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Winter

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:55 am
by tricia
Its arrived.................................SNOWWoke up this morning and everything is white and it is still snowing. The gritters were out last night. From what I can see from the window, the main road is passible, but it is getting out onto the main road. I shall just have to take my time...if it is too bad I will go for the bus ;)

Tricia

Re: Winter

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:05 am
by clvrlad
we've areas with snow around here
but my bit didnt have any settle :-(

several drivers mentioned it.. so maybe tomorrow.... :-D

Re: Winter

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:14 am
by katsmom
Send some my way would you? :lol:

Re: Winter

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:15 am
by giraffe
Breakfast news just said we might get wintry showers here today. There is frost on the cars for the first time this morning.

Re: Winter

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:23 am
by eirian
There was hail on the cars this morning, but a friend who lives on Saddleworth Moors reports a covering of snow there.

Re: Winter

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:14 pm
by Bunnylump
I thought of you when I was watching the news this morning, Tricia.

I had thick ice to scrape off the windscreen this morning, but bizarrely, I still have:
pansies, geraniums, fuchsias, winter jasmine, roses magnolia and camellias flowering simultaneously in the garden. I also still have apples on the tree and snowberries. :shock:

Re: Winter

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:24 pm
by LAT
I still have a few raspberries! :shock:
And most of the aforementioned flowers.
No ice this morning but I did have some a week or so ago.

Re: Winter

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:12 pm
by gill216
I'm in Withernsea at the moment. We commented last night that this time last year it was -17, today its +4.5. 23.5 degrees difference is amazing.

That said, I've just spoken to someone in Leeds who tells me it snowed last night, but it didn't settle but its coming down quite heavily right now.

Re: Winter

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:14 pm
by giraffe
Today is the first day that has felt cold to me.

Re: Winter

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:21 pm
by tricia
This time last year we were -20 so I thinkI can put up with -2 for a few days

Tricia

Re: Winter

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:53 pm
by Redfraggle
We had snow last night and the mountains look completely spectacular! The ice wasn't too bad this morning either - though the playground was a skating rink. I just hate falling - there's no good way to fall with dignity and the kids laugh mercilessly. :evil:

Re: Winter

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:20 pm
by tricia
It is scary out there, on my way home from work I saw houses with damaged windows and some branches broken off. Watched from the Kitchen as my neighbours hut was lifted and smashed.

We are fairly used to getting some high winds .. But I dont remember getting so many warnings as this one. The police have issued warnings -do not drive in the central belt between 2pm and 7pm.

The Erskine bridge which is causing chaos.

However I am in as is my sister, and am hoping for it to die down soon

Tricia

Re: Winter

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:40 pm
by Bunnylump
Do stay safe, Tricia. We haven't had anything like that here, although it is starting to get a bit wild outside. Earlier on we had horizontal rain...

Re: Winter

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:49 pm
by LAT
Seconded. Hope you keep safe Tricia and don't suffer any damage.

It's starting to sound a bit wild here too but nothing like what you have up in Scotland.

Re: Winter

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:49 pm
by Laura
I just got hail in my ear while standing on someone's doorstep waiting for them to let me in for a sax lesson! Horizontal Hail!!!

Re: Winter

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:51 pm
by Bunnylump
Ooh, nasty. :x

Re: Winter

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:52 pm
by Scurra
Laura wrote:while standing on someone's doorstep waiting for them to let me in for a sax lesson!
Good job none of us misread that, isn't it? :)

Re: Winter

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:05 pm
by Bunnylump
Trust YOU to notice that...men...honestly...brain in the trousers!! :lol:

Re: Winter

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:17 pm
by Laura
Yes, thankyou Scurra. I did double check my spelling before I posted that, just in case. I also double check my spelling before sending home end-of-term reports to parents!!!! :shock:

Re: Winter

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:21 pm
by Scurra
Why shouldn't she be going for a tax lesson? Or even a fax lesson?

Oooooh.... I never thought of that. :lol: