The Dogmother Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 +3deg and thawing here too, also had snow crashing off roofs as I walked up the road from walking the dog this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 We are in the midst of a blizzard here. Have had to cancel our trip to Buxton and the Panto. That's not good! I thought it had just started raining here but it's actually sleet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Sorry you've had to cancel, Egluntyne We're due to get snow tonight - I'm going to have a white birthday.....with my own snow....not recycled Christmas snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Happy Birthday Lesley, hope you get your snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Tomorrow.....I will! - my family are all laughing at me for believing the forecast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 They were right.....it's going to rain *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Well, if it snows on my birthday, Lesley, I'll share it with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 You probably will have snow - it's supposed to become cold again in January. I usually go to the Malvern Hills for my birthday so that I can play in snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 We have torrential rain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 heavy rain here too, most of the snow has gone now and everywhere is muddy and horrible. Have a lovely birthday Lesley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Raining pretty thoroughly here too and big lumps of snow are thudding off the roof. Still got plenty of snow but it's turning slushy now. We're off on a day trip to meet some friends on the west coast near Bristol today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Raining here since late yesterday afternoon. Mud and snow everywhere now. Even the sky is grey and horrible, and it didn't get light here until 8am. Next door's guttering is attached to those plastic boards, one of which is now hanging off the house, and one of the cottages at the bottom of my garden has a freestanding downpipe, it's slipped out of the guttering fitting! I was woken at about 4am by the crash of the last lump of ice falling off my front downpipe. Can't wait for it to all go now It's just above freezing but felt cosier when it was -10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Wahaaaay its melting - girls are FR and a robin was having a bath in a puddle. I can see summat green - its a lawn - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Just slush here as well - OH is having to shovel up what is left of the snow to put into the water trough for cows and sheep as we have no water supply No burst pipes here so I'm on hold to Severn Trent .... in a queue that is 'in excess of 45 mins' I've been on hold for 30 minutes so far.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grracee Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Been raining here all this morning and all yesterday. Snow is starting to thaw but is turning into slush now. Hope it's all gone soon!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 I drove mum and DD down to London yesterday sliding through snow to get out of Kendal but thankfully the M6 was clear. We were expecting 6inches of snow that evening so I turned straight round and came home again, a round trip of over 600 miles. It rained all the way up and I used about seven litres of windscreen washer stuff. It didn't snow but poured with rain all night. You'd have thought it would have washed the snow away but the fields are as white as ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 The snow here is slowly melting. Patches of grass have appeared which the Chickens have pounced on. OH is out on the lane with a shovel hacking away at the most stubbon pieces of ice and frozen snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 No sign of snow here at all today. It is as if it never happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 One thing that struck me on my journey south yesterday was how there was snow from Cumbria to Hertfordshire and into London. It continues to thaw here and the next 5 days forecast is for fog and daily temperatures above freezing. January is supposed to bring a return of cold weather, colder than average, with a chance of some snow. I feel so sorry for our Scottish omleteers who seem to have little respite from all this. Keep warm and dry everybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Well, there was very little snow elsewhere and virtually none in Somerset. We walked along Breen beach and it was really lovely. As soon as we turned off the M40 into Banbury, we were welcomed back by 2"-3" of snow. It is melting quickly though and drizzling now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 Most of it gone here too.A balmy 6˚. Bees have been out throwing out their dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Still got about an inch of snow on the grass and 2" of compacted stuff on the patio, and also on the pavement out front. It's all dripping though *grins* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Most of ours has gone, patches here and there, and in gutters and along the railway line, although I have a fair bit in the garden where I brushed it off the WIR. It went really suddenly round here, I thought we'd have a slow thaw but temperatures went right up. There's still a good layer of ice on the canals though, with water on top Now we just have to get rid of the bloomin' fog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grracee Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 We still have quite alot of snow up with us, no-one has been here to try and clear it. It's terrible. Now turning to slush and is very easy to slip on. Little bits of grass starting to show through, just really mucky now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I went over the border into Worcestershire today and apart from the thick fog (you could see it rolling along), the fields were covered in snow! Spoke to the lady manning the Scope charity shop in Redditch and she said they had originally had about a foot of snow, when we had 7 or 8 inches. A lot of the pavements were iced over, and some gardens still had a good covering too. It was a real shock to me as most of the snow in Brum has gone now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
