The Dogmother Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I hear the promise of 5deg on Sunday it will feel positively balmy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 2.1 degrees here I have just got back from town and I am so hot, I wore far too many clothes for the shops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I was just thinking about this yesterday. I hope a photograph of the last patch of snow in any omleteer's garden is posted before we get to 100 We usually split topics at around page 75 and make a 'Part 2' as the forum can judder if the threads get overlong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I hear the promise of 5deg on Sunday it will feel positively balmy! Since when did we need an excuse to feel a bit barmy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 I was just thinking about this yesterday. I hope a photograph of the last patch of snow in any omleteer's garden is posted before we get to 100 We usually split topics at around page 75 and make a 'Part 2' as the forum can judder if the threads get overlong. I better bookmark it. I fancied the idea of putting a selection of everybody's pictures together at the end to commemorate "The Big freeze" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Well, it's all dripping here, 3deg and melting. Tarmac visible on my road for the first time in 2 weeks....... woo hooo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 We had a bit of snow overnight so had a sweep the cars again, but nothing else all day The worst bit is the slishy, slippy icy bit just after the snow BTW can anyone understand why the exams were not held off for a week or even two given that everyone was in the same boat ..there would have been no cheating if no-one had them this week which I understand was one of their "reasons" I'm sorry you've all had such an unnecessarily stressful time with it all..........{{{hugs}}} to you all xx I'd think its mainly clashes with other exams planned, and then the delay in 2 weeks would push everything else like marking back, so results would be delayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) Quite bad fog here all day. I can see for miles (literally) from the office normally, but only managed a view of the ajacent buildings today. Everything was frozen this morning though when I set off for work, as I found out when the ABS came into operation as I slid down an icy hill towards the main road Edited January 14, 2010 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 today we have had heavy rain followed by more snow then rain praying no freeze tonight, the slushy mess was terrible to push a buggy in!! worse than the snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 Well it snowed lightly for a few hours today while the icicles dripped from the gutters. Snow is now a very good shaping and throwing consistency; trouble is my heart isn't in it anymore. This is our 27th day of snow so bring on the thaw. I'm sure there will be snowdrops eagerly sprouting underneath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I'm sure there will be snowdrops eagerly sprouting underneath Oh, what a lovely thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Walked to school through slush via allotments - leeks covered in snow and look pathetic as do cabbages. i think this thread should be renamed SLUSH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 Walked to school through slush via allotments - leeks covered in snow and look pathetic as do cabbages. i think this thread should be renamed SLUSH Not yet .................. it's still snow here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Well it snowed lightly for a few hours today while the icicles dripped from the gutters.Snow is now a very good shaping and throwing consistency; trouble is my heart isn't in it anymore. This is our 27th day of snow so bring on the thaw. I'm sure there will be snowdrops eagerly sprouting underneath We have had snow for 27 days as well and its wearing a bit thin - was thawing but now freezing tonight - the girls hate it the cats hate it and I cannot get down the garden and means I have to resort to housework - oh NO! as nothing else I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 I've done a lot of reading by the woodburner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I'm sure there will be snowdrops eagerly sprouting underneath A small patch of ground in my garden has revealed Snowdrops and Crocus poking their shoots through the soil today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I have snowdrops but no crocuses - yet. They are still under loads of snow. But I did manage to clear more pathway out the back and the girls have ventured up to the back door again. A tiny patch of earth looked like someone tried to bath - that would be the furball again. Still terrible sludgy and icy roads here (we had to go shopping today), but Yately and Hartley Wintney don't appear to have the depth of snow that we had. Where the farmers digger has cleared some of the road here the pile is huge - it'll take ages to clear away. We have disappearing icicles and the big one by the back door is about half the size it was. The house across the way that had a waterfall of icicles has none left that we can see from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Still got plenty of snow in the garden, but the roads are looking better. Pavements are dangerous slushy though and it's raining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 It's chucking it down here, rain that is not snow, and it's getting rid of all the white stuff It really says something when we're glad it's raining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 Raining here too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 It was chucking it down with rain first thing, now we just have a steady light rain and a freezing cold wind. The pavements are even more lethal now, but hopefully it will all be gone soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Its RAINING Hopefully it will get rid of the snow! Fed up fed up fed up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Just spoke to Phil - he tried to get down the lane at the farm this morning and the tractors/4x4s have made it all icy and the snow ridge in the middle grounded his car! I guess he won't be back this weekend either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenNutter Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 The assertion that the Inuit people have a couple of hundred words to describe snow is actually an urban myth. The fact this forum has managed 73 pages to do so (and counting) is not. My gast has been flabbered. I don't know why your gast has been flabbered Major, we are British, we love talking about the weather. But while we are on the subject, our snow has virtually all gone, revealing a flattened, soggy chickenpooey garden underneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
