For those not on the Ski/Snowboard thread, here's the view from my mates chalet in La Plagne:
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Not a lot of skiing happening!
Currently sat in Southampton airport waiting to fly back to Edinburgh, followed by a drive home into the borders... think I'll pick up some emergency snacks from WHSmiths!
10pm tonight the borders is going to be snowmagedon according to WindyWilson
Elected to get train back to edinburgh from Birmingham having looked at weather
Yup, flight lands at 10.30... I've already warned one of the partners that they may find me asleep on the office sofa in the morning!
I hear it was really bad overnight though.
Yeah a colleague was stuck on the m74 overnight until it started moving about 5.30am, problem was there was no warning on overhead gantries etc that traffic ahead had been stationary for two hours already so more and more traffic was piling on from behind. Police were trying to keep a lane clear for the gritters/rescue trucks etc but bmws etc kept trying to use it to overtake and getting stuck. Apparently one prize plum trying to drive along the central reservation too. SOunds like mountain rescue were doing a great job though.
Snow biking last night, then tonight up to Glenmore on the XC skis, loads of sled dog teams on the tracks- it was fantastic!
Did I ever mention I LOVE WINTER!
Well, made it home OK but it's coming down fairly steady near West Linton now. Fingers crossed there's enough to justify a snow day tomorrow...
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There's a road in there somewhere, pic lifted from the Traffic Scotland camera at Crocketford on the A75 which is closed to all traffic, We've only got a couple of inches here in Kirkcudbright but it's just started snowing very heavy again so i figure i'll be heading on the Quadbike t'morn to practice some 4wheel drifting fun on the roads 😀
edit : bugger...no linking to Traffic Scotland cameras, that's spoiled all the fun 😥
Well, that was fun.
It has laid 3" down in Dunblane in a couple of hours...
Just had texts telling me the kids are getting sent home from school due to "forecast worsening weather"
WTAF? It's sunny blue skies.
perchy - looka the met office weather radar, lots incoming from the west.
Stirling just announced schools closed as of lunchtime - I can't see it on their FB site, but mrs_oab is currently handing over children to parents having been told this and two mini_oabs texted to say they are being sent home immediately.
I now want a set of these......
Where is the line in the country that says you will get snow in winter?
It must be 10 years since we've had proper snow in Surrey.
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It must be 10 years since we've had proper snow in Surrey.
My Facebook feed popped up with one of those automatic "memories from n years ago" thing this week. It was pictures of a massive snowfall from 2013. I'm in Surrey BTW.
just had to advise staff they can go home :
[url= http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-42743921 ]Police Scotland advice[/url]
It is snowing rather heavily in South Lanarkshire at the moment though, and both South and North Lanarkshire shut all Primary and Secondary schools at lunchtime
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Actually properly snowing here in Laaandan
The snow we had earlier had turned back to rain. Which is odd as the car says it’s 0degC out there. Baildon, West Yorkshire
Light snow in London. Slightly annoying to cycle into without glasses.
0002hrs - light flurries in Brum. -3deg
We can’t let this thread die.
2” here.
Eh? We’ve got two other threads going too...
Which one shall it be ?
Formthe sake of following Dracs fashion..
Clear, no snow, cold and sunny on the Solent.
At least 2 others.
Google alerts has been warning me of severe weather for the last two days, was reluctant to get out of bed this morning for fear of what lay in wait. -3ºC and blue skies - hardly severe. Off for a hilly two hour ride once I've found my gloves.
(Basque coast)
Original and best thread ftw.
The child in me still rejoices in the fact we are just winding up the OP.
Thousands of Londoners devastated by a terrifying inch of snow 🌨😫😱
Pray for London 🙏
A couple of cm in Saddleworth...as expected causing road chaos. The beast from the east was no match for the trusty Brompton though and Northern Rail is running like clockwork (sort off).
No snow in southern Hampshire
I repeat; no snow in southern Hampshire
(unrelated to "the beast" I'm not actually waiting in for, but may just receive a pair of new skis today 🙂 )
Deep, crisp and even in beautiful Burnley.
Good snow too.
Off to slide down a big hill on a groundsheet in a bit.
🙂
I'm going to train part-way home and ride 35miles off road the rest of the way on Thursday. Nice route but it's a muddy slog fest until it dries out - usually April/May, so I'm taking the opportunity while it's frozen solid.
The correct tool for the job is the fat bike: podgy mud with frozen hoof and boot holes is not cx territory. Downside is having to ride though central London on it with just a few flakes falling out of the sky - I'm going to look a little desperate!
Looks like the promised snowpocalypse in London will have to wait a day...
Totally snowpocalalyptic in London right now.
Nope. Sorry.
It was, but it stopped again.
Light dry smattering on the Solent coast now. It’s all gone a bit dark too..
Totally snowpocalalyptic in London right now...
Excellent,that's the wall to wall BBC news sorted for tonight 😉
Scots have been told not to put away the winter vests just yet 🙂
puking in Farnborough but absolutely refusing to stick! better not bobbins my drive back up North on Thursday...
Sporadic light flurries in west London.
Just wait a minute muppetwrangler. Another wave of snowmageddon is on its way over.
Please can we have pics of baby robins in the snow?
Whiteout in Cheam
Just started to properly snow in central London, about time!
stopped again, kilo. blue sky headed your way.
