Snow

[Trinity765]

Rain. Lots of rain. Not worth taking a picture of.

[Noggin]

I know it's a different mindset here (and set up/equipment/planning), but I do smile when I hear how everything stops in the uk and there's so much drama!! And I remember it too!!

Usually the only people that get stuck here are tourists that think they can drive up on normal tyres or locals that are trying to save (probably) less then 10€ by not changing to winters tyres early enough!!

There is occasionally a bit of excitement when a truck goes off the road, but cars are normal (drink driving usually the bigger reason than lack of correct tyres when it's a local car).

I think we had about 6 inches of snow Friday night and Saturday morning I drove down to the valley at just after 7am and the roads had all been cleared and were totally driveable (with winter tyres!!)

[Skub]

Dry and 5° here. Been much the same all week with spells of blue sky and sunshine.

There were flakes of snow falling yesterday when we were out walking,but nothing lying.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

We had about an inch on Thursday, it hung round until last night, now it's all washed away by the rain

[Mr. Dazzle]

When we were in Lapland it surprised me how people drive in the snow, it's like there is no snow at all, they just drive at completely normal speeds, whereas in the UK as soon as we get a bit of snow everyone crawls around.

Mandatory requirement for snow tyres will do that for ya.

Plus....if you want to win, hire a Finn!

[Gregor]

We had a bit on friday while I was out walking the dickhead.



Was hoping for a decent amount so I could take the kdx out, all gone in half an hour

[cheb]

None, a bit of frost is all. Still quite pretty.

[MrLongbeard]

Only about an inch, local Facebook group blew up as expected but wife went out to care for her mother and daughter went out to work as normal.
S'all been washed away by the rain now.

[mangocrazy]

We had a couple of inches fall overnight, but it's quietly melting away now. I really don't get the mindset of people who know that snow is forecast and know that it will be deeper the higher you go, and then blithely decide to drive over Shap Fell. Back in the 70s/80s when people actually had a clue how to drive in snow (and the sense not to when it was too bad) I don't recall this collective lemming mentality taking hold.

[DefTrap]

My missus was trapped in a departing aircraft on the Stansted tarmac for four hours last night waiting for a turn of the only deicer in Christendom...

[Skub]

We had a couple of inches fall overnight, but it's quietly melting away now. I really don't get the mindset of people who know that snow is forecast and know that it will be deeper the higher you go, and then blithely decide to drive over Shap Fell. Back in the 70s/80s when people actually had a clue how to drive in snow (and the sense not to when it was too bad) I don't recall this collective lemming mentality taking hold.

It's the raging self entitlement which fails to comprehend there may be anything at all to stop one doing whatever was planned. It's so unfair.

[Taipan]

No and if we never get snow again, i'll be more than happy with that. Snow is for ski resorts and Xmas card pictures and has no business being anywhere near the kingdom of Taipan!

[KungFooBob]

A licky boom boom down.

[wull]

We got some, fell Friday night then stopped, then started again early Saturday until about midday and hasn’t been back on since.

[ogri]

Just rain

[ChrisW]

Managed a snowball fight in the morning before the drizzle came and turned everything slushy.

[Dodgy69]

White over this morning in snowy Shropshire. Nice.

[MingtheMerciless]

Yesterday freezing rain and fog on the Sarf Coast before 2200 and by 0200ish it’d warmed up to 6C and it’s pissed with rain on and off all day!

[Druid]

Aye, we had a bit on Thursday night, and a bit more on Saturday.



I managed to get around in my old Renault Clio though

[Felix]

When we were in Lapland it surprised me how people drive in the snow, it's like there is no snow at all, they just drive at completely normal speeds, whereas in the UK as soon as we get a bit of snow everyone crawls around.

Or one person crawls around and the rest are stuck behind. Never used snow chains and never had winter tyres and never been stuck in snow. Folk should just learn how to drive properly.