Ardene5 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Hi Everyone We are beginning to think that where we live is a complete different part of the world instead of a part of the UK. Whilst everyone else has had snow, ice and floods here in Preesall near Blackpool in Lancashire it has been cold but again we have had wall to wall sunshine a temperature of round about 5 degrees. Hope the rest of the UK is having a better time. How has the weather been where you live either in the UK or the rest of the world? Best regards Ian & Valerie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Glorious here today after the heavy snow last night. The postman was in shorts this am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 The postman was in shorts this am. Good grief Tessa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Flipping freezing here -14c when Andy went to work yesterday morning at about 5am. This morning at 6.30am the themometer in the mini bus which takes some of the staff into work was registering a temp of -17c The doors on my car and the Eglu doors were frozen this morning and it took me ages to get them open. I am frozen right through and have lit the kitchen fire and the fire in the living room, the storage heaters are on as well. A short snow storm when I was driving home this afternoon. A very grey sky now. The flooded fields and our field ditch are frozen solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 We had quite a bit of rain yesterday and added to the melted snow we've had flooding locally. This pic was taken 5 minutes from my home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 A nice normal day yesterday- a bit more of the same expected... Sunny with a light frost at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Thankfully, nothing like Shirls flooding around here although I think elsewhere in the county has suffered... A nice normal day yesterday- a bit more of the same expected... Sunny with a light frost at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Nothing like Shirls' flooding in our immediate vicinity ... Hoping for another quiet weather day. It was lovely yesterday, warmish & sunny. Looking quite bright at the moment with just a light frost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 We had terrible black ice problems around here this morning, even the main roads were lethal. There were 2 serious accidents on different stretches of the A40 Walking to school was scary, the pavements were bad enough but the roads were worse and everytime anyone pulled into park they slid in sideways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Definitely getting away lightly up here in the North West. There hasn't been any snow for two weeks and just a little remains in the fields. Has been cold though and the grass in the garden has suffered. One bank is now just moss. One upside to all this weather is that the garden experts are predicting a proper spring flush of flowers rather than the early blooming in spurts producing no overall spring bloom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 Heck of a frost here last night and it's all very icy at the moment. Sunny first thing, but the clouds are gathering now and it feels warmer. Still have 2" or so of snow in the back garden and the park at the bottom of the road. The shady side of our street still has snow on the pavement too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Snow still around here, but frosty overnight nice and sunny at the moment. Last night went up to London. On the M25 there were signs "Gritting in progress" - we didn't see any signs of grit or a lorry doing the work. But there was a gritter at the Chiswick flyover - making a lovely little Chesil Beach design where it was stuck at the traffic lights. Then there was no evidence of gritting anywhere else and none on the way home either. Lovely night, super huge moon. But lots of accidents reported on the local news because of black ice. Hope Paola's OK - her area got a mention with regard to flooding and ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Flipping freezing here -14c when Andy went to work yesterday morning at about 5am. This morning at 6.30am the themometer in the mini bus which takes some of the staff into work was registering a temp of -17c The doors on my car and the Eglu doors were frozen this morning and it took me ages to get them open. I am frozen right through and have lit the kitchen fire and the fire in the living room, the storage heaters are on as well. A short snow storm when I was driving home this afternoon. A very grey sky now. The flooded fields and our field ditch are frozen solid. Ali we had those temperatures for 2 days and nights - terribly cold it was but now its better and yes all the heatings were on for days. The snow is still not shifting and the cats wont go out as no where for them to go. Personally I am sick of people coming in saying how awful it is when they have moved up from england to a really remote place like tomintoul which if bad weather will always be really bad. They shoudl check things out beforehand. Just because its been warm winters for 20 years does not mean the end of our severe winters. Sorry rant over!. All I can say is roll on summer and hopefully we will get a good one this year. Mind you looking out in the sunshine to-day with the snow on the hills is fabulous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardene5 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Hi Everyone Here in Preesall near Blackpool it is overcast , a little windy,there was a little bit if drizzle early morning but still a good day especially compared with the rest of the UK weather. How is the weather wherever you live either in the UK or the world? Best regards Ian & Valerie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 It's clouding over here now and we've had the odd flurry of ice crystals but the snow still seems to be melting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 right now here apart from cool. (daren't say cold with the temps some of you have ) It is that nothing sort of weather not dull, not bright, not wet so is dry! loveley sunny morning though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Looked out of the window 15 mins ago and it was snowing like crazy....looked out again a second ago and it was brilliant sunshine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Trying again to do this again! Battled for 3/4 of an hour this morning to try and submit a post! Pleasant day today with lots of sunshine after a frosty start... a few showers but the ground has started to dry out... hurray!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Not too bad today - cold though. My garden is still completely water logged girls don't mind though - lots of worms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Still snow in the shade, getting cold now (as if it was warm earlier, hah). Had a smattering of rain but not much - enough to ice up the roads though. But the good news is that my unwanted ponds are beginning to drain away even if the rest of the lawn is squishy. The moss is looking very healthy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 We had more slushy snow falling this evening - replica of last night really The top of the garden looks like a bog and the park down the road has pools of water in a few places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 same here in south Oxfordshire - miserable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Dull and grey here. Ground frozen solid. Has been for weeks. I think the chooks have forgotten what a fresh worm tastes like Thought I'd brighten up the dull day with a picture of Kentmere taken on Sunday Ahh edited 1 minute later to say it's snowing Fed up with it now!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Beautiful photo! - I'll get my hiking boots on......... We're fed up with snow and ice as well. No new snow but we still have a lot lying, and sheet ice underneath it We had a massive hail storm yesterday just as we were trying to collect the eggs. We're due some more sleet/snow this afternoon and icy conditions tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Lovely pic DA! Think we're in for another calm weather day here... it's started off sunny with a light frost. Not too cold at -1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
