ali-s Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 At 6.30am this morning the outside temperature here was -10c. Archie Dog was very reluctant to go out for a wee. The condensation on the porch windows and door has frozen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 That is cold! Still hovering just under freezing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Brrrr Alison !! Made me shiver just reading that! -2 and snowing lightly here at the moment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I'm sure it is getting colder Not a breath of wind, the sky is white and an eerie mist is swirling around the Castle making it look very spooky. My plastic clogs were frozen to the doormat in the porch. I slipped my feet into them and started to walk and the mat came along with me The Eglu eggport is frozen, not even dribbling hot water on it would defrost it, the nestbox cleaning will have to wait. The air is so crisp and clear, when I was out in the garden just now I could hear the sea which is a good few miles away and a train which was weird as the line is even further away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Snowing and deadly quiet here as well; just the birds squabbling around the bird table And Mr P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Brilliant sunshine here.....but oh my word it is cold. The water I put out for the hens at 8am is already refrozen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 It's snowing quite hard here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 It seems to be thawing a bit here, but the clear blue sky is now clouding over in places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Blue sky here and sunshine. Lots of dripping in the garden where it's melting. Girls not impressed and spent the morning in the cube but as I cleared some grass and the path, they are now congregating on the doorstep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Very cold and icy here, but the sun is shining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Absolutely freezing here. Foggy and cold. -7 and dropping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Sub-Zero here and dropping, went for a walk earlier, to the co-op we had run out of butter Everywhere is white and very sparkly. ED came with me and we passed some carol singers, singing their heart out for charity we donated generously, they were all fairly old and it was sooo cold and their singing made our walk even more magical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 After a bright morning we appear to be getting misty - as if we haven't had enough adverse conditions here! We are still stuck in our driveways - if we try to venture out there's no guarantee we'll be able to get back up the road - too many steep slopes to the main roads. Our veg will have to wait another day - may as well pick it up at the same time we get the turkey. Oh that will be fun. On the other hand we still have plenty of goodies in the freezer and will put Christmas on hold until the weather improves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 It's very cold & frosty... -4 at dawn and not too much warmer now. We had a light shower yesterday which has now frozen on top of all the other ice. We definitely won't be able to leave the house today . I'm just hoping that my sister and family manage to drive safely from Wiltshire to my parents place in Boscastle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 My brother lives in Wiltshire and they have had a little bit of snow, so hopefully the journey will be OK - it's the ice that's the main problems now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrensWorld Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Freezing fog, and the coldest day so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Getting warmer here and snow slowly thawing out. Bright blue skies here as well. My nan lives in Wilts and they have had a little more this morning but only a very light shower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 A little bit Warmer today and the snow has started to thaw. Fierce hailstorms most of the morning and a bitterly cold wind. The main roads are clear but getting down our drive and along our lane is interesting. The local radio station has reported that in some parts of the Scottish Highland the temperature dipped to -16c last night The forest in the distance has disapeared from view, a sure sign that some kind of storm is approaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Been raining here - only a little though. We braved the roads and went to Whitchurch via the A303/A34 (?) and found the roads much better than here. We got our veg and stopped via Laverstoke farm to collect the turkey on the way home. By that time it was raining very hard. Collected mum from her house - because we knew that once we got back in the drive we weren't coming out again!! Some blue sky visible and it's beginning to ice up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Very icy this morning when we went ot do our big Waitrose shop, but now it has thawed and we just have cold rain, I was hoping for some of the white stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Well blow me down. When I put the girls to bed with their tea the water was icing over, cracked it for them and went back indoors. An hour later I went to collect the dishes and water - it had melted and the snow was melting off the trees and the paths were beginning to clear. Just looked outside and it looks wet still - and we've turned off the heating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 In the midst of a big electrical storm here, with belting freezing rain & still a good 6 inches of snow on the ground - bizarre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 We've had heavy rain lashing the windows for the past couple of hours - didn't see any lightning but we heard the thunder - quite loud too. Not made much difference to the snow though - can't see any blades of grass yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Yesterday was a mixture of everything! Frost followed by sunshine, then heavy rain, sleet, hail, snow, mist then back to frost!!! Very eventful! We were forecast a milder night but woke up to another frost. It's about -1 with blue skies at the moment but think it's meant to be warming up from now on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Its now minus 10.1 and very very brrrrr.............. cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
