Whats your weather like today?

[Gaina]

We've got about 6 inches and it's still coming. When I got up just before 8 it had died down to a constant flurry but now the flakes are getting bigger again and the wind has picked up.

[James M]

Originally Posted by nytecam

We had a 'blizzard' in SW London overnight all of 35mm deep - my vid to prove it YouTube - DISGO test vid - London snows via my new cheapo Disgo cam from Currys for sub-£18

Nice one! that's not bad for a cheap one.




Been out to measure and sure enough we have an average level depth of 38cm , I was wading in it!

[Davy Crockett]

Originally Posted by nytecam

We had a 'blizzard' in SW London overnight all of 35mm deep - my vid to prove it YouTube - DISGO test vid - London snows via my new cheapo Disgo cam from Currys for sub-£18

fantastic for £18, the sneeze was a shock, i had the sound up high

[foxy mars]

Originally Posted by nytecam

We had a 'blizzard' in SW London overnight all of 35mm deep - my vid to prove it YouTube - DISGO test vid - London snows via my new cheapo Disgo cam from Currys for sub-£18

Looks like a gadget, I would'nt mind getting for my planned Coast to Coast Walk in the summer. Not bad for the price.

[cutecoot]

Blimey Nytecam, that sneeze gave me such a fright! (Even though I'd been warned of it!) Laughing at that has set me off coughing again, now I've pulled all my rib muscles (again!) (laid up with stinking cold atm )

Quite a bit of snow here, but can't make out why everything's ground to a halt, I remember having to trudge to work every day in weather like this back in the 70s when I lived and worked in South London. Mind you, was a nightmare waiting hours at the bus stop, but we still did it! (and we all swept our front pavements too, so that people could walk right the way along the road, no stupid suing in those days!)

[foxy mars]

School's closed!. Why, because teacher's say it's too dangerous to drive in such conditions. Why not walk. It would be like me, phoning the boss, to say the cycle paths are not safe to cycle on. He would probably laugh and give me a warning for not turning up. I do turn for work using the mountain bike.

How did we manage decades ago, oh dear Britain's got a bit soft and pamby.

[big bill]

Surprisingly it was quite pleasant morning hard frost some snow overnight ,sun out until 2.30 but very cold temps at -6 starting to cloud over very heavily now snow on its way by the looks of things ,according to local weather reports we are going to get hit bad tonight again.
Had to go into Inverness this morning and the roads are treacherous hard snow on top of hard packed ice and this was on a A class road the A96 that had been gritted back end of car went away a few times speeds down to 20-25 mph dangerous to go any faster

[Paul mabbott]

The sun came out at lunch-time and the snow softened - often falling in large showers from the trees -

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now getting dark and the temperatures dropping .....

[Enogs]

Well I'm sure it was wished on us well it's snowing and has snowed. Still it's only 2 inches deep but it is 0degrees outside now so I supose it will be fun on the morrow.
Enogs

[Monkey Orchid]

Originally Posted by foxy mars

How did we manage decades ago, oh dear Britain's got a bit soft and pamby.

I guess we didn't have to contend with quite so many cars sliding around on (and off) the roads decades ago...

I used to live in northeast England and folk up there had more regular experience of adverse weather driving: they seemed to know how to do it more safely, and just as importantly, when not to even try to travel because conditions were just too dangerous. Down here drivers seem (understandably) less aware of safe snow driving techniques and equipment. There have been a lot of accidents round here today, some of them very serious (cars overturned onto their roofs etc). My brother's a firefighter in the neighbouring county and I'm betting he's had to deal with a lot of call-outs. Maybe people are better off staying home and keeping safe.

I did walk to the railway station this morning (too snowy to cycle as I usually do, snow here is now about 10 inches/25cm deep) and had to dodge more than one vehicle being driven out of control. The sight of a hugely heavy metal box sliding unstoppably towards me is enough to make me think twice about venturing out anywhere near roads at the moment. And although the main road (A4) is not so slippery, it's so deep in melted snow and the traffic is travelling so fast that you get sprayed and soaked with filthy slush as you walk past on the pavement. Yuck!

Public transport no better, either: no buses at all running in my home town today; a very reduced rail service occasionally during the day, but with no guarantee of return journeys being possible.

I do think education's important and I appreciate that for some parents, having to unexpectedly spend a day or two with their kids because school's closed is an inconvenience, but we don't get snow like this in the south very often. I reckon it's worth children having a day or two off school to experience it. They've all been outside round here today building snowmen, having snowball fights, going for walks in the fresh air and generally enjoying the natural world. Worth a week in the classroom, IMO!