It's snowing

cheets64 · 21 Dec 2009 at 22:20

Snow has gone from the main roads but side roads are still lulz and its -1c so its not melting. The snow has just fused and its like ice now.

Ironic Namesake · 21 Dec 2009 at 22:30

My colleague is driving home from West London to Henley - he left the office at 4:45, and is now half way, after nearly 5 hours !

Dave · 21 Dec 2009 at 22:32

Well my flight was cancelled today from Manchester - essentially just went on a round trip to Manchester, and I'm now home in Derby (which is not quite as cultured as being in Beijing as I should

). My flight got rearranged for this time next week, so fingers crossed it will all clear up by then!

yermum · 21 Dec 2009 at 22:39

Well, our daughter is stuck in Chingford as her car has broken down. She reported it to the AA at 5.20 and was told that someone would be with her in 3 hours. Needless to say, she's still there and very upset having been told by the AA that they can't now give her an ETA. She's been given refuge in the local Weatherspoons where they've let her charge her phone and they're loking after her. We've called the AA and they now say that the earliest anyone can get there is 1.00 am.

We're not best pleased...................... :mad:

cheets64 · 21 Dec 2009 at 22:40

Drive and Car thats 2 inch of snow/ice on the car

Road, very slippery cant do more than 10mph, great for hand brake turns

Back Garden, snow is very crunchy and useless for making snowmen/balls

RobH · 21 Dec 2009 at 22:44

Kitty Prints

cheets64 · 21 Dec 2009 at 22:47

Did you wack the cat with the golf club?

snowdog · 21 Dec 2009 at 23:02

Kitty? They look massive :eek:

. Kitty prints n my garden look way smaller, and you can't see the paws just small holes. Those look like, I don't know, tiger prints ?

ci_newman · 21 Dec 2009 at 23:05

Lots of snow here in Basingstoke, and more of the white stuff is falling again!

Ironic Namesake · 21 Dec 2009 at 23:06

ci_newman said:
Lots of snow here in Basingstoke, and more of the white stuff is falling again!

Apparently London will have snow overnight ... lets see!

Cycling home from the office this evening was certainly .. interesting

RobH · 21 Dec 2009 at 23:08

They are defiantly the prints of a cat, use the golf club head as a size reference. The snow is on the wooden decking outside the back of my house, the grassy bits poking through the gaps are actually bamboo shoots. The bamboo plant was removed from the ground over a year ago but the thing is invincible.

grudas · 21 Dec 2009 at 23:09

Rant \\ seriously.. UK drivers are noobs! i mean cmon.. how many crashes etc etc for 2" of snow? god.. i lived in lithuania for 14 years and 10" was normal in there yet public transport, cars, minibuses etc etc all were operating fine.. its probably because in uk we get snow so rarely people dont know what it is lol.. now in UK i've had to walk for 3 miles and then hardly move when i finally cough a bus.. really annoyed by this.. // Rant

Amp34 · 21 Dec 2009 at 23:13

Still melting here, way to many drips.

Just hie it gets slightly coder when the next dump is supposed to be or it definately will be rain!

DJMK4 · 21 Dec 2009 at 23:16

no more snow here atm

only last nights in south wales

asim18 · 21 Dec 2009 at 23:27

grudas · 21 Dec 2009 at 23:29

^^ finally some snow in London x]

Macky · 21 Dec 2009 at 23:30

asim18 said:

Really nice photo. Guess that's why you signed it. 'Shopped?

Dreadhead · 21 Dec 2009 at 23:32

It's just slush here

Amp34 · 21 Dec 2009 at 23:34

asim18 said:

I was going to go "booo!" then realise that although it isn't snowing we still have about 6 inches of (slushy now) snow outside.

cheets64 · 21 Dec 2009 at 23:47

grudas said:
Rant \\ seriously.. UK drivers are noobs! i mean cmon.. how many crashes etc etc for 2" of snow? god.. i lived in lithuania for 14 years and 10" was normal in there yet public transport, cars, minibuses etc etc all were operating fine.. its probably because in uk we get snow so rarely people dont know what it is lol.. now in UK i've had to walk for 3 miles and then hardly move when i finally cough a bus.. really annoyed by this.. // Rant

You answered your own question, we are not use to heavy snowfall or cold snaps, it happens every year but for 2-3 days, living with snow for months is another matter, you get use to it. For a few days its totally different.