ali-s Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Bitterly cold here. It must have been very cold during the night as the glugs were frozen solid this morning. I am just watching the sun come up from behind the hills in the distance, it looks like an enormous satsuma. The mackerel sky is tinged with pinks and purples. We need some drying weather here. The water in our field ditch is getting dangerously high and threatening to overflow onto the garden. The ditch is on our property but not our responsibility. I must find out where the farmer lives and see if he can do something with it . Most of the fields around us have some flooding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 A cold frosty morning here. Still quite a bit of snow on the ground too. Hard to tell what we've got in store for later, it's not looking like a snow laden sky at the moment but you never know. It changes so quickly at the moment. I'm removing myself from cube cleaning duties today. Way too chilly for that! Just thought I'd edit this to say- so much for my weather forecasting skills... it's snowing again... started about 10 minutes after my original post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Absolutely wonderful sunrise Orange, pink blue and turquoise in wispy layers against a vibrant red background. Everything frozen. We haven't had any snow for 10 days or so but it remains on the mountain tops. Sleet expected today. The bullfinch pair are at the cherry again but OK REALLY, I don't mind, they are such handsome birds. I could see through my bins that one had so many bright pink flower buds in his beak he reminded me of a puffin with a bill full of sand eels. Hubby's out on a Mountain Winter Skills Exercise and has just left well wrapped up.The team's been out that often recently he's practically lived in those hills. The girls are enjoying their steaming porridge from a dish on the lawn with the little birds hopping in and out to reach the bits that get shaken out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Orange clouds here too. Very cold again, but bright and dry. More snow is forecast for Sheffield....I hope it stays off till eveing as we are out for a family meal in the Peak District today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Grey but sun sneaking through occasionally. Quite cold but at last no snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 At last a no snow day ! I hope - it is very cold and was minus 7 on the weather thingy this morning when I got up = keeping warm and having to keep smashing the water bowls to keep them frost free for the hens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Sunny, blue skies but pretty nippy here. I am a bit fed up with the BBC weather forecasts, last night they warned that overnight temps in London would reach -6 so I closed the Eglu door for the first time in months. Got up to let the girls out this morning and their Glug wasn't even frozen over Not going to do that again. Tessa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 It's very cold hear with sunshine but dark clouds are looming, it cam eover really gloomy yeaterday but nothing happened. It seems that more wintry weather is due this coming week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 Woke up in Yorkshire this morning - -4 deg overnight and we still have snow from Banbury on top of the van. No sunrise like yesterday - just grey/white looking sky. It brightened as we drove south and the sun came out at one stage, warmer heer at home, but getting colder now that the sun has gone in. Not much of the snow has melted here - our road is now sheet ice in most places and I had to shovel ice out from under the wheels to get it out onto the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Getting colder now and the chickens have all cossied up in their houses. Feels like it is going to be a cold one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Some of the snow we had on Thursday night and Friday has melted. There's still a lot on the garden though. It's very slippy and has just started snowing again here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 We had a nice spell of sun but raining now - lots thawing although very chilly outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Sunny, blue skies but pretty nippy here. I am a bit fed up with the BBC weather forecasts, last night they warned that overnight temps in London would reach -6 so I closed the Eglu door for the first time in months. Got up to let the girls out this morning and their Glug wasn't even frozen over Not going to do that again. Tessa I was just going to agree wholeheartedly. Snow and sleet forecast here this morning Snow , what snow? NOTHING. But it's just chucked down an inch in the last hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Oh, no!......its snowing and lying here. I normally love the stuff.......but not when I need to get to the hospital tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 Ummm, you know I said that it wasn't snowing here? Well, irt's snowing like mad now; wet stuff though and it doesn't look to be settling yet. Temp gone from +4deg to +0.8 in an hour, so getting colder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardene5 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Hi Everyone, Well we do not believe it after hearing of all the places though out the UK who have snow. Today it snowed at Preesall near to Blackpool the lawns were white but alas it did not stay. Our hens were not impressed with the snow all who were out came into the Henian Castle for a warm under the heat lamps and then feed and watered before settling down for a chat in one of the corners just like having a mothers union meeting. Think they were all complaining about snow. How the weather with the rest of UK and the World. Best regards Ian & Valerie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 The snow lasted until midday yesterday and then petered out. We've had lots of rain overnight... still chucking it down and nearly all the white stuff has gone. Mild too at 5 degrees. Desperate for some dry weather as the ground feels very waterlogged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Snow?....no... Rain?....too blooming much Came down this morning to a "paddy field in training" for a garden & the back porch flooded due to the man-hole cover having all it's edges stuck fast with crud off everyone's feet over a very long time! DH has released that, so the dogs can now wait in there to be let in. The chooks are slightly raised so their run is dry, although I can't see them being impressed if I don't let them out, the Orpies are straight on grass, at least they can go up in the cube if they get fed up with wet feet & the batties are fairly well protected on the patio. When I went out to feed & let the troops out of their houses, I knocked my hood off at the batties run & it almost instantly filled with water - enough to run down my neck when I put it back on anyway I gave up after that & just got wetter Stay warm & dry today! Sha x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Wild Mum - that's a brilliant description - paddy field! Same applies here - and now it is absolutely chucking it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Came down this morning to a "paddy field in training" for a garden pretty much describes my back garden this morning aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Nothing here - yet. We are forcast rain which will then turn to snow later, we could get up to 4" more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 Us too Claire. The snow that fell last night (and inch in an hour) was wettish and froze instantly, so Banbury is pretty much sheet ice this morning. Twit in my road this morning, revving his car like mad to get it out onto the ice went down and suggested that he put it into 2nd gear to keep the revs down and get it out that way - I ended up driving it out of his parking space for him! We are forecats the same as Claire, rain followed by snow and blizzard conditions as the wind gets up.. or so they say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Rain,rain and more rain. Although they do say more snow tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 An inch of snow overnight. Poor chooks just got used to the sight of grass (such as it is) again. At least it's not freezing. Misty, drippy sort of day. Overturned lorry "full of chickens" reported on local radio this morning. So sad I'm imagining all sorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 It's now sleeting on top of all that ice I've been cheered up by the pillocks skidding around on the ice outside my office this morning - it's amazing how many people have no idea how to drive in icy conditions... there is a surgery behind us, and what with the snow/thaw/snow/ice/sleet, it is like a skidpan. All I can hear is mad cussing and revving :lol: Had to go out earlier and get my boss's Merc out of the ice as he'd got it stuck; rubbish rear wheel drive cars are hopeless in the ice. We went up to Yorks with a shovel, bits of carpet and sacking in the van - hardly any snow up there at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
