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Jan 18, 2018 12:49:18 GMT
Post by racingteatray on Jan 18, 2018 12:49:18 GMT
As it happens, we got back very late last night and it was extremely wet and windy, so I didn't bother with the car cover, chancing my arm that the foxes would also think it too foul a night for prowling. Good thing too as (a) it would seem they did (and (b) I doubt it would still have been on this morning (a fox chewed the retaining straps off a while back).
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Post by LandieMark on Jan 18, 2018 14:44:28 GMT
  There was a photo shoot this morning with the Forestry Commission and other access groups. I took the scenic route back. The drifts on the road were deep in places and required some momentum! |
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Jan 18, 2018 14:46:31 GMT
Post by Big Blue on Jan 18, 2018 14:46:31 GMT
You're one of the few people I've known with a Defender that actually NEEDS a Defender
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Post by LandieMark on Jan 18, 2018 15:46:54 GMT
You're one of the few people I've known with a Defender that actually NEEDS a Defender I forgot to take a photo of where I got stuck. The snowdrift was the height of the wheels. Once I backed out and used some momentum, it ploughed straight through. The photo shoot hoot was a collaboration between the Forestry Commission, GLASS, TRF, and groups representing horse riders and cyclists. The police were there to give a message that illegal activity won’t be tolerated. We are all trying to work together to enjoy the rights of way in a responsible manner.     |
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Post by racingteatray on Jan 18, 2018 16:34:55 GMT
There was a photo shoot this morning with the Forestry Commission and other access groups. I took the scenic route back. The drifts on the road were deep in places and required some momentum! One happy man by the looks of things! |
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Jan 18, 2018 21:46:10 GMT
Post by Alex on Jan 18, 2018 21:46:10 GMT
Well you shouldn’t have had beans for tea! |
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Jan 19, 2018 7:06:09 GMT
Post by johnc on Jan 19, 2018 7:06:09 GMT
I got up this morning and the snow was falling heavily - our non gritted cul de sac was as slippy as usual. On the mile up to the main road the snow was beginning to lie, as it was on the main road but only a few miles down the road at the office there is no new snow at all. However heavy snow is forecast all day and I am very grateful for my 4WD although for the last bit or road down to the house, the snow is about as deep as the car can cope with, without bottoming!
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Jan 19, 2018 12:58:54 GMT
Post by Boxer6 on Jan 19, 2018 12:58:54 GMT
I got up this morning and the snow was falling heavily - our non gritted cul de sac was as slippy as usual. On the mile up to the main road the snow was beginning to lie, as it was on the main road but only a few miles down the road at the office there is no new snow at all. However heavy snow is forecast all day and I am very grateful for my 4WD although for the last bit or road down to the house, the snow is about as deep as the car can cope with, without bottoming! And, true to form, we've had one 5-minute sleet shower instead! |
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Jan 20, 2018 8:00:23 GMT
Post by johnc on Jan 20, 2018 8:00:23 GMT
And, true to form, we've had one 5-minute sleet shower instead! A bit of a joke especially when you saw everyone heading home early or mid afternoon to avoid the blizzard that didn't happen. |
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Jan 20, 2018 18:43:48 GMT
Post by Boxer6 on Jan 20, 2018 18:43:48 GMT
And, true to form, we've had one 5-minute sleet shower instead! A bit of a joke especially when you saw everyone heading home early or mid afternoon to avoid the blizzard that didn't happen. We got sent home early once it really started. I usually take about 20-25 minutes to get home; yesterday, an hour and a half. Most of that was spent waiting on the eejits getting up (or not) a couple of the hills I need to use and/or keeping out of the way of the other eejits trying to get down them! One thing I noticed was, the majority of private hacks I saw (a) had very low treads on their front tyres and (b) generally have less idea of how to drive in snow/ice than your average 2-year old. Quelle surprise, I know.  |
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Jan 21, 2018 12:56:24 GMT
Post by johnc on Jan 21, 2018 12:56:24 GMT
A bit snowy again this morning. I have also seen countless private hire skid to a halt or sit there spinning their bald front tyres.
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Jan 21, 2018 13:06:36 GMT
Post by michael on Jan 21, 2018 13:06:36 GMT
Fuel prices are reasonable up there!
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Jan 21, 2018 13:18:17 GMT
Post by johnc on Jan 21, 2018 13:18:17 GMT
Fuel prices are reasonable up there! It's 120 and 123.9. It's funny how the neon tubes must flicker on and off largely unseen to the human eye. |
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Jan 21, 2018 13:35:39 GMT
Post by michael on Jan 21, 2018 13:35:39 GMT
I didn’t think the benefits of oil wealth would be so generously redistributed! They’re LEDs and it’s not that they flicker but they each turn on and off in a loop that gives the illusion of illuminating a whole number when in fact only a couple of LEDs are on at any one time.
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Jan 23, 2018 6:51:52 GMT
Post by johnc on Jan 23, 2018 6:51:52 GMT
Got home last night at 10.30 and this is what the last 300/400 yds down to the house is like even with 6.5 degrees - wasn't much better this morning! That's the problem with a road that gets no direct light on it at this time of year.  |
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Jan 25, 2018 15:38:49 GMT
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Jan 29, 2018 17:02:00 GMT
Post by alf on Jan 29, 2018 17:02:00 GMT
Just had a big downpour followed by a hailstorm withh stones the size of peas (garden not marrowfat!). Out walking the dog now and am glad we never went out half an hour earlier. I cycled in that on Thursday (I don't think you are a million miles away from me). Sunny all morning, I went for a swift lunchtime ride and had a grey cloud of initially rain, then hail, sit over me for most of the ride. All around, not far away, was blue sky. When I got back the sun came out and stayed out. I'm beginning to feel fated, as this has happened (minus the hail) so many time in the last year it is not funny!!! |
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Feb 23, 2018 0:40:13 GMT
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Feb 23, 2018 8:16:21 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Feb 23, 2018 8:16:21 GMT
I'm in Boston at the mo' and the weather has been unbelievable. It was 23° yesterday and has been snowing today! Check that the land doesn't subside......  |
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Feb 23, 2018 15:28:08 GMT
Post by racingteatray on Feb 23, 2018 15:28:08 GMT
That's art tho innit?!
Perishing in the City. Just walked back to the office from a fairly long and boozy lunch and even my copious alcohol intake wasn't enough to render me insensible to the cold.
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Feb 25, 2018 16:46:40 GMT
Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2018 16:46:40 GMT
A few bricks and that would be fine, there is even a drainage effect for any water that gets in.
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Feb 25, 2018 17:21:58 GMT
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Post by Martin on Feb 25, 2018 17:21:58 GMT
It was 23 this morning and felt a bit cold....but that was 23c!
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Feb 25, 2018 17:58:43 GMT
Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2018 17:58:43 GMT
More fluffy white stuff and cold weather for the coming week according auntie beeb. Looking at some of those european zones on the map, there were a lot of different shades of blue.
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Feb 25, 2018 19:05:11 GMT
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Feb 25, 2018 21:42:01 GMT
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Post by LandieMark on Feb 25, 2018 21:42:01 GMT
We are knackered this week apparently. Tomorrow will be spent shopping for food that can be cooked on a camping stove. Highly likely that we will be cut off with no electricity. Fun times.
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Feb 25, 2018 21:55:49 GMT
Post by michael on Feb 25, 2018 21:55:49 GMT
We are knackered this week apparently. Tomorrow will be spent shopping for food that can be cooked on a camping stove. Highly likely that we will be cut off with no electricity. Fun times. Given where you live you equally write this in June. |
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Post by LandieMark on Feb 25, 2018 21:58:56 GMT
Yup, that has happened apparently.
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Feb 25, 2018 22:04:00 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Feb 25, 2018 22:04:00 GMT
It was 23 this morning and felt a bit cold....but that was 23c! You mean °F surely? I don't think he's in the UK at the moment...... |
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Feb 26, 2018 3:03:10 GMT
Post by Martin on Feb 26, 2018 3:03:10 GMT
It was 23 this morning and felt a bit cold....but that was 23c! You mean °F surely? No, I’m quite sure and know the difference! |
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Feb 26, 2018 11:43:45 GMT
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