ali-s Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 The snow has now stopped to be replaced with thick freezing fog. Nothing has driven on the road at the top of our lane, this is very unusual as the road is busy from about 7am until 8.30am with cars going to the RAF base and farm vehicles going about their business. I have phoned work to tell them I will try to get into work on foot but I will not leave until it is fully light. I have warned them that If I feel it is getting unsafe for me to get to work I will phone them and turn round and come home. I hate letting the school and the students down. Bothersome snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Snowing heavily here ... and the central heating boiler has conked out. Aarrrrgggghhhh! I thought it was more chilly than usual when I came downstairs this morning. Am typing with fingerless gloves on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Not a good day for that to happen . Hope you can get it fixed . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Bad news about your boiler Egluntyne. Will your plumber Son be able to fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 Thanks, everybody for your kind thoughts. OH got home around midnight, casualty stretchered off Bowfell, three helicopters tried to land but couldn't so MR took her to hospital as well as off the mountain. More snow here over night. Hope everybody is safe and warm and sorry Egluntyne about your boiler. Have you got a fire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 That's good news, OSH . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Glad OH got home safely OSH Well time to go and brave the elements. I must be flipping bonkers Hope every one stays safe and warm today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Bad news about your boiler Egluntyne. Will your plumber Son be able to fix it? He'd already gone out to work before we realised it had conked out. Am hoping he'll be able to do something when he gets home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Another light dusting of snow here this morning. The girls have refused to come out of the coop this morning, let alone the run. Also spotted what looks suspiciously like rat footprints in the snow this morning The blighters ignored my traps last year so can't imagine that I'll have any more luck this year, but will go out and set them anyway. Egluntyne - bad news about your boiler. Hope you can get it fixed quickly, brrrrrrrrrrrrr! OSH - pleased to hear your OH arrived home safely. It sounds like it was not an easy rescue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 How annoying Egluntyne, keep warm under that blanket of yours. I hope that YS can fix it when he gets back. No snow here yet, -6 overnight and -5 this morning when I got up, but was warm and toasty overnight. We have a thick hoar frost and very white sky, but no sign of snow. A fellow dog walker this morning told me that we're due snow tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 The forecast is the same here - snow tonight maybe,& tomorrow The sky is so clear today & it is bitterly cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Not so much a bird bath as an igloo . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 How annoying Egluntyne, keep warm under that blanket of yours. I hope that YS can fix it when he gets back. He came back as he had been queueing for 45 minutes and had moved 50 yards. Plus, he had forgotten his butties. Anyroad up, all that was required was a kettle of boiling water to unfreeze the condenser related pipe outside. There was a plug of ice 2 m long. Despite the fact that it was lagged. It seems to be working now. Time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 I was just going to ask if you'd checked that little pipe - a few people had problems last year with the same thing. Glad it is sorted now. Ours is playing up but we know what the problem is and can usually sort it - we don't want to spend money on the LPG boiler as we want to change to wood or pellets sometime. A balmy minus 4 here when we got up - lots of water to take to the cows and sheep. We have one outside tap that is in one of the stalls and that will probablt still work. When that goes then we have to ferry water from the utility room. Glad to hear that your OH (all MR team) is back safely OSH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 It's minus 4 in Abingdon and thick frost. I'm not well, dog not well, ( she's a spaniel and most likely has eaten something horrid on her walk ) and got sick ex-bat, who has rallied enough to eat and drink and is now watching telly. So, I'm staying in - although may have to take one or other or both animals to the vet later today. At least it's only at the end of the road. Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Still well below zero here. Rosie is on an inset day, so no school. She's at home, keeping the stove fed with wood No snow, just hoar frost being blown off the trees as the wind gets up. Everything is white and even I think my office is chilly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaches Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Snap! I've got one sick springer spaniel too ..... Can't get to work as I'm on top of snowy, slippery hill ... snow has just stopped and the sun has come out and everything looks stunning but treacherous underfoot. Chickens v v bored and are sinking in the snow if they leave the pen. Fiona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Do keep safe and warm everyone. The merest sprinkle overnight here, its only gone down to -3 and we keep having day after day of sun. I feel like I'm in a different country to the rest of you However, I am shortly to venture off to the land that heat forgot (Normandy) and Bruges where its been -6 during the day apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miffy Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 been snowing all morning here but has just stopped. Temp is around freezing. Roads never have never only been salted once since we have beeen here and that was last winter!! Went into work at local college, then heard on radio it was closed went in to find it locked up but quite a few people roaming around. So came home again. Its now snowing again here and sky still looks full of it. Kernow is in chaos listening to local radio, but only from Truro down..... OH just geting kindling to light multiburner..... I have so much to do but I'm just sitting here typing and looking at the beautiful views out of the lounge windows, white fields as far as I can see out the front and white garden with snow on the branches and shrubs in the garden..... fantastic keep warm & safe in this cold spell. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Can't think why, but Marge Simpson sprang to mind . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Blimey, that's a lot of snow ANH Our office is usually tropical and i often have the window open, but even I think it's cold in here today! It got very dark earlier and I thought it might snow, but has lightened again. Still no snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 It was snowing heavily this morning when I came home from work, the roads were pretty bad but it looks like there has been a bit of a thaw at the moment................it'll freeze tonight I expect. I am about to get on with cleaning out the chooks and to do a bit of housework............when I 've finished my coffee of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Very cold last night, I was tempted to bring the chickens in . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Very cold last night, I was tempted to bring the chickens in . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Hubby just set off to Stafford..don't know what it's like there. No snow here today - but it's on its way tonight & I've come back from the business unit to cosy up at home. Might do a spot of online shopping to keep warm. Blimey, there's a lot of snow about in other areas. Please keep safe & be wary of slippery surfaces under foot. My dad fell on Sunday whilst helping my sister muck out the stables. Poor dad - he's ok, but it could have been so nasty. I worry so much about falling in this sort of weather. Remember if you are going to fall to put your arms round your head, whatever you do to protect it. Head injuries are so easily caused by falling & can be so awful & even fatal. Please , please be sooooo careful. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
