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Post by Patrick on Dec 2, 2010 15:22:05 GMT
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Post by aubrey on Dec 2, 2010 17:15:56 GMT
Winter in Thurnscoe:   I'm bloody glad that I got away from there last weekend; it looks lovely, but I would not have been able to get to Barnsley this week. |
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Post by Patrick on Dec 2, 2010 17:27:18 GMT
I'm bloody glad that I got away from there last weekend; it looks lovely, but I would not have been able to get to Barnsley this week. Altogether now! Only! 24 hours from Barnsleeeeeeeeey - Onleeeeeee One day away from your aaaaaaaaaaaarmssssssI Thanyou! We've just had a sudden burst of wet flakes. covered everything that melted in the day again. |
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Post by Patrick on Dec 15, 2010 13:44:05 GMT
Now they're talking it up again. Though contrary to the article below, the BBC says that it won't start until Friday on one of their forecast pages and even this morning on the "Weatherview" The bulk of the front coming down from the North was going to be rain with a bit of snow on the back end. - I wish they'd make up their minds.  Snow and freezing temperatures are set to return to the UK within the next 48 hours, with bookmakers slashing the odds of a white Christmas.
The Met Office has issued its second most severe weather warning across Scotland, Northern Ireland and much of Wales and England, with snow expected in the early hours of tomorrow morning.
While it was mostly the east of the UK that had snow last week, the west is set to receive its share overnight, with as much as 20cm expected in some places.
"We have got early warnings out for Thursday and Friday," said Charles Powell, a forecaster for the Met Office.
"Whereas a couple of weeks ago the main risk was in the eastern part of the country, this time the western side is most at risk. We are fairly certain that the western side will see some snowfall."
Powell said the snow would be "quite significant" and could cause disruption. The Met Office has issued "be prepared" warnings across all of Scotland and Northern Ireland and much of west Wales, north-west and south-west England and the Midlands.
Clare Allen, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "London will be minus 4C and Northern Ireland minus 3C. Scotland may be down as much as minus 6C and on higher ground it could be as low as minus 10C."
Bookmakers slashing the odds of a white Christmas has become almost as much a part of the festivities as leaving out a mince pie for Santa, but 2010 has the "shortest white Christmas odds in history", according to William Hill. |
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Post by Patrick on Dec 15, 2010 16:12:08 GMT
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Post by Weyland on Dec 15, 2010 17:49:17 GMT
BBC Weather for my area says sleet tomorrow, then snow and heavy snow until Sunday, which will be sunny. Down to -6C at night for the rest of the week. Right now it's dull, dry, and not particularly cold.
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Post by Weyland on Dec 17, 2010 17:14:14 GMT
Very bad snow here. Not sure I could get the van out of the yard. I hope my heating oil, coal, and wood hold out.
But at least I have plenty of food and booze hoarded (including a jar of Jean's home-made pickled red cabbage), the broadband is holding up, and the pub is only 100m away.
Cheers!
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Post by everso on Dec 17, 2010 17:38:03 GMT
Funny thing. The forecast this morning said that the south-east would remain dry so I thought I'd chance a trip down to Romford to see my aunt and uncle, as I usually do on a Friday. When I got to Harold Hill it started snowing! I didn't stay long with my aunt and uncle and left them at 2pm. It was snowing quite a bit and I had visions of getting stuck on the A12. No sooner had I cleared the M25 turn off than the sky cleared completely and the sun shone. I've often noticed that the weather changes around this point. I'm sure I'm not imagining it.
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Post by Weyland on Dec 17, 2010 18:03:56 GMT
When I got to Harold Hill it started snowing! Thank you, Ev! You've brought a favourite Ian Dury song to life . . . Home improvement expert Harold Hill of Harold Hill,
Of Do-It-Yourself dexterity, and double glazing skill,
Came home to find another gentleman's kippers in the grill,
So he sanded off his winkle with his Black and Decker drill.This is What We Find.(Took me a while to realise that all the places in his songs are REAL places.) |
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Post by everso on Dec 17, 2010 18:10:51 GMT
Harold Hill came about after WW2. It was built as a London overspill council estate. I usually drive through it to avoid the Gallows Corner roundabout, which is second only to driving round the Arc de Triomphe , imo.
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Post by Weyland on Dec 17, 2010 19:02:16 GMT
Harold Hill came about after WW2. It was built as a London overspill council estate. I usually drive through it to avoid the Gallows Corner roundabout, which is second only to driving round the Arc de Triomphe , imo. I've only driven around Paris, never through it, but I imagine that would be a challenge. Amsterdam is bad enough. There's a big roundabout in Shrewsbury that anybody would want to avoid, but this one in Arnhem is the one that terrifies me. It's a huge thing, always busy, with four or five lanes of fast-moving stress, especially in the dark, and I'm usually entering on the A12 from the south and leaving on the N325, the worst possible configuration . . .  |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Dec 17, 2010 19:34:15 GMT
Well I was just about to start moaning about how my area had been ripped off again and how we only had cold and miserable weather...and I happened to look out the window...it's blizzard city out there! Great.  AH |
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Post by housesparrow on Dec 17, 2010 19:48:31 GMT
Harold Hill came about after WW2. It was built as a London overspill council estate. I usually drive through it to avoid the Gallows Corner roundabout, which is second only to driving round the Arc de Triomphe , imo. I've only driven around Paris, never through it, but I imagine that would be a challenge. Amsterdam is bad enough. There's a big roundabout in Shrewsbury that anybody would want to avoid, but this one in Arnhem is the one that terrifies me. It's a huge thing, always busy, with four or five lanes of fast-moving stress, especially in the dark, and I'm usually entering on the A12 from the south and leaving on the N325, the worst possible configuration . . . I can see why. Does the A12/E35 run right across the roundabout or is it a flyover? There was a heavy but short snowfall today which (for some reason) left the paths and roads unually slippy. I was walking the dog and two of his chums when it began, and I lost my nerve after about 15 minutes and returned to the car (when of course the sun came out). Cars were slipping all over he place, and when I got home and ventured out to return the neighbour's dog, witnessed an elderly man falling flat on his back as he skidded on the way the postbox. He eventually made it to his feet aided by me and a neighbour and we helped him home. I told him it was as well he didn't need an ambulance, as he would get no sympathy from A&E for venturing out in this weather. He is 93. |
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Post by everso on Dec 17, 2010 20:07:10 GMT
Trubbs will back me up on this because we've discussed it before, but I always have this terrible urge to laugh when I see someone fall over.
I know I'm awful. I can't help it.
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Post by Weyland on Dec 17, 2010 20:08:22 GMT
I can see why. Does the A12/E35 run right across the roundabout or is it a flyover? Flyover. God zij dank! A quick freeze would do that. Maybe something like black ice with icing? |
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Post by everso on Dec 17, 2010 20:10:26 GMT
 The first brand new car Mr. E. had was a company car that came with his job back in 1990 and we took the kids to France and Germany (my bro was living there at the time). We stayed in Paris for a few days and actually drove around the ADT in a NEW CAR! I think our car was the only one in Paris without a dent. I've never forgotten that drive - it was terrifying and we both screamed as we drove round!
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Post by Weyland on Dec 17, 2010 20:27:22 GMT
The first brand new car Mr. E. had was a company car that came with his job back in 1990 and we took the kids to France and Germany (my bro was living there at the time). We stayed in Paris for a few days and actually drove around the ADT in a NEW CAR! I think our car was the only one in Paris without a dent. I've never forgotten that drive - it was terrifying and we both screamed as we drove round! I know I shouldn't, Ev, but I can't help it: us Crouchies have clubbed together to get you a worthy Xmas Present, which would put the fear of God into the most Parisian of Parisian drivers. Your new limo, complete with chaises galore . . .  |
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Post by everso on Dec 17, 2010 22:16:01 GMT
Merde alors! Fantastique!
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Post by Patrick on Dec 18, 2010 0:05:09 GMT
Fabulously mad Parisian chap my Dad used to know, once picked us up at Orly Airport once in his cream Renault 16. He tore around the roads there and more than once did I notice flying up roads past "No Entry" signs!
Ergo - It's in their blood. (City Driving).
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Post by trubble on Dec 18, 2010 2:14:23 GMT
Trubbs will back me up on this because we've discussed it before, but I always have this terrible urge to laugh when I see someone fall over. I know I'm awful. I can't help it. With. Laugh with. I can't stand it when I fall and no one laughs. |
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