Sick of the incessant snow updates

Started snowing again here. 5cm in an hour. Looks like my trip to Stockholm might be hanging in a thread. Might have to save the journey until Saturday night or sunday so I am fresh for the wingsuit tunnel.

You can have our rain and headwind I’ve got for the commute home ! Manchester !

A Leeds village a couple of hours ago. Pretty, but harmless – although it’s getting quite spicy in last hour as it’s now settling on roads.

Just back from a walk – photo taken half an hour ago but it’s bloody leathering it down with the white stuff now.

Travelling home from Summerbridge to Skipton at 6pm and had to turn around just past Menwith Hill as cars were getting stuck all over the road and everything ground to a halt. Terrible to Harrogate but then fine through Otley and Ilkley before getting worse before Skipton. 2hrs for a 30 min journey.

bear – looking at your two photos, I’m envious!

Yeah, definitely snowy now!

We had a very light dusting during the early hours of Wednesday in Southampton, but it melted by lunch. Dry for now, but quite a windchill in that NNE wind to approx feels like -3C.

More concerned about family on North Wales coast, pavements might be lethal with ice and they have two dogs to walk.

Some, but not a great deal of snow in my bit of Leeds. Sandys gonna get a cold bum though!

Just had a message that kids high school is closed. Assume that’s because teachers can’t get from places where there is more snow on the ground.

Still coming down.

It’ll be interesting to see how many colleagues who live in Saddleworth etc. manage to make it in.

Maybe an inch in my part of the borders, stil clear dry pavements under the trees. My 82yo mother will be tramping to the papershop with her spikes on her shoes. Meanwhile half the staff won’t make it to work.

It’s finally coming down properly in central Sheffield. Just waiting for an email to say work is closed and then we’ll be playing outside hopefully. Otherwise it’ll be a tough walk in.

Woken up on a Narnia-esque Calderdale this morning. Love snow TBH but could do without a day off work, Might go out for a mince on the bike instead.

Last night our snow started to melt massively, but woken up today and probably another 4 or 5 inches and it’s being blown in quite a vicious wind

I’ve come back to STW after years away just for this thread! A solid nine inches here in Huddersfield.

Actually got a decent covering in Blackpool, it never snows here!

A solid nine inches here in Huddersfield.

And what about the snow?

Sheffield this morning

About 6-7 inches of snow in Chesterfield. Dog enjoyed himself.

Sprinkling of wet snow near Ripon. Looks pretty but already melting.

Saw the photos of people stuck on the M62. Prats. “I’ll just drive my BMW* with performance summer tyres over the highest motorway in England while it’s bucketing down with snow. It’ll be fine, I’m an elite driver and will apply copious power to solve the problem”. Also HGV drivers who could have taken the time to glance up from the TV in the cab to observe that driving 20 tonnes up the hill to Saddleworth last night was not a bright idea.

Might happen less if people were sent a bill for setting up their metal tents on the motorway.

*watches in maximum smugness as the one time every 18 months my winter tyres get to earn their keep comes around*

Had a load more last night and this morning.
Kids at school, but not driving into Göteborg as visibility was terrible and the roads hadn’t been ploughed at 7am.

Also, was warm yesterday (around zero) and cold last night (-10) so all the packed snow in the wheel arches had frozen and needed hammering out before i could drive anywhere (i dunno about you, but steering and suspension really brings the road to life), and last nights snow had frozen all over the car too…

Any more reports from north Sheffield?

Mrsmidlife leading brownie pack holiday at Hesley Wood this weekend. Kids and leaders heading in from Doncaster. The camp is indoors at the guide house and they can modify the itinerary for the weather but it’s the travel in and out which could be the problem. Schools and buses cancelled in Doncaster as we’ve had well over an inch of wet snow overnight.

We’re South Sheffield, well Dronfield, and we’ve got 8-9″. Having lived in Leicester all my life till June last year I think this is the most snow I’ve ever seen!

@midlifecrashes Friend who lives NE ish Sheffield has abandoned getting to work in Chesterfield.

For your Brownie camp I think the main issue will be access on the site due to tree cover. Plus it’s going to get to something like -4 tonight so all the half melted slow and slush will be horrible.

Personally I’d be sacking it off

Pretty snow (4”) up around Leeds Bradford airport. However, roads are already slushy. What worries me more is the -9C forecast overnight freezing all this into a total ice rink. Just got to see if I can get the van out of the lane, as need to get to see my grandmother who got taken into hospital last night (typically whilst my parents are abroad on holiday!).

Having lived in Leicester all my life till June last year I think this is the most snow I’ve ever seen!

I grew up in Leicester, and we definitely had some good snows in the 80’s. I’ve got fond memories of sledging at old John in braggy park and beacon hill. Sliding down the grass slope at primary school in Beaumont Leys, crashing at the bottom and putting my top teeth through my bottom lip less so….

For your Brownie camp I think the main issue will be access on the site due to tree cover. Plus it’s going to get to something like -4 tonight so all the half melted slow and slush will be horrible.

What does the risk assessment say? 😎

Decent couple of inches here near Ilkeston. Daughters school was the only secondary closed yesterday afternoon, when we had half an inch, today its the only one open but no school buses running.

The number of parents on the school run who have failed to clear their windscreens and been surprised when it slides forward off their roofs is embarrassing frankly.

@ads678 maybe I’m just not remembering very well, though you grew up not far from me by the sound of things. I do remember going up Braggy & Beacon but never 8-9″ worth!

@fathomer – TBF I’m probably bigging it up in my mind a bit. There was definitely more when I moved to Halifax early 90’s.

Saw the photos of people stuck on the M62. Prats. “I’ll just drive my BMW* with performance summer tyres over the highest motorway in England while it’s bucketing down with snow. It’ll be fine, I’m an elite driver and will apply copious power to solve the problem”. Also HGV drivers who could have taken the time to glance up from the TV in the cab to observe that driving 20 tonnes up the hill to Saddleworth last night was not a bright idea.

Or it could just be that companies put pressure on people to turn up to work / do their jobs regardless of what the forecast says, and people dont want to risk loosing their jobs?

Oh and I always found my high powered BMW fine in the snow, it was people in cheap underpowered font wheel drive cars going to slow that caused the issues.

Is there a different knack to driving rear wheel drive cars in snow? I’ve always had front wheel drive cars, and have driven a lot in snow, but now have a rear wheel drive Merc Viano.

About 6cm here in Beamish. Some poor sod managed to have an off in their ducato on the road the runs around the back of Beamish Hall this morning, ending up in the ditch. Can only assume they were pulling over to let an oncoming car past.

Very little traffic on the way to school. I think a lot of people have played it safe and decided to stay at home.

Saw the photos of people stuck on the M62. Prats

Baffles me as well. There was an amber warning in plenty of time to warn people not to travel but they do anyway. Maybe some journeys were essential but most journeys could have been avoided.

Any more reports from north Sheffield?

Mrsmidlife leading brownie pack holiday at Hesley Wood this weekend. Kids and leaders heading in from Doncaster. The camp is indoors at the guide house and they can modify the itinerary for the weather but it’s the travel in and out which could be the problem. Schools and buses cancelled in Doncaster as we’ve had well over an inch of wet snow overnight.

I’m in Worrall, so north west sheffield. Between 30 and 35cm of snow. Penistone is very bad apparently

From the BBC news website , According to the RAC .-10 Wear comfortable footwear !!!
If I was to go out driving in the snow I would probably wear my M+S Tarten slippers , as they is well warm and comfortable.

Broomhall, sun is out so hopefully a melt on the way but cars are still sliding all over the place. No papers in Tesco, gah!

Oh and I always found my high powered BMW fine in the snow, it was people in cheap underpowered font wheel drive cars going to slow that caused the issues.

Worst humblebrag ever. Power and price of the vehicle has nothing to do with any of it, it’s up to the fleshy blob behind the wheel.

Back in 2010 when the whole country was a mess I had a Nissan Micra which had all of 51bhp, didn’t get stuck once. Same goes for Beast from the East, 90bhp Berlingo was fine. I drove to Ayr from the North East during the worst of it but others at work couldn’t manage to get their BMWs/Mercs off the drive to do the 3 mile drive in.

Lovin it here in the midlands, bit of snow yesterday, panic! Then it all went away, when it rained
Bit of snow again today, all the schools closed… the snows been gone since 10am.

Blue skies in Leeds now, snow pretty much gone!

West side of Sheffield – we had 8-10″ this morning, but melting rapidly.

Up on the tops it’s reyt deep. Took my bike for a walk this morning and it was knee+ deep off road; waist deep where it had settled in hollows or drifted.

Nice when the sun came out though!

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Cheers all. Camp is on, roads cleared up nicely during the day and they can struggle up the lane or manhandle the supplies up, the guide house itself is well equipped and heated, so game on.