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Apparently snow today tomorrow and Thursday, oh joy will make work a barrel of laughs!

If by snow you mean light drizzle, yes it is (today). Don't worry, I think the worst case is a light dusting.

Unless you are working in another country.

Set to miss this end of the country

Had a sprinkling in Marlborough earlier on.  It's stretching it to say that it was snowing, but there was some snow in amongst the drizzle!

I've not done coke for ages.

It's snowing in SW1

I'm in SW1, and my first thought was 'No it bloody isn't.'  Then I looked out of the window and saw that it was.  A bit.

We have light drizzle here in Swindon. Makes a change :(

I'm still like a 5 year old full of excitement when it snows. Last years was brilliant. I could make the most of it this year what with resting between jobs. If God is a TEF lurker* he'll make it happen.

*and real

I'm the same, I loved that last year and hope we get the same this year.

Snowing here in Berkshire, quite steadily now and it is settling but I doubt if it is going to be to heavy today, expecting loads tomorrow.

id rather it be cold and snow then 32 degrees and sweaty

I cant go out of the front door once the temperature dips below 4.

Give me 30+ degrees any day.

youre fucking weird

Snowing in Feltham


just watch all the panic merchants driving at 30 on the M4 tonight

M40, High Wycombe snowing heavily - long journey home tonight Fred.

I reckon chippenham has the least amount of snow in the country. We're too far west when it comes from the east, too far north with snow from the south, etc etc.

Yep certainly looks that way Dell

Snowing pretty heavy here in SW london.

Fuck all in Dorcan yet (South East Swindon)

it was snowing dead hard hjere earleir, now has stopped :(

And here in Surrey, have a light covering and has been snowing for a few hours now.

Sunny an warmish here in the sub tropical far far south west  :beach:

But flying over for Xmas on Friday - brrrrr hope it warms up

Turning into pathetic drizzle now. Broing.

You cant be far from me if you are getting the tram from elmers end for Fulham?

Just south of Croydon - I know Sutton well.

I'm not in Sutton, i was when i signed up, i'm nearer than you think......

Ahhh, a stalker! I've Always wanted one! Xmas Has come early!

Too early, i'm not stalking in this weather!

Apparently up to 20cm here tonight, hope not.

Yeh the first time we've had snow in Decenber i believe

Although the BBC predict no snow until Saturday.

Just started again. Lovley!

Dunno what it's like where you are sutton but we now a have a good layer of snow, the last downpour has settled.

Settling here too

I've never really 'got' snow but then in my life time snow has meant a couple of inches that by the time you're up the cars have driven over it - its just slushy ice.

Last year was ace, we got proper snow and I wasnt working, a mate of mine was supposed to be working in kent but obviously couldnt get there.

We got the slede out for the first time in about 15 years and went up Wanborough.

Fucking Excellent.

Gutted, that we may have more this year and I'll have to work.

It was this year...stattos need to be more accurate.  :)

fuck off reg :)

beggining of Feb to be exact

Oh Oh

BLIZZZZZZZZZZAARDDDD Here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bright sunshine in Swindon :)

Thanks for that

The girls are out in their bikini's getting tan's now...Fred you don't know what your missing  :)

Considerable snow falling in Newcastle right now.

That's all.

Oh the weather outside is frightfull

it's snowing in Birmingham :)

There was not a cloud in the sky here today, I might take my daughter swimming tomorrow to cool off a bit.

Started snowing here heavily about an hour ago, settling nicely already, i think after tomorrow's heavy snow we're going to have loads around here. I'm off work and in my nice warm house so i don't mind.

better not cunting snow here, got things to do tomorrow once i finish work

started to snow here. then stopped two minutes later.

Just started snowing where I am.

Snowing in Brizzle as well now, not sticking yet though

I have no idea what the weather is doing. I've been in a warehouse all day still got a couple of hours left. I won't even see daylight today!!

Not a cloud in the sky down here in South Somerset, very chilly though.

Meant to be very heavy snow in sluff tonight. Office might be a bit quiet tomorrow

Started snowing in Telford this afternoon.  Not up in north Shropshire though.

I fucking hate snow.

Great, can't wait, will miss the company Christmas Party I organised tomorrow afternoon becuase of the snow. My beer delvieries to our pubs will all be fucked up, being one of the busiest weekends of the year for parties etc. We are royally fucked so wont be going to the Christmas Party tomorrow with most my other colleagues will be working instead of having a free piss up!

Nothing down here in Pompey, in fact it's not even that cold.

It snowed quite heavily for a couple of minutes in Cardiff. Better not snow tomorrow.

Whoah!  Easy Gaz....just wait and panic when tomorrow comes if it snows heavily.  It takes a fair bit of snow for things to grind to a halt so stay optimistic! :D

Unless his deliveries are by horse and cart

I lived in Southsea for 5 years and never saw a frost, let alone snow.

Coming back to Swindon, I'd always notice it was just that bit colder.

Even Adnams have stopped draying now, so probably not.

Snowed a bit here...that's all.

It was mental in Feb, well deep.

Weird....was there snow on the beach?

I'm going to Prague in the first week of February - my ladyperson is hoping for lots of snow.

We have pubs all over the country and most over towards London and the east coast! :) Oh well ! Atleast New Years will be good at the Tattershall Castle. WILL be in front of everyone freezing their bollocks off for the NYE Fireworks across the London Eye! :) and have a pint too!

WOW

Do you actually go onboard?  I frequent the Tatts a fair bit, or the regalia, depending which end of southbank i'm at.

Seconded.

Wait until your mum cancels your subscription.

Snowing really heavily here now. Settling aswell, could be intresting tomorow....

My housemates supposed to be flying home tomorrow, she's bricking it that she might end up in Slough for christmas instead of Angola

:)

You certainly do, be great its £60.00 a ticket for NYE but got mine free, only paid for the mrs, as the company I work for owns the Tatt. Be great, have a few beers, go out watch the fireworks NYE, go back into the Tatt have a few more beers until 3 am then first train home :D Should be a great night!

You realise the first train on NYD is about 8am, not the usual 5am? It's a bank holiday remember...

And why leave at 3 AM anyway? Fucking lightweights.

get a hotel and give the mrs a good seeing to for fucks sake gazza

You are such a romantic Arriba

well waiting in the early hours for a train aint much fun is it?

Is 'WHOOOOSH' in the OED yet?

its fucking serious blizzard here. looks like its going to be worse than feb. getting proper deep.

Shed loads of the stuff here now, never had so many inches all in one night.

No doubt the whole country will come to a standstill as per fucking usual.

Still no snow in Swindon :)

Very cold though.

A good couple of inches in slough. Judging by the fact they were up outside ALL FUCKING NIGHT, i'm guessing the asian people I live with have never seen snow before

Tons of snow here, about 6/7 inches, im not going anywhere.

 Seems to have missed the West Country....bit of a bugger, I was hoping we might just be far enough east to have cracked for a day off work  :(

made it in to hospital but half the patients havent, its still like a blizzard outside and predicted to keep snowing all day, no trains out of brighton, if it carries on there will be fuck all away fans at game and no me and adje :(

I woke up to a foot of snow and its -12.5

Have to get that hole in the roof fixed.

Sweden is ace in the winter. Im going snowboarding tomorrow  :D

Hopefully for your sake the CG pitch will freeze up... I can't be arsed with football tomorrow.

Ooh you fibber. i reckon 3 inches, and the roads are spot on, i actually got to work 10 minutes earlier as loads of people have obviously wimped out.

there was about that at 5am this morning (or maybe i meant cm, it was too early) - and yes the roads arent too bad just a good excuse for a day off.

And you still havent told me - where do you live?

sutton?

Half way between Wallington and Coulsdon.

(maybe i should change to ex suttonred.)

Hmmmmm...

That could be Purley, Woodcote, Chipstead?

Woodcote green

I could barely get the car back in to the driveway after taking child #1 to his childminder this morning.  (Need to work out how to take the EPS system off.)  Sliding everywhere.

Then took the train in to central London and nothing.  Home to work is just 35 miles...but a world away this morning.

Nice area i believe.


Yeh i saw that. Suprising, do they care that much more about the roads in London or does snow just not settle there. I know it was bad there in February.

It's more the latter, I think.  Ambient temperature in London is always a few degress warmer than in the suburbs and further afield...combined effect of 10 million bodies, 3+ million internal combustion engines etc.

"Nice area i believe."  Before anyone else says it, it was until i moved there!

no snow here, bright blue skies but about -2 with a very cold wind. my road is the only one around here that's icy and yet people are going along it at 40mph despite it being a single track road. morons

Apparently a severe weather warning has been issued to Wiltshire and we can expect around 9 inches of snow this afternoon/evening.

:D

Coming in just before the rush hour, should be fun.

Distressingly, the roads are so bad where I live that my boss phoned this morning to say that I shouldn't even try to get to work.  So I'm at home all day.  Terrible...

what the chances everyone has a snow day on my day off tomorrow

Do you mean 9cm?

No, I mean 9 inches (25cm). That is what was reported on the radio this morning.

Had 7 inches overnight in Manchester and still snowing heavily, on its way down for you lot by the look of it!

I love living in a rural(ish) village and having a silly little car cause my boss has said if it starts snowing he will send me home!!! Whoop!

We're allowed to leave early if it starts snowing heavily, but have to make the time up :(

snowing now in Birmingham centre and it's reached an inch in half an hour.

At home (Halesowen) the roads are white over and the snow is up as high as the kerbs. Main roads haven't been gritted either

doubt we'll be allowed to leave early

Where you from in Manchester?? I'm in Stalybridge. Snowed in and not at work. Get in!!

Ill give you a clue!  u dropped me off in Castlefield after the Wolves game!!!  U enjoy Fulham mate??

And there I was thinking it was another friend that I've made!! Amazing day, going to get tickets for Stockport next (if it's still on!!)

You going to that game??

Not sure yet mate g/f bday the same day so ill have to see what i can do!  U not in work today?  Made it into Warrington for work carnage round here!

No not in work. Car won;t move and the trains are pretty scarce. Just going to go for a walk I think. Get yourself home.

Buy the missus 2 tickets for the game. She better be appreciative of the present. soapy tit wank

No snow here, just freezing! Think it's due my way later today/tomorrow.

stopped here now

Just got back home ............was due in Liverpool for 3 days. Got as far as Stoke this morning and had to turn round


Fucking gridlock

Just seen the Met Office website  :eek: :eek:

up to 40cm (MORE THAN A FOOT!) of snow expected in Wiltshire this evening!  Most of the country is coloured orange on thier site, but Wilts is bright red!  Eek indeed!

most importantly, where can I buy one of these plastic mouled toboggans?
Asda, homebase??

Here we snow, here we snow, here we snow....

Mrs B will be disappointed if she doesn't get the full 9 inches by the morning. Maaaaaaatron.

Just started here in East Swindon

It has but work is within walking distance so i'll be on tomorrow.

40 cm according to Met Office Now...


South West England:  Dorset
  Swindon
  Wiltshire
 Very Heavy Snowfall 2000 Tue 5 1100 Wed 6
There is a high risk of an extreme weather event affecting parts of Southern England this evening and overnight. A period of exceptionally heavy snowfall is expected with accumulations of 15-30 cm and perhaps in excess of 40 cm. This is expected to cause widespread disruption to the transport network and could lead to problems with power supplies.

The public are advised to take extreme care and refer to the Highways Agency for further advice on traffic disruption on motorways and trunk roads.

Issued at: 1135 Tue 5 Jan
 

I have a works mobile and laptop so will just work from home tomorrow, bugger trying to get a bus etc to work!

just so happens to be my day off tomorrow, gutted.

started snowing here again

Work still expect me to go to Barnstable on Thursday. Snigger

Yeah, the same for me, as I live about 1.5 miles from work I can walk it in 30 mins.
Walking in the snow is ace anyway :)

Barnstaple.  I used to get that wrong too.

It's hard to tell the difference between b and p when I'm typing upside down.

If they say I've got to go though, should be good fun :(

Coming down very heavy here now.

Its raining in Bradford on Avon! :(

I'd say 2 inches has fallen now. Cars are stuck everywhere.

no doubt i'll get sent out in it, and will get stuck somewhere.

nothing here, very cold though, just went for a lovely stroll along the beach, nothing beats being wrapped up warm in the cold by the sea.

I witnessed the most awe inspriring sunset of my life in Brighton a few years back.  Early December, so no haze.  Just a brilliant blue sky, a deep orange sun and air so clear and cold it made your nostrils ache.

The sun pretty much sets in the south that time of year, so it set right over the sea...witnessed by me a several hundred others who had gathered on the beach to watch.  You could pinpoint the split second that the earth's rotation rolled the sun out of view.  Awesome to watch.

it is magnificent. I live in shoreham just down the coast and i make sure i watch it at least a couple of times a week.

I have to be at work in Wantage at 7pm tonight. Not sure whether to risk it or not. No work = no pay as im contracting. I have to think what the conditions will be like driving home at 6am too, bugger being stuck there!

Around Faringdon/Shrivenham the snow was coming down heavily at 4pm. So will probably be worse that way later...

Really, cheers sippo.

Shit thing about not going (apart from the pay) is that i will be awake all night now  :(

Also expected 20-40 cm here aswell

London and South East
There is a high risk of an extreme weather event affecting the area during Tuesday evening and overnight into Wednesday morning. A period of exceptionally heavy snowfall is expected with accumulations of 15-30 cm and possibly in excess of 40 cm. This is expected to cause widespread disruption to the transport network and could lead to problems with power supplies.

The public are advised to take extreme care and refer to the Highways Agency for further advice on traffic disruption on motorways and trunk roads.

Not much in Devizes yet. I am supposed to be working at Trowbridge tomorrow, and normally there is no excuse as the main road is always clear as long as I can get off the estate.

I have got the sled out of the back of the garage just in case I am lucky and the kids school is closed. I am looking forward to being able to build a right proper snowman. Are you allowed to use a shovel to start it off or is that cheating??

metcheck.com keeps pushing the heavy snow forecast for our area back by several hours.  They were forecasting the heaviest snow for this evening, but now they say it will not arrive until the morning rush hour tomorrow.  We'll see.

BBC National and local news showed it already snowing in Basingstoke and Guildford.
London and the south due to get heavy snow tonight and in the daytime tomorrow.

I made it to work in wantage with relative ease. Quids in :)

I drove back from Basinstoke about 5.30 the snow was pretty heavy. Its eased up since i've got to newbury

Word. Get some lovely sunsets down here too, especially this time of year. Which reminds me to pick up my camera/tripod on the way to work tomorrow......

i live in new addington, langers live in selsdon and you live in woodcote green...
the croydon contingent :)

but wheres the snow, i could do with a day off tomorrow with the trains being inevitably fucked

Yeh i thought we would have loads but the forecasts are saying were not getting much now.

I would like a day off please...

its not gonna be like february when the trams shut down for 3 days is it :(
gutted

Yeh espescially when earlier the met office said 40cm earlier

Stupid weather.

Mental here in Pompey, 2 inches settled in an hour and it's flying down

just started here in west sussex

The pre-Christmas snow essentially cleared on December 30 only for heavy snow to return the next day. We've had snow on/off throught the afternoon and evening. It's not snowing at the moment but we've got heavy snow due again tomorrow and light snow for the rest of the week.

It's more a chore than anything now :)

The question is, how much snow is needed before a day off is warranted?  Last week a few people didn't come in and received disciplinaries!  I've not been there long so still trying to create a good impression, but last time in the snow nearly got wiped out and I've got a rather large excess on my insurance (a legacy of drink driving...)

I live the furthest away from my work but as long as the trains are running I'm fine. I imagine my colleagues who live in the old mining villages of Co. Durham will be preparing their "I'm snowed in" phonecalls and I don't blame them :)

I could and would walk to work but if the school is closed i have to have a day off... What a shame. Hurry up and flipping snow Swindon!

Hmm I reckon the Schools will be closed its snowing quite hard as I type

at fucking last. I thought all the weather warnings were lying.

The council already cancelled all the school buses for tomorrow/(today) earlier based on the forecast, didn't they?

I'm fucked, I think I'm snowed in at work, how depressing. They are even dropping the money to day rate if we stay on and work :( cunts

Just woke up and it's very, very deep here and still snowing.

i have finally got home after driving for and hour and a half at 25mph. All roads in swindon and suurounding areas are covered in snow and slush. The temperature is not so bad (about -0.5) so the snow is not freezing into ice but it is still very very slippy.

Take care everyone

School is shut, wife has just left for work. Who ever says nurses aren't dedicated?!!

my mrs is a nurse too and 24 weeks pregnant and left for work at 5:50am and took over an hour to go 4 miles. she got there just before 7am.

Luckily public transport is still running here

Working from home today :)

not a drop in shoreham but i hear its heavy just 2 miles away, suppossed to be picked up for hospital at 6.30 and im still waiting.

We've got it here in Bath. Doesn't appear to loads, but definitely enough to send me on my arse as I walk to get the train...

Weather forecast to be the heaviest snow in 30 yrs my arse. I reckon we have two inches here in Chippenham.

Yeah, it hit further east than originally thought,

About 4 inches and still snowing. It's all getting a bit tedious now though.

not enough to stop me getting to bath to be sliced open and have hernia op.  Bugger.

Inch and a half here, max. Of course, I've told the missus it's a good six inches :)

Kids' school shut though so that's my decision made for me - tragically will have to spend day snowballing and sledging. Ho hum

Nearly a foot of the stuff here in Farnborough.  Working from home today.  Even if I did manage to get a train in to London, I don't want to run the risk of not being able to get back in the evening.  Besides, I can do 90% of what I need to do here anyway.

Looks stunning outside.

Couldn't really sleep last night and woke up late. The good thing is when I roll into work nobody will care because I'll at least be one of the few who could be arsed to go in.

They've shut a lot of the schools up here, pathetic really. Got my daughter to school the roads are fine, thankfully, after breaking a tooth last night every one is cancelling at the dentist so i may be able to eat later.

I'm in bloody work - mainly because I know a few people living close by who made it in so would look a bit suspect if I didn't bother.

Very deep snow here in central Berkshire, started about 6pm last night and is still snowing. Very few cars on the road, all schools closed. More forecasted for today, tomorrow, then freezing cold Friday and snow again Saturday and Sunday.

I have plenty of booze and food supplies at home but only five fags left so will have to venture out later on, possibly might be stranded in a pub somewhere, you never know.

I went shopping last night (my usual night) Sainsburys was stripped bare, i've got some right strange food in!

Loads of school around here are closed, and like sutton says there is not much snow at all and most roads are ok.

No snow in central London and a poor show from TFL and South West Trains on the commute this morning. South West trains had cancelled half of their services before it even snowed. 

nearly a foot of snow here and still snowing quite steadily.

need winter tyres, yo

a mile radius of shoreham town centre is totally snow free, everywhere else is 4 inches, really fucking odd, its like we had a simpsons movie esque dome over us.

Woke up this morning feeling shit, got into work, stayed for an hour or so now back home feeling like shit still.

I live at the bottom of a hill/cul-de-sac.

I just tried to reverse the car up the hill (fwd), but no chance. I'm not going anywhere. Still, I am able to work from home so that's no problemo.

I walked down to the shop this morning, the main road was covered in snow so that made my decision to work from home a little easier!!

a few people made it into basingstoke but have been sent home again. Only people that walk have been told to stay but i'm sure they'll close by about 2

How is Slough? Are the train lines runinng well?

Measured snow in back garden about an hour ago at just over 4.5" and it's been falling steadily ever since, so will be more by now (obviously).

You actually measured it? You sad git.

Think he just stuck his knob in....

I'm about 12 miles from Slough (not far enough) - the roads in the Walthams (six miles west of Maidenhead are pretty bad), can not help you with train info, sorry.

Did he have a hard on??

I'm guessing...yes.

I went into work this morning and was shocked to see a lorry had got here from Swindon. He then got stuck for 3 hours.

Apparently it's alot worse here.

Ah right cheers. I'll have to train it tomorrow anyroad, seeing as my central lockings packed in grrrr.

Sloughs a right pain in the snow though. In the snow we had before christmas it took someone 4 hours to get from slough to maidenhead. It took someone 8 hours to get to high wycombe!! kerazay

:D Kids wanted to know. And I don't think I'd be measuring anything longer than an inch with my knob in that weather

We've got a fair bit of snow here. Don't know whether South Somerset District Council are saving the grit for when it gets worse, but from my journey this morning I can confirm there's none of the stuff on the fucking roads.

This is bloody insane. A few inches of snow & the world stops. Well Britain does
My daughter works on the M4 at Leigh Delamere & has been texted by her boss saying don't come in we are closing at 2pm. (Not sure if that is just a bit of it or the whole lot).
In 1982 the snow was a whole lot worse then with the m4 totally blocked for days, but it stayed open.
I vaguely remember the snow in 1963 which had drifts to the top of our back door, & people still went to work (I didn't obviously as I was a kid then).

I got to work fine and im probably doing less work here than I would do at home. I hope a pizza place is open for lunch

i've been sent home, even though i live 10 minutes walk from work. i'm not sure why, everyone else was sent home so i assume i've not been released...

I'm snowed in but feeling really poorly anyway I decided to go for a run Monday night and I think I froze my lungs!! I'm not even sure if that's possible??

I'm going at half 3 - countdown begins!

Got into work only to be told that my training day is cancelled! A bloody phone call would have been nice! Im not looking foward to work in the morning!

Just been out to get my fags, roads have not been gritted and are lethal only saw two other cars out and about.

I did not do the knob test on how many inches of snow were laying on the ground because mine isn't big enough, but I would estimate about 10 inches.

Uni off for the rest of the week, mint.

Union bar closed, not so mint.

I just got stuck in pizza hut car park, had to be pushed out.

Go to a real pub.

the reason we struggle to cope with snow/very cold weather is because the infrastructure isn't there to manage everything. it's not necessary in the uk, especially this part of the country.

the roads grind to a halt because people are trying to drive on snow with "summer" tyres and get stuck. even non-studded winter tyres would be fine but nobody would invest in a set as it's way too expensive for the tiny amount of snow we get.

phil - people probably didn't commute as far in 1963 as they do now. there were fewer cars on the road etc... a lot of people now can't get within five miles of their workplace

That has clearly not been ruled out

To be fair to Swindon council, they had men out clearing and gritting roads and pavements in the town centre from quite early this morning.

fair play. not much excuse for councils not doing it though, considering the met office warnings yesterday.

Our council is completely out of grit, not sure it is bad planning just there is none left.

The Health and Safety woman at work went to B&Q to buy rock salt/grit for the car parks yesterday but they had none left as the council had bought it all. Genius. I think.

Stuck at home and bored as anything.  Is it too early to start drinking?

Bloody Weather. The cold has buggered up the central locking on my car, meaning i have to lock it from the inside and climb out the boot. And the snow means I cant get it to the garage untill saturday at the earleist meaning i have to get the train to work at £50 a pop.

RRRRRRRREUUUUUUUBBBISSSHHH

I brought home all my work yesterday as thought it would be bad, I dont mind working or going in but no point risking my excess and no claims history!

I went to work this morning, then left after half an hour. Got stuck halfway up a hill on the way home, a policeman pushed the car for me to the top of the hill with me trying to get some grip to the front wheels.....it must have been 200 yards  :)

the eyes and nose have fallen off my snowman :(

i can't get into town to buy fm2010 either as i was planning. darn it.

on a positive note living opposite a farm means our road is fully ploughed, gritted and pretty safe.

I was going to make the very same point but couldn't be arsed...I remember 63 quite well.

Cars back then used snow chains...they seem to have become redundant.  Also, because, 50's post war austerity had only just ended people were generally tougher than today.

Not many houses had central heating, lads still wore short trousers, and double glazing was unheard of.

We didn't have central heating either. I fire in the living room & a Rayburn in the kitchen. I reember scraping ice off of the inside of the bathroom window. (We did have an inside loo though even that froze up)

As a kid though it was great. Huge snow drifts to play in on the way to & from school & it seemed to last for weeks

End of December into March...I thought it was always going to be like this in England. Never seen anything like it since. :)

Tomorrow will be worse. Roads are already freezing over and my traction control was going mental. If you go sensibly it isn't a problem. I expect a few accidents on the road in the morning

Marvellous.  Im missing all the fun with a really painful gut lying in bath ruh after the hernia op.  I want to make snowmen!

my girlfriend's parents house doesn't have central heating either and it's -30C there today!

Is she Sami?

He lives!!!!!

Anyone have any idea on the bus situation tomorrow?

Thamesdown have been updating their website all day...

http://www.thamesdown-transport.co.uk/index.asp?m=207&s=210&c=1489

Oh aye thanks sam.

Looks like i have to go to work tomorrow then :(

I lived in White Waltham as a kid...twice.  Small world, Dell.  (Assuming that's where you are.)

Some people across the road from me made an ace snow Graffiti wall using plastic boxes to mould the shape of the bricks.  They are spray painting it too! (pic below)



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that is very very good, now go and get some white paint and paint over it in really big letters " BUTCHERS"

I hate snow,I really do.

I made the kids the Worst Snowman Ever. And then gave it some ears and fangs so I could try to pretend it was supposed to be a Snow Monster all along and that was why it was so hideously malformed. But I did take them snowballing and sledging later to make up for my rubbish snow sculpturing skills.

Racist.

im gonna dig a hole and stick some beers in it with the hope that they will be nice and chilled when i get back from work tomorrow

Terrific idea - I have a fridge that performs a similar function though.  The benefit of this is that it works no matter what the weather is like.  Maybe you should get one, then you could have chilled lager whenever you want it.

Just seen this on Facebook. Fair play

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Thats skill  8)

Been snowing all day and just been a 3 car smash outside... getting slippery.

Chilled? They will be frozen!
Did it in the snow in Feb. The cans were only on the surface, hardly covered, for about an hour and they were more slush than liquid.

not sure my fridge gets to a beertastic -7c though

Ah I see - I don't like my beer to be that cold, I find it undrinkable.  How about a freezer though?

Does -7 really make beer taste better? I thought that it would just make it harder.

Maybe he prefers to eat his beer.

Hello BR

That's why Fosters makes such a big deal of drinking its lager cold in its advertisements.  Chill it until its practically cryogenic and you won't be able to tell that it tastes of piss.

Brilliant when it snows everyone crash's and I get loads of work.

Anyone knows what happens if Tesco don't deliver your food? Do they try again later or just not bother or do they ring or email you? They were mean't to be here between 6-8 somehow I don't think they will make it.

i made an iglu, good times

Apparently on the A1 today there was a 50 mile queue!!

Stuck in Stoke....only a light dusting here!

At least schools shut again tmrw!

Ah well, there could be worse places to be stuck, like, erm...

...Milton Keynes? 

Hotel is warm.....i will not be venturing out..

Get yourself out, i've had some cracking nights out there.

my beers are buried! :)

Very good.  Mine are in the fridge.  Except the ones already in me, and the one right next to me.  Accessibility is the key here.

The Place was the place.

   
 
 Not any more it ain't Reg. Shut down years ago and is now a lap dancing club. Yet another victim in the demise of the old-fashioned night club.

In our case they sent a text saying they couldn't be arsed to deliver and cancelled the whole order - till we kicked off and got it rescheduled.

Was that the one with the metal palm trees?

Bloody Typical. I manage to get into slough via train, at not an inconsiderable expense, and the office is empty. I despair

I'm still stuck at home - trains all cancelled where I am and no usuable roads to work.  I'm seriously bored.

I'm at work, barely any of the promised snow, all trains working, I'm seriously disappointed.

Wonderful day yesterday.  2 hours to complete a 20 minute journey, several very near misses, and then when I got to work (I work in sales for car insurance) my company in their wisdom had decided to close the claims department due to staffing issues...  Every call I got was some irrate nutjob ranting and raving about how they'd had an accident that wasn't possibly their fault but the snows and how it has to be sorted out right now!  Telling people there was nothing I could do and that they had to sit tight and wait for the weather to improve was difficult without sounding like a complete mong...

Then, I wake up this morning, ready for my four day weekend only to discover I've got really bad man flu...  my lips have blown up to the size of Lesley Ash's...  What does that mean?!

Some of your mates gave you a collagen lip injection for a laugh, and bet to see if you'd notice.

didn't even bother trying yesterday, but journey was fairly pain-free today, annoyingly. More snow please!

Travelled in to London today after working from home yesterday.  The difference that 35 miles makes is huge.  Practically nothing on the ground here, but still the best part of a foot lying at home.  I don't need to use the car to get to work during the week, but will need to dig it out on Saturday if I want to go anywhere.

I would be surprised if we had seen the last of the disruption.  With so much snow on the ground, any fresh snow fall will settle straight away.  Some of the longer range forecasts are forecasting new snow on Sunday, so will have to keep an eye out for that.

here's hoping.

at work, no issues with the bus to work, about 6 of us in. Some people didn't bother as they said "no way am i risking driving" people who live down teh road "refuse to walk incase they break their necks" oh well!

I was out in it at 6am this morning. The side roads were ok if drove carefully, but the main roads were like normal. This country does over exagerate things.

Soft Hail showers only here - whatever that is  :(
Good day for a bit of peaceful beachcombing  :D

Maybe in Swindon. It's lethal here.

Driving on the main roads is not the problem though is it. I just walked into the city from Southsea,
normally takes 10 mins, took nearly an hour, fuckin lethal on the icy paths/pavements and residential streets.

It all depends where you are - in my small town they haven't gritted at all - it a few miles to any roads that have been, making it dangerous to travel.

Just about managed to get from Swindon to Oxford today, A420 is ok, though down to one lane but the last street was horrendous and the car got stuck at one point.

Friend of mind made a snow dog that I think is pretty good. [url width=604 height=453]http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2449/200/33/667577196/n667577196_2095770_8882.jpg[/url]

-18 at RAF Benson last night :0

Love the snow dog.

Found the Snow Car on a walk to Morrisons, just of Westfield Way (Haydon).Amazingly still in tact.

[url width=400 height=300]http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r66/batch_2001/Snow%20-%20Jan%202010/IMG_1425.jpg[/url]

They'd also had a go at an illeagal crack den igloo

[url width=400 height=300]http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r66/batch_2001/Snow%20-%20Jan%202010/IMG_1426.jpg[/url]

Beware of falling icicles when it thaws.

[url width=400 height=300]http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r66/batch_2001/Snow%20-%20Jan%202010/IMG_1418.jpg[/url]

Came back to London on the train today. It's incredible how the snow gets so much thinner after Slough, there's nothing more than a reasonable covering here, although Finsbury Park does look quite nice. Hopefully we'll have a fair bit on Sunday and beyond, as I'm behind on reading thanks to working through the holidays, and need uni to be closed so I have time to catch up!

thats a first

I like my iglu! [url width=600 height=800]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/whits_on_tour/IMG_0497.jpg[/url]

my front garden will never be the same!

Good stuff Whits.

I had yesterday off, but the half inch of snow in Leicester meant I was in today and will be tomorrow.  Might get Monday off if the forecast is acurate.

back to school tomo as they have "cleared a pathway through the playground"... Im sure everyone will stick to the route :s

It is indeed!

It's -11.5 here at the moment and still dropping.

Treck into slough again to be the only one in. I leave at least 40 more miles away than everyone else in the office ffs!!

Careful your enthusiasm might go against you, I will give you an example, not saying of course this will happen.

Back in the 70s I travelled from Windsor to Chesham on a motorbike, riding with my feet on the floor all the way, approximately 20 miles up and down hills and I came off twice, it took me over 2 hour for a 7.00am start and I arrived on time.

I was the only one to get in though most of the staff lived in Amersham or Chesham, the directors brought me breakfast and then sent me on my way home and told me not to come to work for a couple of days.

When I returned along with the rest of the staff, my work colleagues hated me and I sat at work for two weeks in total silence. Left the job soon after.

To be fair though, all the people have the ability to work from home, I don't have that luxury  :(

If the forecast for sunday is true though Don't look like i'll be doing much monday

up in brum we're due another 10cm's.

No work again today. It's getting a bit tedious now, actually want to go back to work. Day time tv is so shit.

Only boring people get bored.

Managed to complete my entire round today but it was seriously hard work.

You are aware that snow has a tendency to melt?

I spent 1½ hours last night - in the dark - clearing snow from our driveway down to the bottom of the cul-de-sac we live in.  I don't use the car to get to work (live a few mins from the station) so no need until today, when we were expecting the cleaners to arrive for the fortnightly house clean.  The road we live in has a few gradients and, during the last few weeks, I've seen estate cars elegantly pirouetting past the house on more than one occasion.

Having shifted (what felt like) a couple of tonnes of snow last night, the cleaners called this morning to say they would not be coming.  I have back ache and I'm not happy.

Oh that would well annoy me!!

Oh, you just can't get the staff these days, can you? Serves you right, you posh git.

The bloody butler couldn't make it in either this morning.  I'm livid.

Probably would have been less work (and cheaper) to clean the house yourself on this occasion ?

Trust me...if you had a 5 week old baby in the house, you wouldn't want to either.

:D

I get pretty pissed off with our neighbours who have been up and down our shared driveway these last few days, compressing the snow down into extremely slippery ice. I go out and clear it and get no thanks whatsoever. Ungrateful gits.

shit on their doorstep

Then cover it with snow, obviously.

I think the cats have probably already done that...

Dump the snow in front of their car and around their wheels then wait for it to freeze tonight

I bet they're not Town fans.

yes but its probably going to fook the grass a bit!

Pah, it'l grow back. It's the soil you want to be woried about - especially if you've made one of those chemical covered snow-cars!

Snow is getting a bit boring now though.

fucking blizzard here again now. i hate snow.

ditto....and ditto

Fucking Bilzzard here, the wind is strong

It's started snowing again here (NE Hampshire) very lightly.  Looks like this could be the start of the next band of snow coming in.

Bugger all here. Just bitterly cold.

If they're able to get up and down it presumably you can too, stop being such a wuss.

Just a guess but I expect his 9 months pregnant missus might have a spot of bother.

My wife is 38 weeks pregnant, she could go into labour any time now. Not being able to get off the drive is a risk I don't want to take.

Edit: What Dave said.

This is a good site to see any bands of rain or indeed snow rolling in

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

My older sister has just broke her ankle in 3 places crossing Station Road, and slipping on some ice.

If its your first, take solice in the fact that first ones are normally late. If its not, then 2nd and 3rd are normally earlier! Remember though that you can always call an ambulance if you can't get out yourself. No doubt they have some 4WD ambulances in Swindon.

I skimmed your post NMH - I thought it said something about having some WD40 ready if Sam's wife is late...

I apologise profusely for not being aware of Mrs Samdys situation, I will flagellate myself accordingly.

Always comes in handy, as does a good pair of gloves, sou'wester and safety glasses.

My first was 3 weeks early and the 2nd and 3rd 10 days late.

To be fair, it usually applies the female pregnancy only.

Good point.

Ouch.


It'll make you go blind.

Funnily enough, that's what she said when it happened !! The ambulance driver only thought she tore ligaments as well.

Digging snow is bloody hard work. Just cleared my parking spaces and i'm now fucked!

More snow coming today. Just got back from Reading and it was snowing like hell out there and started to snow when I was walking back from Swindon train station.

they have snow in hell?

It isn't lying in Swindon.

LIES

Not a flake here today, and we're just 20 miles or so up the road from there.  In fact, the thaw seems to have started in earnest.  Still lots on the ground, but it feels a little wetter than it was in places.

I feel your pain, brother.

I want snow tonight! Heavy snow!

Then maybe uni will be cancelled for a further day or two.

Pleeeeeaaasse snow God!

I don't want snow, It's ruined my entire weekend. No football, can't go to pub unless I wear wellies, can't drive anywhere and can't go for a run.

Surely that goes in the plus column?

I miss my exercise regime.

im with you ralphy, havent been able to go for more 3 miles since before xmas, doing my head in and really set me back, i have a bloody marathon 4 months today!

i have not been able to play golf and getting into work has been shit! i want the snow to piss off

I've done two four and a half hour drives in 48 hours through some of the worst hit areas.  If it was possible I would beat the shit out of the snow.

Just thought that you might like to no that there is no snow here and an extremely small possibility of there being snow either in the immediate or distant future.

just do it! go and beat the living shit out of it

Spent two hours sledging and snowballing with the kids today, as per Wednesday last week when I was "working from home". Snow's bloody great, I love it!

pah, no snow here today. Liars, snow goddam it!!!!

Its snowing here now, bastard weather.

Oh how i love the night shift

There's a thin bit coming down now. It needs to up its game if I am to benefit from another weekday in the pub though.

Question for any meteorologists out there.  When metcheck.com forecasts that we're going to get approx 7mm of rain falling as snow in the next 24 hours, how deep will the snow lie assuming it all settles (which it probably will at the moment)?

I presume 7mm! What I am not sure with metcheck is whether that is 7mm total for the 3 hour time block or 7mm per hour.

what im not sure with metcheck is wether the student fuckwits know anything about the weather

I chuckled earlier when we received an email at work about the severe weather conditions which said "we will be monitoring the situation on the BBC website".

That'll be the BBC weather guys that make their forecasts by taking a quick peek out of the window then.

fair bit of snow here and we weren't forecast to get it.

fucking fuck, we were not expecting this and its worse than last week, just as it had nearly gone, still snowing and i cant get to hospital :(

Bollocks. Supposed to be seeing Billy Connolly at the Hammersmith Apollo tonight too.

Hope he's better than last time he was there!

Doubt I'll get to find out!  :)

How much snow you got your way then? Only a couple of inches here. The little ones school opens at 10:30am, much to his disgust.

Couple of inches on top of the old stuff, but it's still coming down. Mucked out the horses at 5.30 and saw three cars gone off the road on the way back. Difficult to see where the icey stretches are under the new stuff I guess.

made it in, problem is no fucker was expecting this and NOTHING has been gritted.

Yep didnt expect this at all, the roads are not gritted anywhere, still chucking it down now.

Weather forecasters are shit.

Most schools here are shut.

I'm in. Taken me 2 hours, yet people with 4x4's can't get in!

Meeting in Stoke today...left Calne at 6AM and returned half an hour later as the main road from Calne to Chippenham was a joke....

Home office for me today....this snow is starting to piss me off now.

No hope for the game on Saturday.

no problem got on a bus and although it went a bit slower, got here on time no issues at all.

trains always run into birmingham snow hill so no worries for me this morning.

walk down to the station was fun :)

Wilson hopefull that game will go ahead on Saturday

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~1930434,00.html (http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~1930434,00.html)

I hope they did not start clearing it yesterday soapy tit wank

Started snowing in Melksham as I was visiting my grandmother, so didn't even bother trying to get back to Bath. Sadly I think I'll be able to make it in to work :/ .

accidents all the way to the M3, so I'm back at home. :D

Hammersmith will be fine, no problems - its mainly the west, southern home counties in trouble today. They expect it to turn to sleet/rain by mid afternoon.
Roughly 1'' of snow here in Berkshire and still falling (very fine snow) roads passable, down towards Fleet/Hartley very different picture took my neighbour 2 hours to cover 2 miles earlier this morning, but once into Arborfield and towards Wokingham no problems.

Made it from Bromham to Bradford on Avon in a Peugeot 107!! nearly killed myself twice but got in in one piece!! Quite proud of myself!

wokingham was f*cked for me dellboy. The A322 was shut, which had traffic backed up for two hours. I had to turn back

Oh dear, what time was that?

The A332 is about two miles east of Wokingham and four miles east of the Arborfield Road coming into Wokingham, are you talking about the Coppid Beach Roundabout area?
Saw this report on the AA finder.

A322 Bagshot Road Bracknell
both ways between B3430 New Forest Ride and A332 Swinley Road  open affecting all driving lanes
A322 Berkshire - Bagshot Road partially blocked both ways due to ice, accident and snow between Coral Reef Roundabout and A332 Swinley Road , in Bracknell

Last updated: 13th January 2010 at 10:29

Is that the same Coral Reef Roundabout as the Coral Reef swimming place? I bloody loved going there when I was a kid. There will be some disappointed swimmers today.

I think it is OF.
That place was quality. Not been there for years!

The one and only!

Feeling a little foolish this morning after chancing taking the car out this morning to take eldest child to childminder.  Turned back after 30 mins and then had to be pushed out of a snowdrift when turning in to our road.  Made it to the station at 9am and have just got to work.  Great morning.  Not at all surprised to hear of the problems up the road in Wokingham.

If i have to hear one more person say "I might be some time" just before they go outside, i will not be held responsible for my actions

the roads have been gritted.it just didn't do any good.
i drove home along the m4 lst night and i couldn't see the road.not pleasant at all.

five or six inches of fresh snow here... i haven't been anywhere since saturday, so i'm fine

hahaha!  :D

"I am just going outside and may be sometime"

Sunny, warm(ish) and springlike here with a light westerly zephyr  :beach:

ps I may be gone some time (to the beach)

coral reef is ace. Just need to have a kid to have an ecuse to go back!

The traffic was racked from London road in wokingham, through to A329. I jogged that way and went back roads via coral reef and had to turn back. minging. Ms Judd work in Ascot an it took her 3 1/2 hours to get in!

just been to the orbital shopping centre.quiet as fuck and no probs at all.

I think the roads around SWindon this morning were awful, most people are of the opinion that the gritters stayed it bed last night.

Apparently there are 3 great big bags of salt and a snow plough in Farringdon Rd Park - probably eaiser to do the job ourselves !!

Not just the men who do the gritters that stayed in bed, but the binmen also. We are due to get our rubbish/recycling picked up on a Wednesday, and they haven't been out for the last 2 Wednesday's due to the snow, yet I have to walk 50 minutes to work in it.

You should know by now that the world comes to a halt when the weather turns bad. Nobodu s allowed to use their initiative

 :D

The met office didn't actually forecast snow last night so unless the gritter men have crystal balls (cue: I've got two of them and neither are made of crystal) I'm not surprised they were in bed.

As far as trying to collect rubbish in this weather, behave yourself. Have you tried controlling a 20 tonne lorry on icy residential streets?

Saw them go past my house at about 11pm last night.

The whole of the south west knew snow was coming last night.

What's wrong with a smaller lorry and more trips, just because what they normally do doesn't work that's no excuse for not doing something.? What happens when the thaw comes, they'll stop half way round the route as they run out of space, then demand overtime for the extra shifts.

The Met Office Called it for most of yesterday that there was going to be snow coming up the south west?!

Of course . . I forgot they have a fleet of smaller lorries ready in the depot just in case it snows.

As for expecting overtime for having to do extra work, I would too, it's not their fault it snowed.

My mistake with the forecast, certainly wasn't forecast here in London though! Although Samdy has confirmed the gritters were out last night so there!

Dont know about there, but there's very little grit up here, what they have they are conserving in case the temperature really drops, which according to the weather sites is unlikely for a few days.

BBC weather site was saying London from 3am through til midday yesterday, so they were aware.

The met office kindly changed their forecast at about 3am as the snow started to fall, this is less a forecast and more an observation of course.

Depends where you are in the country i suppose but Swindon wsa expecting snow to start falling at 6pm yesterday. That had been predicted for days

The Met were predicted no more than 6 hours of light snow during the evening and overnight. Must have been nearly 3" in West Swindon, personally I wouldn't call that light. In general their forecasts for Swindon have been fucking shit and change dramatically every time they update them.

grit only can so so much in these conditions.the roads have been gritted, and have been continually for the last week or so.i've seen gritters and ploughs out loads of times this week yet the m4 still had settled snow on it.

Have the main roads in the town cleared up yet? Or are they still slippy/slushy?

the maps on bbc weather from about 3pm yday were suggesting heavy snow between midnight and 6am

 
  NB. In most parts of the country you will find that the gritters/binmen are one and the same, which conflicts with my previous opinion that the gritters were the salt of the earth and that the binmen had a rubbish job.

Fuck the lack of grit. I fell over today for the first time since the snow started in december. First step of the bus (which was chock full of people) and BANG. On my backside.

:(

Very much clear on the main routes.

Just started raining in West Swindon. Hallelujah.

:D

My dad is always bleating on about how it snowed in june 1975, which sounds ridonkulous to me.

Can one of the older generation tell me if this is true?

2 June 1975, The United Kingdom: Snow falls across southern England, including Buxton, Derbyshire and on hills south of Birmingham, Edinburgh, Newark, Grantham and Peterborough. Snow is also observed in Cambridge and Colchester. The snow is the latest in the year that such a widespread snowfall has occurred over the United Kingdom since the late 19th Century.

http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/almanac/diaryjun.htm

Yes, I remember that day - the snow made me arrive late for a key final degree exam, so I always blame my crappy 3rd class honours on the weather!

Well i'll be.

Thanks whits and Reading

I was actually allowed shut the shop early today, left at 8 rather than 10. Wish I'd stayed on frankly, our boiler seems to have packed in.

I lived in a little village called codford on the A36.

Twas cut off for a couple of days.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Snowy-Car-Picture-Of-Snow-Covered-Car-Being-Driven-By-Pensioner-Is-Released-By-Police-In-Devon/Article/201001215522025?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Page_Feature_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15522025_Snowy_Car:_Picture_Of_Snow_Covered_Car_Being_Driven_By_Pensioner_Is_Released_By_Police_In_Devon

Stupid old people.

did you ever play for Stockton and Codford Flash?

It's not just old people. I've seen loads of cars this week where the owner has cleared the windows but not the roof, then brakes and the whole lot from the roof slides down on to the windscreen so they can't see a fucking thing. Idiots.

Our heating has packed up and it's fucking freezing, despite numerous calls to the landlord who is sending his wife (who took the first 2 or 3 calls and seemingly never passed any info on) over tomorrow, no mention of a bloody plumber. I shall kick her in the cunt.

played - treasurer - secretary - coach etc etc

Kit Man?

Mum did that for a few seasons..

your Mum was a man ?

Fred...read the fucking thread....Small village in Wiltshire!!...it was the norm...

 :D

It's snowing like a cunt at the moment. Think i must have seen it go from zero to an inch in about the last half hour or so. I hate snow more than politics and news.

A spectacular case of dandruff,that.

I'm not going to attempt to go to Warwick this morning. Birdlip Hill is closed, so the Fosse Way can't be any better.

Hey ho, working from home  :)

Wasn't much fun going down the M4 this morning. No overhead lights+plus heavy snow + shit cats eyes = Scared Dave

I watched/listened three news programmes this morning for the weather forecast.

They all gave different versions: BBC South - snow high on hills north of M4, rain on lower levels clearing
BBC - snow right down towards the south coast up to 3 inches
Local radio - snow heavy especially in Berkshire clearing by mid afternoon

Talk aabout covering your options: I have to drive down the M3 in about 1 hour and I'm expecting, rain, sleet, heavy snow clearing but settling up to 3 inches.

Thanks

Once i got past reading the snow stopped, just heavy(ish) rain

Just started to snow here, not heavy but it is snowing.

Snowing in Chippenham but not settling

erm randomly snowing like fuck here :)

Where's here?

Why do people insist on going 20mph slower widow it starts when visibility isnt affected and it isnt settling? And get out of the middle lane

It seems like most people are incapable of driving in anything other than perfect weather conditions.  People leaving their lights off when it's pissing down/snowing gets my goat - if you use you're wipers you should have your lights on, as the highway code states.

To add to that Walrus, fog lights being on in rain makes my blood boil. They're called fog lights you thick cunts, not rain lights.

Police call them 'Prat Lights' - boy racers put them on - actually an offence if it's not foggy. I had mine on without realising on the A30 in Cornwall at 3.30am & got pulled over - as I was an old git in a family estate - I just got a telling off + it woke me up   ::)  :drive:

and what's with the morons who have their side lights on, and also their fogs on instead of dipped headlights?

£60 fine isn't it? Amazing how many people do it.

Covering of snow in Farnborough this morning.  Not much more than ¼ inch thick, but enough to turn everything white.

Expect it will be gone by mid morning though.

You can't beat a bit of Snow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBEOyuTOxx8

Just down the road from there. ;)