Charlottechicken Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Just creeping above freezing here too It's not exactly thawing yet though Boiler jumped into life this morning, so house is warm, phew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I can see the grass in the first time in ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 +4.1deg here first thing and really warm after all that cold. I can't get used to not wearing all those layers! I have grass in the back garden and the chooks are out for the first time in a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 ....and we're nervously checking all the outside taps...... The last two years we've had one in an outbuilding which has burst apart - our main stop tap for the house is past the outside taps so we have to work on them live....and they're large bore pipes! we have to don waterproofs and go armed with dustbin lids!! Our water meter and stop tap are a quarter of a mile away, along the main road, in the next village. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I hope that all of your taps are ok this time Lesley. We have a very tropical 7.9 degrees here at the moment. I hope that all of you in Scotland are ok and not getting flooded by melt water I have heard some worrying reports on the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I went out to see to the dogs in all my layers, came in a little too wam. It was nice to see the dogs water bowls hadn't frozen and the girls, They did look a litte miffed as no pot of warm mash arrived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 +6.7deg here, mild and muddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Big thaw here . Tiny corner of green in the back garden and tips of my baby plants peeking through in the front garden . The mountains of snow are shrinking too . I know there are problems with melt water but luckily (for us) we're at a pretty high part of town so all the water is running downhill (poor people down the hill ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 everywhere looks so dirty and muddy now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I can live with dirty and muddy for a while. I'm going on my Christmas meal next week and visiting the German market, last year it was so cold we didn't hang around for long! The hens think it is Spring,they are running around with wings out like little aeroplanes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Well I didn't take the photo and I can't paste a link because it doesn't seem to be online but there is a picture of the gritter in a ditch at the bottom of our road in the local weekly paper published today, taken by my neighbour last week Glad to hear those of you who've had it very bad seem to be getting back to normal. My Mum is sending me some special socks for the next outburst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Special thigh-length waterproof socks with spikes on the soles ? Perfect . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Yippee, it is all gone The lane was solid ice with a thin layer of water on top this morning so I slipped and skidded my way on foot to the road. Just got home and it has all disappeared. Temperature of plus 9c here. I am so happy to see muddy brown fields and green grass and puddles of water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Its finally going on the road, some of the pavements still have ice and there are large mounds of snow still everywhere but its thawing!! Yay - trouble is now all the water. The run is just disgusting. I know what I'll be doing next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 We have some grass showing in the garden and the (chicken) girls were let out of the run for the first time in what seems ages. I think it was about +4 today and forecast for about the same over the next few days.I just wish the ice would clear of the roads. On the positive side the girls have finished school so not as much travelling through the icey lanes to be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grracee Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 All of ours has finally gone now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 All of ours has finally gone now Ours too although we took YS paintballing for his birthday yesterday about 4 miles away and the fields were still absolutely full of snow - brrr a very cold day for all of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 Still a fair bit in the fields and more expected next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 We've got disgusting black mounds of snow everywhere and some pavements are still treacherous but it's OK to drive now . Until the snow comes again on Thursday . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 We are due more here on Thursday too, just spoke to a colleague who tells me that there are bad weather patterns coming towards us from the US (a friend in Minnesota has thigh-deep snow!) and on the other side from the middle east (Syria and Lebanon have just had snow storms, Egypt has had freak weather and storms). Looks like we will need to batten down the hatches folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Due light snow here on Friday & heavy snow due in Aberystwyth on Friday. Devils Bridge near Aber gets it worse, so looks like it will be a very lovely Xmas for us there! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 a friend in Minnesota has thigh-deep snow I have relatives just south of Minneapolis and haven't heard from them yet - I did hear from my cousin right at the top of Minnesota near Grand Portage and they have less snow than usual and really need snow! - there are all the ski resorts along North Shore Lake Superior without snow! Strange weather isn't it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoopsie Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 My freind is from Helsinki and says even they are struggling with the amount of snow they've had - and they are used to several feet of it every year! Still got large blobs of it on the lawn - not looking forward to the next lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Papers today report the snow as starting at the end of this week and continuing until the new year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 We had a frost last night at 8pm but it was almost gone this morning. It is quite cold, especially the wind. We have been forecast snow from Thursday, and last nights weather map on BBC we were covered! Just checked Metcheck, and apparently Christmas day we have *whispers* light snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
