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Going to be a twunt of a drive.
A1 blocked northbound and southbound where I live in Newcastle due to two separate incidents.
All roads ungritted, even with a weeks notice of the snow.........must be groundhog winter again in the UK.
It was closed by 8 last night up Alnwick way. Oh well working from home today so don't care.
Is there much snow about or just useless drivers??
Quite a bit up here. Lying in bed watching a blizzard outside right now. About 2-3" at the coast so more i imagine inland a bit. Drac how is Alnwick got to go up there later ?
Snow free down here in the flatlands!
Snowing in York now
All roads ungritted, even with a weeks notice of the snow
They were gritting around Newcastle last night around 11 & they were still at it this morning when I left at 05:30
2-3" here - Co Durham
Working from home (first ride on snow of the winter)
neninja
I would be getting ready to go out now if it wasn't for the dentist appointment at 10am I'd forgotten about.
Wonder he'll will make it over from Jesmond? 😡
they were gritting round these Worcestershire parts last night. Which is going to be a faff now because all the cattle will be out on the common road enjoying free salt lick 🙂
It was carnage when they tried testing a new "salt with molasses binder" mix a few years back. It was like trying to drive through a stampede. What a dumbass idea 😉
people don't go fast enough up hill in snow thats why it ****s up!
Gritted all night here. Frost free and blue skies this morning.
How would we cope without the Emergency Liason Officers in their shiny suits and plastic shoes.
It's not bad carbon roads are covered but a bit traffic and it'll clear. They closed the A1 here last night as it's contra flow for about 6 miles and blizzards meant visibility was very poor.
Gritters have been out but heavy snow means it's futile, add that it's rained for a week before that so pre-gritting was a waste of time. Not that they grit snow anyway as it's pointless.
3-4 inches here (north of Durham). Traffic going nowhere. I'm off sledging! 🙂
Humph, a slight frost here this morning. SNOT FAIR!
Just had to abort the drive to work. I didn't even make it out of the village! (Wylam, Northumberland)
There is a queue of cars trying and failing to get up the hill out of the village. The road is solid ice. No grit.
I gave up when I saw the 4x4 ahead of me sliding backwards down the hill towards me. 😯
Bugger - I am driving to Durham from Southampton next Wednesday. Let's hope they have it sorted by then!
Looks like m biking trip to Scotlandshire next week might be a bit of an adventure!!!
Rachel
My dentist didn't make it in - it's going to be a good day 😆
Graham - I watched the comedy driving in Wylam as I sailed through on my bike (live in Newcastle, work in Stocksfield) 🙂
Jon - I think your lifestyle's the wrong way round 😉
(live in Stocksfield, work in Toon ?)
snow forecast here* until tomorrow afternoon, lows of minus 13. i wish it would bloody start though!
*morzine
I'll be living in the countryside again once my lease is up on this flat. Probably go back to Hexham although Prudhoe's cheaper and still has riding from your door.
Just been for a walk and it looks like the plough has been through so I'll give it another bash.
Jon, yeah I live in Wylam and work in Gateshead... far preferable to the other way round 😉
Jon - I think your lifestyle's the wrong way round(live in Stocksfield, work in Toon ?)
Careful, Stocksfield doesn't have any pubs!
Just had to abort the drive to work. I didn't even make it out of the village! (Wylam, Northumberland)
Used to entertain me no end last year watching that when I lived in Wylam.
2:30 to get from Fawdon to Sacriston today.
30 minutes to get from the A1 Chester-le st roundabout to the next roundabout on the a167.
Total chaos. The A1 was blocked just after the metrocentre on that cheeky corner, radio said the driver had minor injuries and went to hospital, is he expecting any sympathy from me?
think i might be stuck at home in Hexham- havent bothered to see if the car will get out of the drive yet!
it took my wife 1.5 hours to get from Whitley bay to Byker metro before her school phoned up to say no one else had made it in, don't bother coming in.
It took a little over thirty minutes to get from whitley bay to longbenton on the bike, had to go a bit slower than usual as overtaking all those cars on the outside was getting a bit dicey towards the end as the snow was getting deeper and deeper in the centre of the road as I got further west
Coming down hard again hear.
Mrs went to Metro Centre this am with 2 of her friends. 🙄
chuckling, salt with molasses, someone & their boss, really didn't want to go to work, did they
I had a horrendous journey from Gosforth to Gateshead/Felling.
Traffic backed up and barely moving. Took me at least 5 minutes longer than usual to cycle past them all and I had to take my mountainbike rather than commuter.
Mrs went to Metro Centre this am with 2 of her friends.
Same here Drac. If they get snowed in there then it could be expensive! 😯