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I know a few people in Edwinstowe that won't be too happy about that

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Stagecoach are "reviewing" the situation again, apparently cars can't get up Pecks or Skerry Hill, so don't think the Oak Tree bus stands a chance.

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well my group has been cancelled - I am therefore going to Biggleswade (I Hope). If I Get stuck at least I can go to my dad's ;)

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All schools are closed here in st helens for the second day, the snow is thicker than yesterday!, thank god its stopped now though.

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realy heavy snow in newcastle area most of the schools shut ,we havn't seen the tarmac on our estate for nearly 3 weeks now .It was nice for the kids when they broke up for christmas but now it's a pain up the jaksy

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No snow whatsoever here. lol

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A few more inches fell here overnight - It's really, really cold, but the sun is out. There may be some flooding once it starts to thaw.

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Same on Teesside, we've just had hailstones too, haven't seen those for a while but they look rather large.

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Give it time :D

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Really really coming down in Leicester :D

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Dunno how things are going to go.My husband was supposed to come home from hospital today but I can't see it happening if all the local news is right about stranded hospital staff overnight and having to stay on and work overtime to cover missing staff.Add to this that it's snowing again.

William has texted me to say he doesn't think they will let him out and not to try and visit.:(

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I want to know what all tbe fuss is about. News reports says don't travel unless you have to, extreme severe weather warning for Surrey, blah blah blah. It stopped snowing at midnight with less than 2" on the ground. They were suggesting up to 16" was possible in some places. What an over-reaction. Last February was much much worse with a good 6-8".

Most people have made the effort to get to the office except the two bosses who can't get up their respective hills (despite their having 4 wheel drive cars).

And in any case, surely when they say "don't travel unless you have to", work is a have to reason :confused: What you shouldn't be doing is going on a sightseeing tour to see how bunged up things are. Of course if the authorities really don't want us to venture out, then they should be paying our lost earnings and compensating businesses. But if they had to pay such compensation maybe this country wouldn't grind to a halt in bad weather because there would be a reason for investment in gritters, de-icing trains and all the associated kit needed to keep the country moving.

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Six inches plus in North Hampshire and still falling. (more than last Feb)
Went for a wander at 8:15 and took a snap of the M3 with two lanes open.

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How can it be "chucking" it down - snow tends to float or glide as it falls :p:

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View of my bro-in-law's drive (just outside Alton, Hampshire) this morning.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...0&d=1262774730

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...2&d=1262774826

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1262774826

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as far as i can work out all schools in Portsmouth and surrounds are closed, A3 is closed both ways at Hindhead.

http://www.traffic-england.co.uk/tra...tml/19341.html

that is the Whitely junction of M27, all those cars abandoned last night, can't see other cameras as they are blocked by snow.

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Over 500 schools are closed in Hampshire..Has to be a record in fact I know it is as I've not seen snow like this for at least 30 years..:erm:

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Last time I saw snow like this was about 19 years ago. Had a load more come down last night and it is clouding over so it might start again here soon.

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My car is stuck in the car park next to our house, couldn't get it out today it slid further down the slope and my wife's car is stuck too.

At the moment the thermometer in the back garden is reading -6 so I guess our cars are not going to move tomorrow either.

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I uderstand it's been quite bad over Bedford way, but it's still not too bad here in Potton.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/h...re/8443943.stm

Looks like fun.:D

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About 7" of snow here in West Berkshire overnight / today.

The boss closed the office (sensible decision) so we worked from home using our Citrix portal. We were still able to provide support to our customers - the only stuff that got canned was site visits but they can be re-scheduled.

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Send this to your bosses :D

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...010/01/107.jpg

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More than 15 inches of snow here in NW London maybe more... never seen so much snow in front of my eyes

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I still haven't been out to get the promised photos of all our ice (not so much snow here, but very, very cold) ... weather-related mishaps keep preventing me. Like being stuck behind a jack-knifed beer lorry on an ungritted road this morning. Took an extra hour to get home from the school run, what fun.

Still, some of the loch is now so frozen you can go walking on it, I may try to get a snap of that tomorrow if I can.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8443487.stm

I got 5 out of 7..

it's now very cold out and it's stopped snowing.

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6 outta 7 :angel:

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5/7 here

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So why do carrot sales increase by 60% when it snows? Surely snowmen can't be that popular...

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Warming winter soups/stews are being made all over the country. On Tuesday we prepared what seemed to be about 5 gallons of chicken soup... :)

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Dear drivers coming down a hill - please use some common sense.

It is a lot easier for you to pull over and then set off again (gravity being your friend) than it is for the poor barstewards who are trying to get up the hill - if they have to pull over and stop, much difficulty ensues......

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But what if theres ice on the roads and they cannot stop? You're both doomed :D

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Some views of Loch Lomond taken over the past few days. Its sheltered and shallow bays are now beginning to freeze solid. I went for a bracing walk on the ice this morning, as you can see from some of these!

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and one more ...

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so i was off ill yesterday with the flu. Woke up today in South London, not feeling great but thinking with the conditions I should head into the office. Got in ok and find out that I am the only one who bothered to turn up apart from the gilr who is a ten minute walk away. The others who are close or can tube it aren't anywhere to be seen

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For a moment there I thought you had taken a picture of some weird Scottish Winter ritual where you spear a frozen chicken.

Great Photographs Chris. I envy you your location, though I am sure it can have it's drawbacks on the very odd occasion having so much beautiful scenery on your doorstep must be wonderful.

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Cars still stuck :( -6 when I got up just before 9 this morning. Just trudged over to Tesco to see if they had some salt (they didn't) and with the wind it must feel like -10 or so. Off work for another day & I cant see things improving for tomorrow either. I may walk to Asda later (not on bus route) to see if they have any salt there.

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...or cat litter

...or sharp sand

;)

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Sharp Sand works?

Our B&Q has no grit but does have Sharp Sand...

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Sharp sand works well.... just don't use it on your chips;)

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Darn - I was hoping it would work on my lunch as well :(

oh well :)

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Condenser boilers vents in sub-zero temperatures - sub-optimal.

Our heating didn't come on this morning, and it seems this is due to the vent freezing over; I will go home at lunch-time and gently pour warm water over it.

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Sharp sand will not melt the ice or snow, but it will cut into the surface of it thus assisting a bit of grit.

Cat Litter seems to be popular, but the chemicals in it are supposedly not good for the environment.

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2 snowmen talking, 1 says "can you smell carrotts" :D

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Just a word of thanks to the 'considerate gentlemen' who pulled up in a pick-up truck earlier and emptied the entire contents of the grit bin sited on our hill. Thanks to them the hill is now impassable to all the elderly people who live there!

:mad::mad::mad:

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Technically you're correct in that Sharp sand doesn't itself melt the snow or ice. However it does absorb heat from the Sun, even the winter sun, and this raises the temperature of the ice/sand mixture. I don't know how low temperatures have to go for this to remain effective but it does work during daytime just now in the West of Scotland (-7 last night). There is refreezing overnight but the resultant sand/ice mixture isn't slippy because of the angular gritting properties of the sharp sand.

It is also a plant friendlier option as a lot of plants are salt intolerant.

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I can't find our spade.It's hidden somewhere under the snow...:rolleyes:

I've also not got any grit,sand or enough salt and apparently the local Co-Op has run out of salt and cat litter.:(

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Just started snowing here again in London, visability is so poor and its really heavy again

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what part of London is that ? I know your location says Barnet but you could be at work or something.

Was told is was snowing down near Ashford in Kent too.

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barnet is north westish of london (M1 area)

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In the Edgware area, NW London

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thanks for letting me know. I'm two minds, in some ways I don't mind the snow moving over to my area as I could do with working from home tomorrow.

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I was in Uxbridge area of London yesterday and it wasn't much, came back to my area and couldn't believe how much there was, was going well over my ancles.

Did you get a lot down there?

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It`s not currently snowing here in SE London but no doubt it`s on it`s way again if it`s over NW London.
We just had couple of hours "polly bagging" with the wee ones up in Greenwich park.
Not quite the Ochil or even Pentland hills but it was certainly fun.
Kinda made me a wee bit homesick in fact, more so now with those lovely pictures posted earlier in the thread:(

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only been in Central London today which seems ok because of all the people.

To be honest round Bromley in SE London there are a few inches maybe 6 inches at most but prob not even that much. Hardly the mass news story this has been turned into.

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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2010/01/66.jpg

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6978849.ece

looks scary!

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No snow fall today, the roads are clear though the pavements are still icy. I went over to Brynmill Park to take some video http://bit.ly/DucksOnIce and some photos http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=bryn...=7944055%40N08

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truck drifting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lbTB1jqtn0

Where's the ol' bill when you need them.

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I will never complain about the cold ever again

COLDEST RECORDED PLACES
Vostok, Antarctica: -89.2C (78°27′51.92″S 106°50′14.38″E)
Oymyakon, Russia: -71.1C
Verkhoyansk, Russia: -67.7C
Snag, Yukon, Canada: -63C
Prospect Creek, Alaska, US: -62.1C

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8445831.stm

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I was just reading that article. Was thinking it would be cool to visit these places one winter and see how they coped.

Used to work in Denmark and Sweden and they never had any problems at all no matter how much snow there was

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I'm sure the UK would cope far better if this sort of thing was a more regular event. I'm told, by people who claim to know far more about these things than I do, that in Scandinavia the winter tyres have metal studs and cause a great deal of damage to the roads which have to be regularly resurfaced at great cost.

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Cool :)

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A little bit of snow falling currently in Gateshead. I'm actually enjoying it and have took a fair few photos :)

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yes you are right they have to put them on at a certain time of year but if the weather is mild it makes the roads bad. I had to explain the same thing to my friend that this is freak weather for us rather than the norm, just a shame we can't do a little but better at it

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Well the local schools are closed for a third day tomorrow..:erm:

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http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4613/302s.jpg http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/302s.jpg/1/w400.png

302 bus

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...well if you're crashing your bus you're as well aiming for a shop with a surgery sign.

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More upto date pic on the BBC website from 7th Jan

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2010/01/64.jpg

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Things are getting serious here - the extremities of the house are frozen!

All the pipes in the (unheated) scullery are frozen, there's a suspicious puddle under the washer and the large radiator at the front of the house is stone cold. The pipes to it run along the front wall - just above the air bricks. I've given the pipe a wiggle and there seems to be a crackling noise so I guess that's frozen too.

Our solitary 3kW fan heater is doing a poor job in the scullery at the moment. Just hope there aren't too many leaks when it's all unfrozen again. Fortunately, all our pipes are plastic so we may be lucky.

It was below -16C in nearby Woodford on both the last two nights.

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That's exactly the same photo - just bigger. ;)

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We've just been told that 'Due to the Met Office Forecast' our entire site (some couple thousand people) will be shut at 1400hrs today and we are all required to leave and go home.....

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Is anyone wondering where they're going to be, the day after tomorrow?

:D

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:LOL:

Yes :D

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These people need straightjackets (or at least a good wetsuit) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8447675.stm

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We have had some slightly less common visitors in the garden lately, such as this woodpecker, a few minutes ago.

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My car is no longer stuck in the car park :) teach me for parking on a slope.

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Usually, yes - but yesterday, I had to go outside and pour warm water over two sets of pipes; the condensate pipe from our condensing boiler, and the outflow pipe from our en-suite sink - both were blocked by ice (very unusual, I know).

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Blummin outflow pipe from the washing machine gets frozen. Doesn't help that the sensor which prevents the door opening when the machine is full of water is not working. :fit:

Still, out with the hair-dryer & soon sorted :D

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Well, after nearly 4 hours of hot air blast from our 3kW heater the scullery finally thawed out. I came back in to find hot water pouring merrily down the sink. At the same time I was trying to: block off air bricks with sheets of A4; drain some hot water from pipes near radiator to encourage frozen bit to melt; assisting jump starting neighbours car; checking our two cars would fire up (Mrs A's locks were frozen) and clearing / defrosting mine. The radiator wouldn't unblock until I gave it 20mins of blast from the heater under the floorboards. Luckily, there is an access hatch nearby.

The washer seems to have survived okay - touch wood. I ran a quick cycle and loads of muck came out but there were no leaks. It appears the water came from next door's scullery where they'd had a burst pipe.

Unions seem fine except for the one containing the bleed valve. There's a little seepage from one side where I've been flexing it trying to make the cold water run downhill. One other advantage of plastic pipes is there are very few joints.

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Needed to get to the garden shed for a shovel to clear the drive. Outside our kitchen door is a kind of lean-to with storage, workbench, tumble dryer etc. Door from here to the garden wouldn't budge. Turned out that since the cooker hood vents into this area (the tumble dryer vents outside), as the moisture-laden air blew through the gaps round the door, ice formed and sealed it solid. Some hair-dryer time and a few kicks later, then a fish-slice (it was nearest, OK?) and we broke through to freedom!

Now what was it I was supposed to be doing?

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We are having the same problem with the condensing pipe today. Lost track of how many kettles of water we have used and have now resorted to heating wet towels in the microwave as they keep the pipe warmer for longer. Pipe still not unblocked. :(

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Try one of these:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2010/01/65.jpg

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Still crispy, crunchy in Glasgow. Walking over one of the city centre bridges earlier and the Clyde was pretty frozen as well.

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I'm due in Glasgow on Monday. Don't think trekking boots or snow shoes go with me suit though.

Snow and icy conditions
 

I am always amazed by local authorities when it comes to this type of weather.

Every town in the country is being effected and the authrorities are saying they are doing all they can, but what about the side roads and little towns, if the councils know that the weather is going to be bad like it is now, they can't they arrange for the spreaders to go down side roads at least once every couple of days to insure these roads are at least clear apart from the main roads.

The road where l live is like an ice rink, and you would have thought that councils would have had the 'payback' people down them to help clear the roads, so that the residents can at least walk down the road.

I saw a spreader in a car park, which to me is a waste of time, as the more cars on it, the snow will clear, and then they claim they are running out of the salt for the roads, here we go again, Authorities can't get the act together, it is true what a lorry driver said on tv, it does not happen in any other country where they hit by snow and ice.:(

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We don't get this weather often Arthur so its not financially viable for us to prepare every year as other regular snow and ice affected countries do.

Edit

I was bored in the house today, so rather than moan about how cold it was and sit here with the heating on full blast. I popped around to the old peoples home and cleared some of the pathways off.
It got me out the house, warmed me up, the exercise was good for me and it gave me a warm fuzzy feeling inside. The tea and toast supplied was nice :D

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I don't supoose that lorry driver was in N. France just recently then.... :rolleyes:

Or elsewhere in Europe for that matter:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8425725.stm

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So where does the grit come from the the local councils.

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that pic is stunning!

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Now we hear from the government, that councils have got to cut gritting by 25% up till Tuesday.

As l said in an earlier thread, councils say that they are overstretched, so why not use the Payback team, during the summer our road is overun with them, so why don't they use them now, to scrape the pavements. they are like icerinks.

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There's a nice green bit down there in the South of Ireland. I'm going there!

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I am reduced mobility as it is so getting out in this is a no go, sadly I had to miss a funeral yesterday because of the bad weather :(

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Still no snow here, despite the Met Office issuing a doom and gloom warning that made it sound like the world was coming to an end.

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And an even bigger version:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ima...010007_lrg.jpg

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Snowing again!

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RobCFT, if there is no snow where you are, are you hiding somewhere, as the whole of the UK is covered in some white stuff, unless someone has busted a can of shaving foam in space.

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Thanks altis, this is now my wallpaper :)

Rob M lives in /dev/null ;)

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According to the local news we're in just about the only part of the country where the snow isn't causing any problems. We've had a couple of 5 minute snowfalls over the last 4/5 days, but nowhere near enough to cause any problems.

Apparently we're due some tomorrow night, through Sunday, and into the start of next week.

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Wish I did.....

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Well, you got me thinking after reading this, so I went up to the guest bedroom and turned on the rads in the bedroom and bathroom ... nothing. Had to remove the access panel and climb into the eaves behind the bathroom wall to get at the pipes, with a big hairdryer and a long extension cable. Ten minutes of blasting with hot air and the pipes are back to normal. But now I've ripped my jeans. :(

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Snowing here again... coming down heavy! think it will add a few more inches to what is already there

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Glad I was of some use then!

Mrs A phoned her mum today to see how she and her step-dad (both well into their 70s) were getting on. Okay today but yesterday wasn't so good. Living in deepest Wales, their heating is from propane bottles and, it transpires, condensation had frozen in the pipework. They were off for a day and a half and the house went down to 10C. Apparently, they sat up all night throwing paper logs on the fire!