Rob ;)
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We had a light flurry in Birmingham on Sunday but none since then. Must be the only place in the UK with no snow and no clue what all the fuss is about. Snow, snow? what snow?
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We had a light flurry in Birmingham on Sunday but none since then. Must be the only place in the UK with no snow and no clue what all the fuss is about. Snow, snow? what snow?
We're the same, not a jot of snow :'( Been down as low as minus 2 but thats as much as we've had.
All we're hearing on the news is how the county is coming to a standstill!! :roll: whereas earlier this year (Feb) when we had loads over here not a jot was heard on the media [-X
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me and a mate were doing a removal job in winchmore hill last night and the snow really came down, about 2 inches in an hour, first time ive used the difflock in london :lol: then 3 of us went out and about near hertford, towed a sprinter van for a recovery company :shock: as us doing it saved them using the winch on the artic sized recovery truck they sent :lol: then we towed a brand new merc up a hill from a ford thats about 4 foot deep, theyd followed their sat nav down to it but fortunatley not gone through it. a good night out (for us)
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well, at work in my 18 tonne recycle lorry today my round took me to the east of Northampton where I found thicker snow. these were some images from my stationary lorry. (stationary as in stopped, not a pen holder! ;) :lol: )
(http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs174.snc3/20131_384908450500_519895500_10299149_4389016_n.jpg)
this one was of a country lane that was about 5-6 miles long and sheet ice the whole length.
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs194.snc3/20131_384908475500_519895500_10299150_4718723_n.jpg (http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs194.snc3/20131_384908475500_519895500_10299150_4718723_n.jpg)
During the day I didnt get stuck once. As LSP said, if people took more time and used less right foot and thought ahead to what might happen to thier vehicle, ie look at the road camber and predict the car/lorry may slide and act upon it then I am sure more people would get through.
I do wonder why the chap in this lorry is admitting his well over the top driving hours on national tv though!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8427351.stm?ls (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8427351.stm?ls)
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I trust you cleared all that snow off before driving Rob ;)
of course :police: :police: :police:
i am an :angel: