General Chat

Hi Everyone
Im not sure why this has come up again lol
maybe we are in for more snow :(

Tasmanian Devils are lovely and it is so sad - I am quite worried as a lot of them were dying off with facial cancer. They were trying to control it, it would be such a shame to lose them. When they are babies their mothers carry them around like a charm bracelet around their stomach as they lollop along. Their walk is so lop sided - bit like me whilst I am on crutches.

Annina, a Tasmanian Devil added to it the other day, how do people find these old threads lol

I get caught out all the time lol

Lizx

I didn't look at the date,it has been cold though.

Wonder why this thread was at the top of the boards?

Annina - Polly's snow was on January lst!

Hi Polly,you must be further north than me,it has been a lovely,sunny day,if cold, here in Sheffield.

it been a spring day here, i took grandaughter home earlier and it was lovely just up the road at her house, in her garden was sunny and warm,

just down the road at my house it been a bit nippy, sun been out, but it still nippy,

Here in Northumberland we are threatened with heavy snow Tuesday evening

hi from tasmania australia ,sunday here and 10pm and still very hot 27 deg all day,s defently no snow

Ours had practically all gone... and now it's snowing again..oh bother!

Dear All

Hello

This lot of snow was unexpected in London.

It looks lovely on the trees but on the pavements, there is all ice and slush.

Take care all

Very best wishes
xx

I noticed in the paper that farmers had been warned that if they cleared roads using red diesel they could be fined by customs and Excise, they are only allowed to do it using white diesel.

Jude, the tractors are farmers who have been asked to help by the council, we had one up Oak Grove the last bit of snow, no sign today though. They always used to do it until the gritters took over. It started to thaw earlier, but next will be the Monnow flooding!

hi snowing a lot in somerset wont be able to get out for a couple of days again.

Hi Jude - I'm fine, but no one is going aywhere today - pretty deep here in Cardiff and coming down again as we speak!!

Where are you Pam? I'm in Whitchurch just off Jct 32 of the M4 near the Hollybush

Where I am in Cardiff we have quite a lot of snow and it's still snowing on and off and as little ( chihuahuas ) as my dogs are they love it and have been jumping around the back garden,
Looked after the grandson yesterday and his dad rushed in and took him from me leaving Cardiff at 4.50 and had to leave his car at the bottom of the mountain and his other half met him and they had to carry Tom the rest of the way arriving home at 8.40 from what is a normally 40 minute trip, still all my family got home safe, yes Annie no matter how old you are we still worry

Take care everyone and stay safe

Pam

Maggie....you stay in now, you don't want anymore damage done to your knee....are you all stocked up??

We have another 3 to 4 ins and believe it or not, l could hardly beleve my eyes but a TRACTOR has just been in our close clearing the snow, a number of us nosey neighbours were watching and l took photo's. l pressume it was a council tractor!!?

Me and OH are walking to the shop in a mo but thats only a 5 min walk (usually), l really need to get out!!

Ann GG...hows things this morning??

jude :o)

It is snowing in central London, small and damp but it has settled.

Well, we are deep in snow again, all vehicle tracks obliterated. Thank goodness we managed to get out and get some cat food etc yesterday. Also managed to get to my physio session, but I doubt will get to optician again tomorrow. that will be the 3rd time to cancel! Still snowing!

I'm well peed off! No snow - but the slush is freezing well!
We had buses on Monday.
I watched to see the 08:10 bus go by on Tuesday - yay it went by - we still had buses.
I slid out (pavements still 3 inches deep in ice) at 08:35 to catch the 08:40 bus - to turn the corner and see a bus in the middle of the road!
This was the 08:10 bus - stuck on a corner.
No buses then
I staggered up the road - yes it was still icy for a mile, when, the roads incredibly became clear - shame about the pavements.
In the centre of town, I could stop walking like Poirot.
Unfortunately all this careful walking on ice has had a consequence - the knee I had cartilage removed from 2 years ago, has swelled up, is grinding and rather painful (a bit like toothache)
We will no longer have buses until the road has been gritted, and I'm reluctant to walk 2 miles to work ( at least half of that on ice), as it's obviously 'opening old wounds' in my knee!
However, anyone (the majority) who gets to work by car would say it's 'clear as a bell' in Winchester. Of course, they stick to the main roads - We, ( the majority) who live on the 'outskirts' can, apparently like it or lump it!
I'd love to see the doctor about my knee - but that means walking to town , and if I can do that, I suppose I can walk another half mile to work......