Caporegime
My phone reckons it's -7No snow though but that's ******** typical now i got my Jeep.
Mines -9 for MK
It's snowing
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Mines -9 for MK
Caporegime
Was -14 in High Wycombe, Bucks. Just made it to Basingstoke (M4 was slowww), now it's started snowing here again
Ahh, so my car wasn't lying to me this morning
Soldato
It's been snowing since I got up this morning!
Funny how the forecast didn't reckon on anything until after 12PM...
EDIT: Five minutes after posting it has stopped
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Soldato
Snowing slowly now in Hereford, -9 at the moment, it said -17 last night, Brrr!!
Soldato
Managed to get into work today, although it was a bit hairy and slow!
My Battery did go flat so I had to get it jump started! Hopefully it has a nice charge on it now though.
My Battery did go flat so I had to get it jump started! Hopefully it has a nice charge on it now though.
Associate
My trip into work this morning took 2hrs to do 60miles and was only delayed by someone coming off their motorbike on the A45 into Northampton.
Soldato
one thing that really REALLY enraged me on Saturday night after we had about 4 inches was the incosistancy between different councils.
I live about 1.5 miles from the border of West Yorkshire and Lancashire. Having come over a very twisty, fairly trecherous road (should it be left untouched after snow) that had been PERFECTLY cleared, even wide open throttle in 2nd at 40 resulted in no wheel spin, as i descended down the other side of the hill, I came to the "Welcome to Lancashire" sign. At this point, there is a side road big enough for a gritter to turn around, and you can see its tyre treads and and almost perfect line on the border of black tarmac on the West Yorks side and white snow/ice. On the lancashire side of the border. Crossing this line it was wheel spin at 1100rpm in 4th at 5mph type conditions, despite it being one of the main routes in and out of the town.
I thought perhaps they just havnt got to this part yet, but when i got into the town centre, it was also chaos, cars sliding everywhere, even a day later the conditions are now frozen slushy ice, where as back over that border into west yorkshire you can still see where the gritter has turned around, and the road conditions go back to being spot on!
What excuse can the rossendale borough council have for such ineptness when the council on the east of them have managed to absolutely nail it?
I live about 1.5 miles from the border of West Yorkshire and Lancashire. Having come over a very twisty, fairly trecherous road (should it be left untouched after snow) that had been PERFECTLY cleared, even wide open throttle in 2nd at 40 resulted in no wheel spin, as i descended down the other side of the hill, I came to the "Welcome to Lancashire" sign. At this point, there is a side road big enough for a gritter to turn around, and you can see its tyre treads and and almost perfect line on the border of black tarmac on the West Yorks side and white snow/ice. On the lancashire side of the border. Crossing this line it was wheel spin at 1100rpm in 4th at 5mph type conditions, despite it being one of the main routes in and out of the town.
I thought perhaps they just havnt got to this part yet, but when i got into the town centre, it was also chaos, cars sliding everywhere, even a day later the conditions are now frozen slushy ice, where as back over that border into west yorkshire you can still see where the gritter has turned around, and the road conditions go back to being spot on!
What excuse can the rossendale borough council have for such ineptness when the council on the east of them have managed to absolutely nail it?
Soldato
Back snowing here again.
That's down in the city centre.
And that's up out of town.
That's down in the city centre.
And that's up out of town.
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Associate
Snowing well at the moment, visibility has been reduced quite a lot. I can usually see the Severn Bridges and the other side of the River Severn itself from this window but now I can't even see the town centre.
Told my sister to come home from work now because the tyres on her Golf GTI are basically useless in anything other than dry conditions and there's solid ice under the snow on the road up to my house.
Told my sister to come home from work now because the tyres on her Golf GTI are basically useless in anything other than dry conditions and there's solid ice under the snow on the road up to my house.
Soldato
Currently -3 here, expecting snow this evening. Currently blue skies though.
Caporegime
Trying to snow here now, although its that small sleety type snow...
The roads here are drivable in general, just my damn car is like an ice block!
The roads here are drivable in general, just my damn car is like an ice block!
Soldato
Can't believe how little snow we have had in Manchester. It's currently -10 outside, nice and sunny though. I think we have had a total of 2 days snow so far this year, I am off work for 2 weeks now, I want heavy snow!
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WOT in 2nd at 40 in a 330? You were properly shifting. Not really advisable in such variable conditions really is it?
I'm sure though it would have been the councils fault if there was a patch of black ice on the corner of this apparently clear road, not yours
Caporegime
[TW]Fox;18039774 said:WOT in 2nd at 40 in a 330? You were properly shifting. Not really advisable in such variable conditions really is it?
I'm sure though it would have been the councils fault if there was a patch of black ice on the corner of this apparently clear road, not yours
Heh, indeed...Amount of people I've seen wheel spinning up the road is just amusing