Winter 2017/2018 - Thread

ShivP · 10 Dec 2017 at 10:29

Some excellent drivers out today
1 series silly ***** that followed me at closer than dry weather following distance so I let her pass with her wheelspinning etc etc, then she binned it into a curb just outside my house and is still there
I ain't helping her the silly cow

Plenty of nice close tailgaters so I just let them pass
Nissan Joke driver almost went into the side of me coming out the side street because he doesn't realise there is SNOW so he can't just full throttle everywhere. ****.

Heaviest snow I think I have seen ever in Leicester though, a good 3-4 inches

bliss · 10 Dec 2017 at 10:29

We were supposed to be one of the hardest hit areas yet I doubt there's even a single cm on the ground. As with all British weather this is once again underwhelming.

MichaelAwkward · 10 Dec 2017 at 10:31

Got almost 4 inches on the ground here in semi-rural Oxfordshire. Doubt I'll be in tomorrow as it'll no doubt get icy overnight and it's still coming down quite heavily.

Orionaut · 10 Dec 2017 at 10:41

bliss said:
We were supposed to be one of the hardest hit areas yet I doubt there's even a single cm on the ground. As with all British weather this is once again underwhelming.

As I always say in these sorts of conversations.

Be careful what you wish for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_1962–63_in_the_United_Kingdom

I think we would be far less able to cope with that that today than we were back in 63, for all sorts of reasons....

sneakysnail · 10 Dec 2017 at 10:44

MichaelAwkward said:
Got almost 4 inches on the ground here in semi-rural Oxfordshire. Doubt I'll be in tomorrow as it'll no doubt get icy overnight and it's still coming down quite heavily.

Is that snow or rain in Oxfordshire? It's raining a lot in reading and melting all the snow. Driving back home to rural Oxfordshire later tonight and work near Oxford. Hoping we don't have roads covered with ice.

bliss · 10 Dec 2017 at 10:45

Orionaut said:
As I always say in these sorts of conversations.

Be careful what you wish for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_1962–63_in_the_United_Kingdom

I think we would be far less able to cope with that that today than we were back in 63, for all sorts of reasons....

That is definitely too much

However 4" when 10"+ has been predicted would be alright by me. Large areas of the ground here is completely bare. :mad:

Randomface74 · 10 Dec 2017 at 10:48

sneakysnail said:
Is that snow or rain in Oxfordshire? It's raining a lot in reading and melting all the snow. Driving back home to rural Oxfordshire later tonight and work near Oxford. Hoping we don't have roads covered with ice.

It's very thick snow, still snowing, and forecast to continue snowing all day, all the roads are either shut or full of broken down and/or abandoned cars.

nitram100 · 10 Dec 2017 at 10:56

Bit of a nightmare seeing all of my patients this morning, council didn't put any grit down at all.

Participant · 10 Dec 2017 at 11:01

thebennyboy said:
They were already pre-warned i could have problems getting in. So it's not news to them, i don't get paid when i don't go in so it's my loss but at the same time kind of not as my car will stay the shape it is!

I meant where in the country are you lol

beachBOYken · 10 Dec 2017 at 11:06

Shivy011 said:
Some excellent drivers out today
1 series silly ***** that followed me at closer than dry weather following distance so I let her pass with her wheelspinning etc etc, then she binned it into a curb just outside my house and is still there
I ain't helping her the silly cow

Plenty of nice close tailgaters so I just let them pass
Nissan Joke driver almost went into the side of me coming out the side street because he doesn't realise there is SNOW so he can't just full throttle everywhere. ****.

Heaviest snow I think I have seen ever in Leicester though, a good 3-4 inches

Honestly I do believe the amount of bad driving has gotten worse over the years, I see dangerous and poor driving almost everyday I go to work now. There is some serious silly ***** on the road's.

albert · 10 Dec 2017 at 11:06

You can tell it's snowing down south because it's the main headline on the BBC news website.

CaptainRAVE · 10 Dec 2017 at 11:15

Tried clearing the car and drive. Too much snow to put it anywhere and it is covering the car as quickly as I can clear it! A sloped drive is not ideal either! Will be snowed in for a couple of days I reckon.

albert said:
You can tell it's snowing down south because it's the main headline on the BBC news website.

Well to be fair it is actually news, it doesn't happen like this often!

Captain · 10 Dec 2017 at 11:34

Supposed to be driving from Birmingham to Sheffield tomorrow, motorway should be fine, it’s all the small side roads I need to drive through first.

Cleisthenes · 10 Dec 2017 at 11:48

Clov!s said:
Supposed to be driving from Birmingham to Sheffield tomorrow, motorway should be fine, it’s all the small side roads I need to drive through first.

I'm doing Birmingham to Sussex, and like you it'll just be the side roads. The M40 was being gritted on Friday night on my way here so imagine I'll be alright for the most part...

thebennyboy · 10 Dec 2017 at 11:49

Participant said:
I meant where in the country are you lol

Oh my bad, North Wales.

Captain · 10 Dec 2017 at 11:57

Cleisthenes said:
I'm doing Birmingham to Sussex, and like you it'll just be the side roads. The M40 was being gritted on Friday night on my way here so imagine I'll be alright for the most part...

It should be fun, I actually thought about buying a 4x4 for this weather as to get to my house, you need to go up a steep hill and it’s only the 4x4 cars that can get to the top.

Spacedeck · 10 Dec 2017 at 12:01

Our weather can't make its mind up. We was forecast snow between 4PM and 6PM for today when I checked yesterday. Today it was changed to 9AM until 12AM with 11AM being 90% snow. It has been very mild, nothing sticking to the ground. The weather report has changed at least 3 times over the last day and so far it's very poor. The annoying thing is, since this morning the sky has looked full of the stuff.

Yaayuh! · 10 Dec 2017 at 12:09

Being snowing daan saaf since early this morning. Due to carry on.

It's been nice watching the dog walkers go by with their dogs all excited

Danny091 · 10 Dec 2017 at 12:12

Quite a bit here near wrexham

MichaelAwkward · 10 Dec 2017 at 12:21

sneakysnail said:
Is that snow or rain in Oxfordshire? It's raining a lot in reading and melting all the snow. Driving back home to rural Oxfordshire later tonight and work near Oxford. Hoping we don't have roads covered with ice.

Definitely snow. One of the bushes in my garden has collapsed under the weight.

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