Sick of the incessant snow updates

after a few crashes and threats of legal action they miraculously changed back to gritting all streets where people live

Do councils actually have a legal responsibility to do this?

Serious question!

Ended up with about 5” higher up . Some locals schools decided to close at lunch time, obviously the teachers wanted to wait for it to stop snowing before they went sledging

DPD couldn’t be arsed turning up for work so unfortunately I am unable to use my bike as waiting for them to deliver tyre sealant

Time for this fun again of course:

On Her Majesty’s Slippery Surface has to be a winner this year…

https://www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-tracker

Gritty Mcgritface is my favourite.

Oh dear………

We keep getting promised proper snow. If the main roads are clear then it doesn’t count . I was disappointed when I set off on my bike this morning. The only snow, if you can call it that, was the light dusting on the bridge that crosses the Silk Road as part of the Middlewood Way. Absolute travesty!

Had slight, VERY slight, wet snow on saturday morning. it never settled. I’ve now got -6 or colder and heavy frost.

https://news.stv.tv/highlands-islands/mountain-bikers-set-off-emergency-beacon-after-being-hit-by-wild-weather-in-highlands

Another 2cm or so overnight and roads covered this morning

Woke up to big flakes but didn’t last long. Dogs enjoy it tho. Our – never gritted – road was white and slippy. Don’t think it’ll last long tho.

Not much here

Flipping straight over form below zero and clear skies to heavy rain and lightening and hovering above zero for Saturday AM. Oh, and 79km/h gusts!

Glad I’ve been getting out midweek, that might just be a morning on the turbo…

I’m having a treadmill delivered on Friday. That’s looking like good timing.

I built a snowman.

Show’s over folks.

Heavy snow in Bournemouth this morning, it was virtually knee deep for the dog.

Oh FFS, there’s a blizzard in SK10 just as I’m heading out to a gig.

Had a fun snowball fight on the way home though 🙂

Another decent inch or so in the Ilson Alps. Sounds like the rain that preceded it froze before the snow fell.

They’re carefully rearranging it by conveyor here in Amsterdam.  

Had 30cm overnight on Wednesday/Thursday and it is showing no signs of going yet. Hilariously, people in Stockholm are reacting like it is the end of the world. Queues for the tyre changers are huge because people have December the first as the “must have” date and work to that instead of planning for a change in November.

Hot fiat – Is that Scotroutes treadmill out for delivery?

Had a couple of cm here last night, mostly all just slush now though.

Forecast is for heavy rain tomorrow so that’ll wash any remnants away.

Fake News!!!!!

Day 3

I spent last few days at Lickey Hills, Birmingham. More snow than at home in Dunblane.

But of course eldest trumps me with this cycle to work….

https://www.instagram.com/stories/jack_probinson/3506841978043726889?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=bmw3ZHlzMDJiZ3Vz

I was up at Landegla this afternoon. I was gobsmacked at how much snow they had, nearly a foot of snow at the top

They had obviously just had a load more last night

We had a light covering in Stockport but the roads hadn’t been gritted and it turned to ice. Multiple accidents locally this morning. I was in Manchester overnight and it didn’t stick. Walking home from the station was dicey.

First bit of snow for north Glasgow. It’s wet so probably won’t stay around.

More than a dusting here in Beamish. Hopefully we’ll get out sledging before it rains.

The gritters/snow ploughs are out again in Scotland:- ‘Sir Andy Flurry’ and ‘Blizzard of Oz’ to name a few :O)

Our locals are outraged by the fact the roads weren’t gritted yesterday (even though they were). Also some driving has been atrocious, tailgating me on an iced up snowy slightly hilly road and being overtaken from 3 cars behind to get into a nonexistent gap, on the very snowy iced up centre section of a busy main road. Saw quite a few cars in ditches and even one across a road and just dumped.

But on a nicer note, yesterday evening 5/6 youngsters were out pushing cars up a local steep hill, on a busy road, what great community spirit.

It’s raining now and our road is just an iced up slushy thawing mess.

Hammering down here just south east of Glasgow. Couple of inches in an hour. We’re supposed to be having lunch in Glasgow today but can’t see that happening. Local roads are chaos according to social media

Round here things are a bit nuts on the roads. It rained early this morning so all of the grit that was put down is gone and the snow is wet and settling. Lots of stuck cars failed attempts to get up the slopes.

Down here in Chesterfield yesterday was shocking for ice. Pavements literally had a covering of ice and some local estates and side roads which hadn’t been gritted were like ice rinks. Was a bit sketchy taking the dog out for a walk.

This morning I’ve woken up to the forecast rain and corresponding increased temperatures. Ice has all gone and the snow is disappearing.

Day 4

It’s thawed a wee bit but I’m waiting to see what Bert does. We might get more snow today before it starts to wash away

5cm of slush over ice here.
I had to drive hire minibus on summers to Stirling – like a drunkard slipping around either motorway or around town.

Drove our Fabia back on all season tyres with barely a slither…

Was bad in the hills north of Manchester this morning, good few inches of slushy snow combined with snow turning to rain, going to be flooding later. Manchester is completely clear and 8 degrees already.

mild and sun emerging in NI now, not much wind either, but this looks bonkers

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn9x4py5990t?post=asset%3A07f64295-ce32-434b-b569-86dd6bcff46f#post

Genius ^

Some proper snow North Leeds this morning and 2 ft drifts in places but quickly turned to slush by lunchtime.

Gotta love that @scotroutes