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Title: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: bravo669 on January 06, 2010, 06:58:08
Wiltshire


boss rang me and sed dont bother coming in til later.
Brothers school is shut,
other brother is lazy by definition and just went back to bed!
wifeys [!Expletive Deleted!] off that i can get her to work!

honestly some people are never grateful!!

prepare for a day of overreacting!!

how bad is it elsewhere in the shire? im in devizes and it looks crap outside the house but im taking a run into town shortly so will update.

cheers
ben
Title: Re: Snow in the shire!
Post by: Saffy on January 06, 2010, 07:26:20
only 4 inch in Trowbridge but still falling.
Title: Re: Snow in the shire!
Post by: bravo669 on January 06, 2010, 07:30:06
same here! crack out the sledge!
Title: Re: Snow in the shire!
Post by: Saffy on January 06, 2010, 13:24:04
same here! crack out the sledge!

Another inch fallen since this morn. Plenty of peeps up westbury whitehorse with sledges. After dropping Mrs off in work I went and played with dogs up on imber in the virgin snow, got back about hour ago all starving marvin to find she taken door key into work with her  :lipsrsealed: 
Title: Re: Snow in the shire!
Post by: bravo669 on January 06, 2010, 14:52:51
its never a good idea to entrust keys to the wife!lol,i bet its great down imber today!

ive just been on top of monument hill devizes and its starting to drift up there quite bad. still passable but got some well funny looks from some happy hikers with sledges!
Title: Re: Snow in the shire!
Post by: mass199 on January 06, 2010, 15:23:07
10 inches in Herefordshire
Title: Re: Snow in the shire!
Post by: TDi90 on January 06, 2010, 18:48:25
beyond my knee cap in HAMPSHIRE today and last night. amazing.  :clap:
Title: Re: Snow in the shire!
Post by: bravo669 on January 07, 2010, 09:35:33
lets have some pics then boyos,

heres the byway from gypsy patch to monument hill in devizes, lots more deeper drifts up the top of the hill.
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC00661.jpg)

on the way out to sleight where my dad lives - crap road at the best of times!
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC00662.jpg)

a van went round the corner too fast and ended up in the ditch!
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC00663.jpg)

view from the master suite in the chateau!
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC00664.jpg)
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC00665.jpg)

who else got pics????
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: Saffy on January 07, 2010, 10:46:16
toasty truck ready to go *gloat*
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_vsZEAUl5Nmc/S0TtKL9svwI/AAAAAAAAG-k/NFve1lVD37Q/s720/06012010345.jpg)

non-toasty rides *gloat*
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_vsZEAUl5Nmc/S0TtLJebroI/AAAAAAAAG-o/zezBfqfuZzY/s720/06012010346.jpg)

abandoned and being stripped
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_vsZEAUl5Nmc/S0TtNLwlJdI/AAAAAAAAG-0/mR--bsTbtPI/s720/06012010348.jpg)

dogs going loopy on Pear Tree Hill
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_vsZEAUl5Nmc/S0TtPjJx4TI/AAAAAAAAG-8/M9ujIDNzb0U/s640/06012010351.jpg)

aww pretty ...but missing something
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_vsZEAUl5Nmc/S0TtQqEdi7I/AAAAAAAAG_A/p6u79fRofzI/s512/06012010352.jpg)

aww that better...
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_vsZEAUl5Nmc/S0TtSJNbgWI/AAAAAAAAG_M/o5yQxRBZb4c/06012010355.jpg)
Title: Re: Snow in the shire!
Post by: Saffy on January 07, 2010, 10:47:30
lets have some pics then boyos,

heres the byway from gypsy patch to monument hill in devizes, lots more deeper drifts up the top of the hill.

who else got pics????

and you still did all that nakid with an application of butter?
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: bravo669 on January 07, 2010, 10:58:26
the butter helps keep you warm!lol

i saw that vit up tinhead the other day, it was fairly intact apart from no back wheels, there was also a defender down near shrewton which i heard had been nicked and a john deere near haxton with a front wheel off after it hit the verge. nasty.....

supposed to be at college today but wilts college are lightweights! its not as if lackham has loads of tractors or anything! oh wait.......
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: Saffy on January 07, 2010, 11:14:07
i saw that vit up tinhead the other day, it was fairly intact apart from no back wheels,

you ever see that bently (think it was one of them) that dumped pretty much exactly where that vit is at tinhead? Landwarden told me they found it with doors open and drugs scattered all around. I asked if they been about looking for fresh shallow graves nearby!
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: bravo669 on January 07, 2010, 11:26:13
no i never saw that. plenty of places to be digging up on the plain!lol
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: bravo669 on January 07, 2010, 14:17:20
have ventured out again to check on me gran. (she doesnt answer the mobile!!!!)

Lacock
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC02191.jpg)
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC02192.jpg)

Lanes around me grans:
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC02193.jpg)
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC02195.jpg)
this ones tight, even for a pint sized jimny! - dry stone walls either side and barbed wire with the occassional cow!
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC02196.jpg)
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC02197.jpg)

didnt see another car round the lanes, me gran lives in a tiny hamlet just outside corsham and usually people use her road as a cut through from chippenham. not yesterday and today they didnt! me cousin cracked some ribs out sledging yesterday, but she'll be fine - (character building!) but its all good fun!!
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: Mutz on January 07, 2010, 17:37:28
About the same in the Norfolk area, no need to phone my brother in Westbury now i can see how much snow he has :clap:

Just saved me some money, thanks :lol:
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: bravo669 on January 07, 2010, 21:23:49
no worrys, i like to think that i have helped!lol  :dance:
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: squaddie_fox on January 08, 2010, 01:52:44
any idea what it is like around tidworth? got to go back there on sunday...
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: bravo669 on January 08, 2010, 07:29:29
i knowit was quite bad on the 338 towards marlborough but i havent been up there for a few days. id imagine it'd be ok now, its just the residential roads that are a bit iffy still.
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: Saffy on January 08, 2010, 14:45:09
Hiked up Cley Hill today with dogs, made it to the top and it started snowing so I came down again... on my ass at one point  :dance:
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_vsZEAUl5Nmc/S0dCnFzCGgI/AAAAAAAAHBI/SKNIlWOkzWE/s640/08012010384.jpg)

Spotted a landrover at work, there was a work crew in the woods putting up a stile (I think).
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_vsZEAUl5Nmc/S0dCsScavII/AAAAAAAAHBQ/PHLRN9uvHdM/s640/08012010385.jpg)

Passed this sign post many times over the years and this is the first time it hasn't been lying !!!
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_vsZEAUl5Nmc/S0dC0jwxDzI/AAAAAAAAHBY/hP-IuB4lgzw/s640/08012010387.jpg)

I made a 360deg panoramic from cleyhill but it's not going to work here I do not think as it too small...
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_vsZEAUl5Nmc/S0dCdSCbThI/AAAAAAAAHA4/OrlrNe3Y_-Y/s720/CLEYHILL_JAN2010_8TH_PANORAMIC.jpg)
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: bravo669 on January 09, 2010, 22:54:48
went shooting over marlborough today on a private estate, snow play was immense!acres of the stuff untouched! :dance:

1st off i couldnt find the road!
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC02199.jpg)

had to ask the co-pilot!
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC02203.jpg)

(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC02206.jpg)

(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC02209.jpg)

(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC02210.jpg)

to be fair to RRS lady, this isnt even a road noemally!! and you go down a steep bank to get onto it! (also she didnt have a clue)!!
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC02213.jpg)

(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC02214.jpg)

(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC02217.jpg)

all in all a fun day!!
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: Saffy on January 13, 2010, 09:25:58
..........IT'S BACK
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: mass199 on January 13, 2010, 13:01:40
We've got another 6 inches
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: Dave123 on January 13, 2010, 17:10:32
Got about another 6 inches today, Totaling about 8 on the ground inch with areas of 12-18"!! In places it's said to be waist high on the hills! :shock:

Just one picci today, until my batteries died on my camera :roll:

(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee160/BigDave123_2007/snow2010002Edited.jpg)
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: bravo669 on January 13, 2010, 21:29:26
was woke up by the sweet sound of the milk float skidding into the side of a skoda this morning!
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: bravo669 on January 14, 2010, 11:37:31
look what i happened accross on my way to work! it made me think of that x trail advert with the little men that help it go round corners in the snow!! well, obviously they were on leave yesterday!!

(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC00638.jpg)
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: Bishops Finger on January 14, 2010, 22:54:21
Great pics Bravo... :D
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: bravo669 on January 15, 2010, 17:09:54
hehe!
i came accross a woman today who had pulled off the road to let a van past and ended up in a gateway of a snowy muddy rutted track on the estate. there was no way she could get back on the road under her own steam!
we looked for the screw in towing eye - no joy! she didnt even know what one was which probably didnt help!
we looked everywhere, all we found was the hole where the spare wheel, jack and towing eye, should have been!!
in the end i got bored and was on a mission so i cracked out the waffle boards and shoved them under the front wheels! - enter my friend chris with the lead foot! took a few tries but we did it!!

shes going to take it back to where she got it from and moan at them! poor blokes!

hehe
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: V8MoneyPit on January 15, 2010, 17:38:19
i came accross a woman today who had pulled off the road to let a van past and ended up in a gateway of a snowy muddy rutted track on the estate. there was no way she could get back on the road under her own steam!

My wife came across someone who had done the same. She got out to try to help and the chap in the vehicle she'd pulled over for shouted out that he hoped they would get a move on as he couldn't get in the field because the car was blocking the way  :shock: Needless to say, my wife suggested he might be better off helping than whinging...... or words to that effect...... might have been a few choice words in there too  :shock: :lol:
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: Saffy on February 08, 2010, 13:05:56
Snowing big ol'flakes up on the Plains early when I was walking dogs. Dunno if it will stick but it was bitterly cold in the wind.

In other news - how many dead badger can one road have in about 2 mile stretch??? On the b3098 between Edington and Erlestoke I counted 7 dead badger.
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: Disco Matt on February 08, 2010, 13:12:20

In other news - how many dead badger can one road have in about 2 mile stretch??? On the b3098 between Edington and Erlestoke I counted 7 dead badger.

I always find it very odd that I see plenty of dead badgers on the roads, but I've never seen a live one near the roads...
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: Saffy on February 08, 2010, 13:36:06

In other news - how many dead badger can one road have in about 2 mile stretch??? On the b3098 between Edington and Erlestoke I counted 7 dead badger.

I always find it very odd that I see plenty of dead badgers on the roads, but I've never seen a live one near the roads...

PLenty of sets up on the ridge and in the woods above road there and wondering if MOD activity has anything to do with it. The MOD dig in and set up OP and ambush point right up the top, these things happen at night. They usually replace the turf but I seen a couple still intact so it was recent mock combat.  Wondering if badgers are out of set and suddenly bunch of automatic fire, flares and such like would make them run for it rather than going back to the set. If they reach the road its steep banked each side so they would find themselves trapped wandering in a tunnel like stretch of road. That if they where all killed in one night, I have not been travelling that road much lately so dunno when they appeared.
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: john656 on February 10, 2010, 18:32:02
Nothing in Leominster or Malvern :-( had a lil flurry but nothings stuck..... :roll: :'(
Title: Re: Snow in the shire! - NOW WITH PICS!!!
Post by: Little-Green-Machine on February 11, 2010, 15:10:44
got abit down here this morning , dragged a lorry up the hill with the disco earlier :twisted:
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