Yeah but when it takes 30 minutes...I'm not sure three steps constitutes a walk
Winter 2023/24 - It's FREEZING!
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Went for a 30 minute walk anyway, one step forwards and two sideways.
I do that most Sunday morning on my way home after a good drink
the words the media use these days to describe the weather and push their climate change agenda are quite ridiculous.I’m having to put the lights on this morning to see what I’m doing. Streetlights also on. It’s absolutely bucketing down.
The Mirror are still pushing the ‘snow bomb’ despite the fact it didn’t happen last time.
UK weather: 'Snow bomb' to smash Britain with freezing 15-day polar vortex in New Year — The Mirror
Meteorologists say Brits could be hit hit with a sudden stratospheric warning in the first half of January 2024, bringing a fortnight of prolonged freezing weather and even snowapple.news
smash, bomb, batter etc etc.
if the breeze is strong enough to lift a leaf we get a yellow weather warning these days.
One of the potential problems with having the right tyres, 4x4, etc. etc. - you could have the best equipped car on the road but potentially not much good if the road is blocked by other people
Models are all over the place at the moment but there are some good possibilities in there for a longer period of quite brutal weather, especially for the high ground more towards the north.
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I'm heading up north of Perth tomorrow via Glenshee and onto Tomintoul etc etc.
Should be fun now I have the new Vector 4 seasons on.
Maybe I should strap x4 rims with studded tyres onto the roof
Edit, Just checked the snow gate cameras. Balls.
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Just Googled that - yeah... don't think you are going far up there.
At Glenshee, 2 feet had fallen over night, I reckon at least another couple of feet fell this afternoon.
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Also the Bridge of Cally looks to be damaged in the floods, so you'll need to take a detour to get to the Spittal.
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Also the Bridge of Cally looks to be damaged in the floods, so you'll need to take a detour to get to the Spittal.
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We live north of Inverness and the in-laws came to visit us over Christmas and were due to drive back down south on Friday.
Seeing as they panic over the slightest bit of weather I forecast an extended stay
.My auntie and uncle were due round today but couldn't manage, town is pretty much caught off again with flooding, never dried out since the last time!We live north of Inverness and the in-laws came to visit us over Christmas and were due to drive back down south on Friday.
Seeing as they panic over the slightest bit of weather I forecast an extended stay
Yeah.
Seems like the A9 is open again in both directions and passable. Won't be up that way until about 2pm, so we'll stop in Perth at Broxden and re-asses the route options at that juncture.
Even coming via Abz is a pain with the A90 flooding and issues up the road on the A96 around Huntly.
Will throw some salt and bits of spare carpet in the car just in case. The X5 on all seasons should handle it, it's all the muggles on summer tyres that are the worry though
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