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[TD]

Just got up....

and there 2 or 3 inches of snow....that wasn't forecasted 

[STEMO]

Well....when I got up there was no snow, and it was forecast. You stole my snow 

[TD]

Well....when I got up there was no snow, and it was forecast. You stole my snow 

Drive down here and load your car up with it......you can have it back 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Just wet and windy here. 

[TD]

According to local radio....the M4 is down to one lane east and west bound between jn16 and jn17 because of the snow 

[Viral_Jim]

Just a couple of inches here.

Did see a bloke in a white van roar out of the petrol station, try a handbrake turn and slither into a bollard though. Quite made my morning 

[YZ250]

Loads of it here. It started in the night and is still falling really heavy. It's deep enough to stop me getting out of our drive and the roads are completely covered.
Can't get out to see how bad the main roads are.

[Bigron]

Being retired means I can enjoy the snow without thinking about long, nightmare journeys to and from work - unless I have to go to the hospital or my GP's!

Ron.

[STEMO]

Being retired means I can enjoy the snow without thinking about long, nightmare journeys to and from work - unless I have to go to the hospital or my GP's!

Ron.

I wouldn’t fret too much, Ron, today’s 4 hour dump will probably be our ration for the year.

[TD]

Being retired means I can enjoy the snow without thinking about long, nightmare journeys to and from work - unless I have to go to the hospital or my GP's!

Ron.

I wouldn’t fret too much, Ron, today’s 4 hour dump will probably be our ration for the year.

I don't know.....its snowing again here.....could be housebound for months 

[Entwood]

Phone call from the transfer company ... wants to leave an hour earlier .. so 4 hours !!!! to get from Swindon to Heathrow !! but I guess he knows what he's doing ... at least Singapore will be 31C .... and no snow ..  

[Shackeng]

Have a great time Nige, sounds just like a trip we did a few years ago.

[BazaJT]

So far we've had a very,very light dusting here and it's all now gone again.It did slow the traffic to about 0.2mph though Anybody would have thought it was a white out the way they were crawling along

[TheBoy]

About 4" here, and been falling all day. I think its thawing at the same rate its falling TBH.

When it stops, need to get out an clear drive and road, as she leaves for work at daft o'clock in the morning. Me, I think I'll not bother going in tomorrow, as I'm lucky enough I can do virtually all my job from anywhere.

[TD]

Had planned on going geocaching this afternoon.....

Now I think its a matter of lying on the sofa in front of the fire watching tv 

[zirk]

about 3 or 4 inches here, thought the plan was it was going to hit up North not down here.

Next door was saying would be nice to get some snow again, he's just spent most of the morning getting rid of it from he's pathway, some people. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Being retired means I can enjoy the snow without thinking about long, nightmare journeys to and from work - unless I have to go to the hospital or my GP's!

Ron.

I wouldn’t fret too much, Ron, today’s 4 hour dump will probably be our ration for the year.

That is a long time to spend in the toilet.

[Doctor Gollum]

About 4" here, and been falling all day. I think its thawing at the same rate its falling TBH.

When it stops, need to get out an clear drive and road, as she leaves for work at daft o'clock in the morning. Me, I think I'll not bother going in tomorrow, as I'm lucky enough I can do virtually all my job from the bath.

Don't forget to fit Mrs TBs winter tyres whilst you're out...

No curry tonight though

[Viral_Jim]

Don't forget to fit Mrs TBs winter tyres whilst you're out...

That's just reminded me about the set of winters I have for the M140i down the cellar. Not a bad time to get them sold I reckon. I'm sure there'll be a few 1 series owners stuck on their drives this weekend 

[2boxerdogs]

Been & gone here already 😀

[Andy B]

Been & gone here already 😀

likewise ... there was only an inch or two anyway

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

When I got home from work at 7.30am its was hammering down with slightly sleety rain.
Got up at at 1pm and there was a good 2 inches of snow on the ground which was a bit of a shock.

[YZ250]

Still light snow here and it's not thawing. In fact it's started to freeze. Can't get either car out of the drive and the roads are still solid snow anyway so not going anywhere. There are crashed cars scattering the hedges and ditches and local news reported jackknifed lorries on the bypass. Might have a lay-in tomorrow.   

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I don't much feel like going out again, but I'm back to work tonight at 6.30. 
Its nice and warm indoors and fickin freezing out. I'm getting too old to get cold. Snot fair. 

[Doctor Gollum]

I don't much feel like going out again, but I'm back to work tonight at 6.30. 
Its nice and warm indoors and fickin freezing out. I'm getting too old to get cold. Snot fair. 

Life's not fair. Get over it and get your arse back to work

[TheBoy]

Nearest roundabout to my house has 3 abandoned cars within 100yrds, 2 are fwd shitboxes so no excuse really, no idea what the Yeti is.

[BazaJT]

Been and gone here too,hardly had enough to show a footprint in,now it's just wet.Could be interesting in the morning if it freezes overnight like it's supposed to!

[biggriffin]

We'll i was about my business, at 0430 this morning, no gritters and no knob end, idiots driving, up-u till about 10.00, two trips up and down the M1 i was doing about 50mph, bobbing along, once the idiots were released, for the rest of the day lucky to achive 40mph,  Trucking winkers 

[Viral_Jim]

no idea what the Yeti is.

Either fwd or 4wd, either way no excuse. Ours (1.2 fwd dsg) is very capable in both the sh!tty slush and the few inches of actual snow we’ve had. The short wheelbase does mean it’ll turn on a dime with the handbrake applied though. SWMBO was not at all impressed 

[ronnyd]

Nearest roundabout to my house has 3 abandoned cars within 100yrds, 2 are fwd shitboxes so no excuse really, no idea what the Yeti is.

Just because the "yummy mummies" have FWD doesn,t mean they have a clue how to use ,em, as long as they manage the pavement outside the local Tesco of course . Spoken by a man who has never driven a FWD.

[TheBoy]

no idea what the Yeti is.

Either fwd or 4wd, either way no excuse. Ours (1.2 fwd dsg) is very capable in both the sh!tty slush and the few inches of actual snow we’ve had. The short wheelbase does mean it’ll turn on a dime with the handbrake applied though. SWMBO was not at all impressed 

Most cars are capable enough, though we all know the quality of driving is at an all time low.


I think in this case, its the fact so many cars have no ground clearance, and the way the snow has be blown around up here, its lifting up the front of the car enough to reduce traction.  Certainly, whilst very slippery, its not bad enough to expect 3 abandoned cars in such a short space.

[YZ250]

......
I think in this case, its the fact so many cars have no ground clearance, and the way the snow has be blown around up here, its lifting up the front of the car enough to reduce traction.....

The 4 series has a built in snow plough so after travelling about 6 feet I've collected enough snow on the splitter to build a snowman. 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I don't much feel like going out again, but I'm back to work tonight at 6.30. 
Its nice and warm indoors and fickin freezing out. I'm getting too old to get cold. Snot fair. 

Life's not fair. Get over it and get your arse back to work

I did and I'm here at work now. 
The journey was slightly stressful as I was behind a line of 7 cars, the front one of which was driving at a steady 14 mph on the straights and braking down to single figure speeds on anything that wasn't dead straight.
IF YOU CANT DRIVE IN THE SNOW STAY AT FICKIN HOME FFS. 
When I arrived at work I had to have some childish sideways and donut action to calm my self down. 

[LFF64]

Insignia is 4x4 but not ventured out today and day off tomorrow otherwise would gave been an early shift , I am guessing that would have been an interesting drive otherwise

[plym ian]

Insignia is 4x4 but not ventured out today and day off tomorrow otherwise would gave been an early shift , I am guessing that would have been an interesting drive otherwise

You must have the only Insignia 4x4 where the 4x4 actually works lol

[Shackeng]

no idea what the Yeti is.

Either fwd or 4wd, either way no excuse. Ours (1.2 fwd dsg) is very capable in both the sh!tty slush and the few inches of actual snow we’ve had. The short wheelbase does mean it’ll turn on a dime with the handbrake applied though. SWMBO was not at all impressed 

Most cars are capable enough, though we all know the quality of driving is at an all time low.


I think in this case, its the fact so many cars have no ground clearance, and the way the snow has be blown around up here, its lifting up the front of the car enough to reduce traction.  Certainly, whilst very slippery, its not bad enough to expect 3 abandoned cars in such a short space.

Sadly many drivers today have had little or no experience of snow/ice driving. While I used to curse it every year when I started driving, at least I had refresher training every winter.

[Mister Rog]

No white stuff where I am, just a light flurry. But there's a lot not so far away

But what puzzles me is why poeple leave piles of snow on their bonnets and windscreen when they go to the supermarket. Is it some kind of "look how much snow I've got contest" ?

[plym ian]

No white stuff here and there never is thank god although i do miss the omega in the snow

[ronnyd]

SWMBO saw a car going past the house this morning, every window covered except from a small square just in front of the driver. Lazy bugger.

[Bigron]

Not hard to clear the "igloo", is it? Soft yard broom all over the vehicle, then sweep the snowfall clear of the driveway so you don't get sued if someone goes arse over tit in it - job done. 

Ron.

[ronnyd]

I use a big squeegee on a broom handle, works quite well

[Bigron]

Yep, sounds good - except for clearing the path/driveway afterwards.
It may sound unnecessary and/or a trivial point, but people HAVE been sued, successfully, after part-clearing the path to the house and a visitor slipped and sprained/broke something.
The legal advice, apparently, is to clear the snow and ice completely, or leave it alone altogether.
Why so? Because YOU did not make the initial snow hazard, but in only part-clearing it, YOU make the hazard!

Ron.

[STEMO]

-4°C here this morning. The ice on the wife’s windscreen was that solid, clear stuff. I was watching her from the bedroom window, she had a hell of a job clearing it 

[Lazydocker]

Yep, sounds good - except for clearing the path/driveway afterwards.
It may sound unnecessary and/or a trivial point, but people HAVE been sued, successfully, after part-clearing the path to the house and a visitor slipped and sprained/broke something.
The legal advice, apparently, is to clear the snow and ice completely, or leave it alone altogether.
Why so? Because YOU did not make the initial snow hazard, but in only part-clearing it, YOU make the hazard!

Ron.

Heard plenty of rumours of people being sued for clearing snow AT HOME but never actually found any proof (in the UK)

[aaronjb]

Plenty here - a good 4-5" of soft white snow that turned walking the dog into a serious workout After we'd made it down the untreated country lanes to pick him up from the kennels, that is.

Only one dicey moment when we got to a large uphill section and I hadn't been able to carry much momentum (due to the corner immediately before) - still, made it up, unlike the youth in the Saab 95 Aero we passed on our way back down the hill! (If I still had the truck I'd have stopped and dragged him up it, but seeing as I only just made it up in the Skoda..)

Forecast for a hard freeze tonight down to -5ºC, so our slushy road (untreated) should turn into a giant skating rink, yay! Main roads will be fine, though, I should think, as all the bus routes have been treated.


I'm sure the motorways will still turn into a carpark..

[tunnie]

I feel cheated, not one single snow flake has settled here. Not even a dusting of snow, it's just wet/rain.

I climbed into the car this morning as normal, drove to work as normal. What is all the fuss about!   

[YZ250]

Still very lightly snowing here. Still not thawing and the back roads are still bad.
I just went out to start the black car and it had moved from where I'd left it. It must have slid down the drive from where I'd left it after trying to get out of the drive yesterday. Never had that happen before.  It is currently wedged on a funny angle against the garage door, the wheelie bins and the house wall. Just had to get in it through the tailgate as the drivers door mirror has trapped the bins and the passenger door is inches from the house wall. No damage from what I can see but if it spins up I'll have to leave it in case it slides into the wall.
Oh what fun.    Still, I can always use the Beemer as they are notoriously good in snow. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Insignia is 4x4 but not ventured out today and day off tomorrow otherwise would gave been an early shift , I am guessing that would have been an interesting drive otherwise

Good as gold in the snow, even with 20" wheels

Just pop it in Sport mode and drive normally 

[Doctor Gollum]

Still very lightly snowing here. Still not thawing and the back roads are still bad.
I just went out to start the black car and it had moved from where I'd left it. It must have slid down the drive from where I'd left it after trying to get out of the drive yesterday. Never had that happen before.  It is currently wedged on a funny angle against the garage door, the wheelie bins and the house wall. Just had to get in it through the tailgate as the drivers door mirror has trapped the bins and the passenger door is inches from the house wall. No damage from what I can see but if it spins up I'll have to leave it in case it slides into the wall.
Oh what fun.    Still, I can always use the Beemer as they are notoriously good in snow. 

Brothers old Insignia did that down his drive, ended up in the hedge to the side 

The Desmond could be interesting as it doesn't have TC do have winter tyres on it though, so should be ok...

[redelitev6]

Bit frosty here in Newcastle this morning , nice crisp weather for walking the dog 

[aaronjb]

Bit frosty here in Newcastle this morning , nice crisp weather for walking the dog 

Just got back from doing that in the park .. it's hard work trudging through snow! Certainly increases the workout factor.. dog doesn't seem to care, though

[raywilb]

yesterday morning I left Portsmouth at 9.30 & stopped for a hour at Linford to say farewell to my daughter. as I was driving towards the A3 a huge tree was blown down about 100 yards in front of me. the trunk luckily snapped in such a way that traffic was able to snake through the gap. when eventually getting to the M3 & on to the M25 & M1 the snow had arrive in earnest. volume of traffic & driving conditions slowed everything down to a crawl . motorway services were blocked off which made toilet breaks impossible ( I had to make a detour to have a pee break , wifey was desperate ) the delays & snow meant I never did the speed limit until past Leicester.  eventually got back to York at 8.15pm. going down to Hampshire I did the journey in 4. 1/4 hours.

[Doctor Gollum]

You almost sound surprised

[TD]

Its downright dangerous outside now.....the sun melted some of the snow which turned into watery patches.....then the sun went down and the watery patches and snow has refrozen......I had the Mondeo going sideways at one point on what looked like a wet road....but must have been sheet ice! ....luckily nothing was coming the other way.
Going to be interesting tomorrow morning.....as -5/-6C forecast for tonight 

[Doctor Gollum]

Working all night... Not even chilly

Cab heater is broken though, so window wide open to prevent misting...

Some MTFU pills needed from the way the news is lately 

[TD]

Just had a text from my office.....

Swindon BC have cancelled all school runs for tomorrow.....so that's 2 days now of snowday's for the school kids!

[aaronjb]

It is a little dicy on our road this morning, but it's warmed up to a balmy -2.5ºC according to the car.. I did decide to forego the 5.30am commute down the M1 and work from home, though.

[biggriffin]

It is a little dicy on our road this morning, but it's warmed up to a balmy -2.5ºC according to the car.. I did decide to forego the 5.30am commute down the M1 and work from home, though.

Ya woosee, .  I cant work from home, mmm 

Was up at 0400, about my business by 0445, a mild -5, now sat sitting in Hullshire its 0' in the sun.

[Viral_Jim]

One guy in our team hasn't made it in today. It turns out neither his MX5 nor his BMW i3 are much cop in icy conditions.

Who'd have thunk it 

[Kevin Wood]

One guy in our team hasn't made it in today. It turns out neither his MX5 nor his BMW i3 are much cop in icy conditions.

Who'd have thunk it 

SWMBO's MX-5 is about as much fun as you can have with your pants on when it snows. </confused>

[aaronjb]

Depends if you know how to drive, though.. although I worked from home that's more about everyone elses driving abilities than my own - I'm told it was gridlock around work (and likely the M25 as well) this morning..

I don't have a problem getting up and down our (untreated, sloping, icy) road, but all I see out there is people wheelspinning around, going nowhere fast or, alternatively driving way too fast for a surface that has all the grip of an oiled stripper..

[Viral_Jim]

One guy in our team hasn't made it in today. It turns out neither his MX5 nor his BMW i3 are much cop in icy conditions.

Who'd have thunk it 

SWMBO's MX-5 is about as much fun as you can have with your pants on when it snows. </confused>

I think in his case it’s in a garage at the bottom of a pretty steep slope, but tbf he could just fancy a snow day, which I have no problem with either .

The CEO of a division of GKN had a Ferrari 458 when I worked there.  He commuted in that all year round, including in the last lot of snow we had. Not sure if that had winter tyres on, but there’s some big ol’ balls either way!

[Kevin Wood]

One guy in our team hasn't made it in today. It turns out neither his MX5 nor his BMW i3 are much cop in icy conditions.

Who'd have thunk it 

SWMBO's MX-5 is about as much fun as you can have with your pants on when it snows. </confused>

I think in his case it’s in a garage at the bottom of a pretty steep slope, but tbf he could just fancy a snow day, which I have no problem with either .

The CEO of a division of GKN had a Ferrari 458 when I worked there.  He commuted in that all year round, including in the last lot of snow we had. Not sure if that had winter tyres on, but there’s some big ol’ balls either way!

.. or a point to make and not too much sensitivity to the level of his no claims bonus. Fair play to him, in any case.

[TheBoy]

It is a little dicy on our road this morning, but it's warmed up to a balmy -2.5ºC according to the car.. I did decide to forego the 5.30am commute down the M1 and work from home, though.

I failed to get down the M1 this morning, after failing to get down the M40.  The whole world decided the same as me, and took the A5, so I failed to get down that as well.

So I turned round and came home, what a waste of 5hrs

[TheBoy]

including in the last lot of snow we had. Not sure if that had winter tyres on, but there’s some big ol’ balls either way!

I seem to recall Kevin Wood trying similar one icy morning, and filling his nosecone full of earth bank.  I suspect big gonads sudden shrank. Plus there must have been poo...

[aaronjb]

It is a little dicy on our road this morning, but it's warmed up to a balmy -2.5ºC according to the car.. I did decide to forego the 5.30am commute down the M1 and work from home, though.

I failed to get down the M1 this morning, after failing to get down the M40.  The whole world decided the same as me, and took the A5, so I failed to get down that as well.

So I turned round and came home, what a waste of 5hrs

And that's why I stayed home it's been warmer than predicted here, I think, as the snow is (finally) melting and even our untreated road is largely free of (visible!) ice now.

The pavements are deathtraps of lumpy ice, of course! And the bin men haven't showed up (due yesterday) so everything is still sitting out on the kerb side..

[Kevin Wood]

including in the last lot of snow we had. Not sure if that had winter tyres on, but there’s some big ol’ balls either way!

I seem to recall Kevin Wood trying similar one icy morning, and filling his nosecone full of earth bank.  I suspect big gonads sudden shrank. Plus there must have been poo...

Nope. There was no poo, I'm happy to report. Anyone suggesting that the gonads were in a position to shrink any further has clearly never driven a Westfield in sub-zero temperatures.

[TheBoy]

It is a little dicy on our road this morning, but it's warmed up to a balmy -2.5ºC according to the car.. I did decide to forego the 5.30am commute down the M1 and work from home, though.

I failed to get down the M1 this morning, after failing to get down the M40.  The whole world decided the same as me, and took the A5, so I failed to get down that as well.

So I turned round and came home, what a waste of 5hrs

And that's why I stayed home it's been warmer than predicted here, I think, as the snow is (finally) melting and even our untreated road is largely free of (visible!) ice now.

The pavements are deathtraps of lumpy ice, of course! And the bin men haven't showed up (due yesterday) so everything is still sitting out on the kerb side..

Postman deliverying the parcels at 7am said to me, "it you're going out today mate, be careful round the corner, its slippery, and I've been over twice".

Defo melted enough I can see bits of grass now, but its re-freezing now, and they are predicting more snow in the next hour

[alfie]

Hi,it's been quite a while since I've written on here, but yesterday really made me mad. Whilst driving through a housing estate which has speed humps plus about a extra 6 inches of ice on top, my  car suddenly took on a nose down look. Trip to my local garage, which confirmed 2 snapped front springs, now honest I was not speeding,or doing anything silly!.
Could it be the minus 10c temps or brittle coil springs, anyway having it repaired tomorrow, getting to old to bother in this weather.

                                                            Alfie

[STEMO]

There’s a road I (used) to go down as a shortcut not far from here. Long and straight, right through a council housing estate. It was used as a drag strip by the local lads, so they put speed bumps in. That didn’t stop them, so they made the bumps a bit higher. This continued until the bumps are like fickin mountains. 3mph or you’ll wreck your undercarriage, never seen anything like them.

[pscocoa]

Seem to have got lucky with the travel. Went to Cornwall on 8th Dec and was just in front of the incident (potential bridge jumper) that closed M5 between Taunton and Exeter for 5 hours. Made it down in just over 4 hours.

Coming back on 10th the salt boys had done a great job on M4 and I did the 260 miles in 3 hours 45.

Just driven up to Manchester today in 3 hours. Glossop tomorrow may be more interesting.

[STEMO]

Seem to have got lucky with the travel. Went to Cornwall on 8th Dec and was just in front of the incident (potential bridge jumper) that closed M5 between Taunton and Exeter for 5 hours. Made it down in just over 4 hours.

Coming back on 10th the salt boys had done a great job on M4 and I did the 260 miles in 3 hours 45.

Just driven up to Manchester today in 3 hours. Glossop tomorrow may be more interesting.

Are you still running the phaeton, Phil?

[pscocoa]

Seem to have got lucky with the travel. Went to Cornwall on 8th Dec and was just in front of the incident (potential bridge jumper) that closed M5 between Taunton and Exeter for 5 hours. Made it down in just over 4 hours.

Coming back on 10th the salt boys had done a great job on M4 and I did the 260 miles in 3 hours 45.

Just driven up to Manchester today in 3 hours. Glossop tomorrow may be more interesting.

Are you still running the phaeton, Phil?

Yes now entering its 9th year. It has to do Manchester and back twice more before the end of Xmas break.

[TheBoy]

I nearly went A over T walking to the postbox yesterday, it was bloody slippery out there.

Even today, there is still almost solid ice/compressed snow over most of the road.  At least my patio is fully thawed, even if the grass still has snow on.

I'm bored of it now.