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Title: Snow Post by: suttonred on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 17:40:08 If anyone is driving/travelling to North Surrey or South London tomorrow take the day off! We've had 9 or 10 inches and all the roads are either gridlocked or closed at the mo. I'm just back from a 9 mile 5 hour walk to collect my daughter from school. Those of you who know me will wonder how i've lived through that to be able to type this.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: Langers on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 18:06:14 There was nothing this morning. It has snowed all day, cant beleive how much fell.
Side roads are impassable. Title: Re: Snow Post by: suttonred on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 18:21:59 Took my daughter to school at 8. as you say light dusting, by 10 I knew it was all going to go tits up. If i'd gone in the car I would still be out there now.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 18:43:16 We had 6 or 7 inches last Friday/Saturday and its been snowing all day again, it not got over -3 in nearly a week and all the roads have been icy as fuck, fucking fed up with the snow already.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: otanswell on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 18:53:53 @sutton, langers
New Addington is blocked off pretty much - with a bit of luck i wont be going to work tomorrow. Hooray for Croydon council Title: Re: Snow Post by: Langers on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 19:01:34 Yeh, cant get out of Selsdon Vale, its all hilly.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: suttonred on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 19:04:21 And hooray sutton council also. They were boasting last week they had 50000 tonnes of salt. I'm guessing they still have 49999 left in the yard the fucking idiots.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: otanswell on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 19:06:15 Haha
Same here too - Croydon Council said they have GPS proof they gritted the roads. Have they fuck Title: Re: Snow Post by: Langers on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 19:07:37 Just started again. I see the forecast reckons were gonna get more on Thursday aswell. Not that im complaining!
Title: Re: Snow Post by: Bogus Dave on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 19:08:47 I walked home in the snow. It was lovely, but a bit dodgy walking downhill when the snow melted to ice
Title: Re: Snow Post by: suttonred on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 19:12:21 Haha Same here too - Croydon Council said they have GPS proof they gritted the roads. Have they fuck To be fair I did see one gritter on my marathon hike. It was stuck on an incline and had blocked the road off! Title: Re: Snow Post by: Arriba on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 21:47:54 mental weather today.i was in west london and it was snowing a bit but the roads were running ok.
if i'd gone a few miles east or south i would have been in the carnage. Title: Re: Snow Post by: reeves4england on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 21:51:52 Weird how central London is so vastly different to everywhere around it - is a few inches of snow too much to ask?? We've had very little so far.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: leefer on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 22:00:23 mental weather today.i was in west london and it was snowing a bit but the roads were running ok. if i'd gone a few miles east or south i would have been in the carnage. Was in Tottenham..agree arriba.......the opening of that twattish bus lane helps the flow onto that flyover. Title: Re: Snow Post by: Cookie on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 22:34:22 It snowed all day in SW London but nothing settled. At least the journey to work tomorrow will be a easy.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: Rich Pullen on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 22:44:34 Welcome to my world. Newcastle has had plenty since Friday and it keeps on coming.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: Doore on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 23:19:58 Terrible in North Shropshire. I had to use my ivory scraper on the car this morning and my feet got a bit damp.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: Sussex on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 06:46:47 It snowed all day in SW London but nothing settled. At least the journey to work tomorrow will be a easy. Same here, it's settled overnight though. Title: Re: Snow Post by: No Longer Posh Red on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 08:21:08 Wot snow.
There's hardly any here :( Appears to be a strip across the country without any, an we are slap bang in the middle of it. One of the guys at work is from Stevenage, and they are pretty much in the same boat (ie no snow). Howver we have someone else who comes in from Derby, who had to abandon his car & walk home last night. Title: Re: Snow Post by: Ardiles on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 09:01:43 Agree it's all very localised. A section of our driveway is on an incline, and now impassible...but South West Trains are running a near normal service through Hampshire and Surrey so I have been able to get to work. Different story for anyone trying to use South Eastern trains from Kent. Charing Cross station was deserted when I walked through this morning...and none of my colleagues who commute in from that direction have made it in.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: ScillyRed on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 09:32:21 Fine here :beach:
Title: Re: Snow Post by: pauld on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 09:33:29 Agree it's all very localised. A section of our driveway is on an incline, and now impassible. Don't get much more localised than that.Title: Re: Snow Post by: suttonred on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 09:36:22 We've got gritters this morning. Ironically they are virtually the only vehicles on the road.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: otanswell on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 11:16:59 Fucked off work today, however my regional manager is a CUNT - i had to email him pictures cos according to him london is fine. And now I have to work sunday. What a wanker.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: pauld on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 12:13:11 Fucked off work today, however my regional manager is a CUNT - i had to email him pictures cos according to him london is fine. Of what? You stood next to a snowdrift?Title: Re: Snow Post by: PHIL!!!! on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 12:23:10 Fuckin' el, some of you have had it bad! Sounds almost as if you're in a different country with the amount you guys have had!
I'm in sunny Wootton Bassett - Hada light dusting of snow Monday night, which is still here today, but the sun's out now - Lovely 8) Title: Re: Snow Post by: shaw_red on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 12:26:46 Snow later today chaps :D
http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/359 Title: Re: Snow Post by: london_red on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 12:35:40 Fucked off work today, however my regional manager is a CUNT - i had to email him pictures cos according to him london is fine. And now I have to work sunday. What a wanker. Had a similar experience this morning. Battled through the chaos on the trains took me 3 hours to get in to work. Then as the weather's fine up here the other side of london get called a lazy cunt who just wanted a lie in. Don't know why i bothered. Title: Re: Snow Post by: london_red on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 12:46:02 ...and seeing this I really wish I hadn't bothered...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/4292?&search=croydon&itemsPerPage=10®ion=uk (http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/4292?&search=croydon&itemsPerPage=10®ion=uk) looks like another long walk in store this evening! Title: Re: Snow Post by: shaw_red on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 12:54:17 good luck buddy
Title: Re: Snow Post by: otanswell on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 13:44:28 Of what? You stood next to a snowdrift? pretty much yeah haha Title: Re: Snow Post by: land_of_bo on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 14:04:33 Fuck all snow here in Bath
Title: Re: Snow Post by: Ardiles on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 14:48:36 Fucked off work today, however my regional manager is a CUNT - i had to email him pictures cos according to him london is fine. And now I have to work sunday. What a wanker. Something like this? https://room42.wikispaces.com/file/view/avalanche.jpg Or this? https://secure.reservexl.net/wwwimg/img/tours/5291-3.jpg Title: Re: Snow Post by: Bogus Dave on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 17:03:55 Fuck all snow here in Bath Theres an inch or snow up on the university and other high ground. Title: Re: Snow Post by: Rich Pullen on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 17:23:57 So far this week I have been sent home early every day. Happiness. Walking home is a fucking slog though.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: stfc1969 on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 18:04:22 no snow in bridgwater
Title: Re: Snow Post by: Ralphy on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 18:36:20 Can't see the game being on saturday. It hasn't gone above - 2 c today and doesn't look like changing anytime soon.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: Samdy Gray on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 20:59:17 It hasn't gone above - 2 c today and doesn't look like changing anytime soon. It has in Swindon, according to the thermometer reading on my car anyway. Title: Re: Snow Post by: leefer on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 21:18:46 It has in Swindon, according to the thermometer reading on my car anyway. :DTitle: Re: Snow Post by: donkey on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 21:27:51 Wot snow. There's hardly any here :( Appears to be a strip across the country without any, an we are slap bang in the middle of it. And 47 miles to the west, we're the same...a light dusting, fucking useless. Snow properly or don't bloody bother. Title: Re: Snow Post by: Batch on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 00:58:02 Oh no. Looks like another 1 cm is dropping as I type.
That's a 4mph drive to work then. Title: Re: Snow Post by: Simon Pieman on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 01:01:00 I'm sure Bushey Boy advised everyone to drive carefully and stay in the high gears last year.
It'd be massively cuntish, but I'd love it if you lost control a bit and pranged your car Batch ;) Title: Re: Snow Post by: DMR on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 02:12:36 6 inches settled in Pompey in the last 3 or 4 hours, Uni being cancelled would be wonderful what with my 2 unfinished essays due in.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: stfcinbmth on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 07:08:27 2-3 inches on the ground in Sunny Bournemouth this morning, how exciting. Thought I'd share that with you
Title: Re: Snow Post by: ScillyRed on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 08:20:09 2 inches here - bugger, it's meant to be a sub - tropical paradise here. Where is the gulf stream when you need it :(
Craft fair today so that's knackered this months money :badmood: Title: Re: Snow Post by: Sippo on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 08:46:28 1 fucking cm, and people start to drive like dickheads....
Oh by the way, make sure you get all the snow off your lights and roof. The old bill are issuing 3 points for people that don't. Title: Re: Snow Post by: Samdy Gray on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 09:12:29 Oh by the way, make sure you get all the snow off your lights and roof. The old bill are issuing 3 points for people that don't. Good. That annoys the fuck out of me. I saw so many dickheads driving to work this morning who'd not even bothered to clear their cars, just used the wipers to partially clear the windows! Title: Re: Snow Post by: Batch on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 09:22:19 I'm sure Bushey Boy advised everyone to drive carefully and stay in the high gears last year. It'd be massively cuntish, but I'd love it if you lost control a bit and pranged your car Batch ;) the speed of the traffic meant even if I did I'm confident any repairs could be achieved with the loose change down the back of the sofa. about 27p. Title: Re: Snow Post by: Lumps on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 09:22:47 It's 2 foot deep outside my house. My car has disappeared completely into a big pile of snow. I'm pretty sure it's still under there though as it's vaguely Ford Fiesta shaped. Either that or some smart arse car thief with snow chains has pinched it and built a snow car to hide the fact.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: stfcinbmth on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 09:23:16 Oh by the way, make sure you get all the snow off your lights and roof. The old bill are issuing 3 points for people that don't. Thanks for the tip Sippo Title: Re: Snow Post by: dell boy on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 09:43:24 1 fucking cm, and people start to drive like dickheads.... Oh by the way, make sure you get all the snow off your lights and roof. The old bill are issuing 3 points for people that don't. Three points???? Not clearing your roof is not a motoring offence. Lights well they might be I suppose. Took me 40 minutes to travel 5 miles this morning still snowing here about 2 inches I suppose, new snow falling on a frozen surface, looks like we are short of grit again. Title: Re: Snow Post by: inthebutt on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 09:51:13 Swindon gritters :clap: all main roads into the town were easily passible even if it was at 12mph all the way. Almost crashed a few times- the snow fell off the top off the car onto my windscreen. Maybe i should have cleared all the snow not just the windows. DUH....
Title: Re: Snow Post by: Sippo on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 09:56:14 Three points???? Not clearing your roof is not a motoring offence. Lights well they might be I suppose. Took me 40 minutes to travel 5 miles this morning still snowing here about 2 inches I suppose, new snow falling on a frozen surface, looks like we are short of grit again. if it endagers life then it is. What happens is, because it's so cold, the snow freezes then can slide off the car. Can hit the car in front or passengers on the path. Title: Re: Snow Post by: Bogus Dave on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 09:57:46 Or, as inthebutt said, falls off onto the windscreen whilst driving
Title: Re: Snow Post by: dell boy on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 10:01:34 if it endagers life then it is. What happens is, because it's so cold, the snow freezes then can slide off the car. Can hit the car in front or passengers on the path. Yes very true, but it is still not a motoring offence which warrants 3pts. I have wipers on my lights but as yet haven't got them on the roof - didn't move for about 5 minutes this morning and snow settled on top of the car again, am I supposed to get out and remove the snow again? Title: Re: Snow Post by: Sippo on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 10:04:39 Classed as Dangerous driving or driving with due care and attention?
Title: Re: Snow Post by: dell boy on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 10:07:32 Classed as Dangerous driving or driving with due care and attention? Well if that is the case, it is a new one on me and I've been driving for nearly 40 years and you have just informed me I have broken another motoring offence, must nearly have the full set now. Title: Re: Snow Post by: suttonred on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 10:07:42 Can't see that being right. There are about 3 million cars up here with at least a foot of snow on the roof. Sure they have better things to do.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: Sippo on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 10:09:24 Quote The Road Policing Unit said that there is no specific legislation on driving with snow on the roof of a vehicle, however if it slips over the windscreen, or flies into the path of another car, it could leave the driver open to being penalised for driving without due consideration, dangerous driving, not being in proper control of the vehicle, not having a full view ahead and windows not being sufficiently clean. A police spokesman said: “Any snow left on vehicle bodywork, such as the bonnet or roof, could slide onto lights or windows causing dangerous obstruction to vision of the driver or signals to other road users. “Any large amount of snow could slide from a moving vehicle and onto a footpath or roadway possibly causing danger or injury to other road users or pedestrians.” I thought it would be common sense to do? Any good driver would do it. Title: Re: Snow Post by: dell boy on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 10:15:07 You are obviously right Sippo.
I just cant see though how a couple of inches of snow on my roof can make me a reckless driver, it certainly isn't going to hurt the pavement or block it, it wont hinder another driver if it blows off my roof, etc. Title: Re: Snow Post by: Gethimout on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 10:20:24 it wont hinder another driver if it blows off my roof, etc. What if it did though? It could easily blow off with high winds. Always think of the worst case senario! Title: Re: Snow Post by: dell boy on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 10:24:11 What if it did though? It could easily blow off with high winds. Always think of the worst case senario! You missed off the TWO inches bit, makes a difference you know. Title: Re: Snow Post by: Bogus Dave on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 10:26:27 It's not reckless, it's careless
Title: Re: Snow Post by: Gethimout on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 10:31:08 TWO INCHES! To some that can be quite alot ;)
Title: Re: Snow Post by: sonicyouth on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 11:47:29 It was snowing quite heavily here for most of yesterday afternoon but it hasn't settled at all. I've not been out since Tuesday so there may be 10ft of snow just around the corner from my flat :)
I think we've got the wrong attitude to driving in snow anyway, as a country we're never prepared for it, our cars aren't designed for it and very few of us are actually used to driving in snow. My company's attitude to us getting to work in adverse conditions is bizarre, especially considering the fact we can easily work from home. I'm in the fortunate(?) position that although my commute to work is 40 miles, I live on a main road and drive down the M40. Even then it only takes one prick who thinks that his name is Petter Solberg to smash into you. waffle... Title: Re: Snow Post by: stfc1969 on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 12:06:36 Title: Re: Snow Post by: suttonred on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 14:21:20 Can't see that being right. There are about 3 million cars up here with at least a foot of snow on the roof. Sure they have better things to do. I take that back. One of our consultants has just been stopped and given 3 points. We've all been instructed not to drive with snow on the roof. Title: Re: Snow Post by: Langers on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 16:09:29 Had a couple more inches last night.
Had a one day week. Ace! Title: Re: Snow Post by: Abrahammer on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 17:25:24 Fucking cuntish snow, driving at snalls pace round a corner and i still skidded into a kerb. The steering wheel is vibrating like a rampant rabbit, guessing it's the wheel balance/allignment so that's gonna cost me.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: nochee on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 18:16:23 Loads of snow here in Austria (as you might expect) I only got my snow tyres put on today and they are fantastic. I had an appointment in Folkestone with kwik fit to have winter wheels put on before i caught the eurotunnel train but my sat nav took me to this out of the way hickville village with single track roads and steep hills and I got stuck in the snow. 2 hours later I was lucky enough to have a tractor pass by and he was willing to give me a tow. I caught my train with 10 mins to go. Snowed in on the way to get snow tyres, what a bastard :)
Title: Re: Snow Post by: Bogus Dave on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 18:57:14 BBC reckon at 8 tomorrow morning it'll be minus 10 round here. Thats mental
Title: Re: Snow Post by: leefer on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 19:39:07 Was in Sothampton today then Portsmouth..shed loads of snow and a M/S lorry jacknifed over the River Itchen Bridge.....driver must have shite himself.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: nochee on Thursday, December 2, 2010, 20:05:26 Loads of snow here in Austria (as you might expect) I only got my snow tyres put on today and they are fantastic. I had an appointment in Folkestone with kwik fit to have winter wheels put on before i caught the eurotunnel train but my sat nav took me to this out of the way hickville village with single track roads and steep hills and I got stuck in the snow. 2 hours later I was lucky enough to have a tractor pass by and he was willing to give me a tow. I caught my train with 10 mins to go. Snowed in on the way to get snow tyres, what a bastard :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XluZJ8-LS8I Title: Re: Snow Post by: Sippo on Friday, December 3, 2010, 14:12:11 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11910088
Title: Re: Snow Post by: nevillew on Friday, December 3, 2010, 14:34:09 Was in Sothampton today then Portsmouth..shed loads of snow and a M/S lorry jacknifed over the River Itchen Bridge.....driver must have shite himself. This isn't just s jacknife...... Title: Re: Snow Post by: Arriba on Saturday, December 4, 2010, 09:15:27 although its thawing out there,last nights rain has made the roads and paths lethal.
worst it's been all week imo.black ice galore out there this morning Title: Re: Snow Post by: Bogus Dave on Sunday, December 5, 2010, 12:00:07 [url width=480 height=720]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1134.snc4/149659_609319140243_284203931_6096523_6593897_n.jpg[/url]
Title: Re: Snow Post by: oxford_fan on Sunday, December 5, 2010, 22:06:31 i admire the british attitude to all of those things though.
someone tries to bomb the fuck out of you - take the high road; carry on as though nothing happened. little bit of snow - great excuse for a day off. Title: Re: Snow Post by: Rich Pullen on Sunday, December 5, 2010, 22:11:01 We're only human.
Title: Re: Snow Post by: leefer on Sunday, December 5, 2010, 22:15:26 Born to make mistakes.
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