Warmed up two degrees when I passed an hour later. Pic below

I drive from Belper (where it started at -10) down past the excavator and towards Ripley on the a610 every day at the moment, and as above I also got -18! Seems as though theyre not far off the mark then! When I mentioned it to a plumber at work he just scoffed at the idea!!

Last year in Canada I experienced -38 I have never experienced anything like it, truely a mind numbing day.

That said I was happy to walk about all day in -25 if it was sunny and I had the right clothes on

Plum

Minus 16.5 between St Boswells and Kelso this morning, didn’t get above -8 in Galashiels all day today.

I was out fettling in the garage a while ago, I’m **** chilled to the bone. some Bunnahabhain Rocks is called for, central heating!

341/365 by stuartie_c, on Flickr

Bit of a frost hollow at the Dunfermline Asda.

Crikey some of those are cold…drove home (to Malvern) from Swindon late last night and it was -9C. And both cars said -11C at around 8am this morning.

Don’t fancy riding in it tbh.

We rode regularly in -5 last winter (and as recently as this Sunday) but there’s a limit!

I’m really curious as its just never been that cold here in that London. Do cars start OK or is it causing grief? I mean with newish, otherwise reliable German and Jap stuff not 15 year old Rovers! Presumably in countries with reguar -10 temps the cars get a winter prep service but not in Derbyshire I suspect.

A “winter prep service” – what’s that? These sorts of temperatures are relatively once you get north of Watford. Cars seem to handle it just fine – as long as folk aren’t stupid with the lights/heater etc.

It seems most cars start without much problem – as long as the battery is in good condition. I’ll try my 20 yr old volvo at the weekend – it’s not been run for over three weeks but I’ve every confidence it will be fine……

Had to have new battery on my transit last Monday, which is three and a half yrs old, pretty piss poor to be fair. It was completely shagged!! That flat it even lost the key code for the stereo! Also a pain in the arse to fit as it’s under the drivers seat and requires the finger dexterity of a watch maker not a builder to refit!!!!

a mate of mine does a lot of business in Mongolia, he’s been out in -56c