Snow?

[fossyant]

Not much at all up here. We had to travel about 10 miles to get some decent snow for the kids to sledge yesterday.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Not much at all up here. We had to travel about 10 miles to get some decent snow for the kids to sledge yesterday.

According to the BBC we're going to be getting it big style tonight and tomorrow.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I've been up on the Long Mynd again today but @gavgav came with me this time. We had a walk up to the summit (Pole Bank) then headed down to the Horseshoe at The Bridges for a bite to eat.

It started snowing again here about 10am and by the time we came out of the pub after lunch was putting down a covering even on the roads that had been gritted.

While heading to Pole Bank this guy came past in shorts. It was about -5 and snowing horizontally up here.

Heading for the pub.

On the road to Pulverbatch after lunch. There is only so much that grit can do.

 

[cyberknight]

been snowing lightly all day today , we live on a bus route and even that is like a residential side road ATM, just spent over an hour clearing snow to the road although by the time i got to the top the bottom already had a dusting.I said to Mrs CK i think the local school will be closed tomorrow .

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

The BBC got the night time forecast right, it's six inch deep up here and still snowing!

 

[Pennine-Paul]

Yep,same here too
Be out on the fixie later tho

 

[palinurus]

Easy this morning, compacted, icy snow for about 800 m then pretty much all clear except a few bits of brown slush (which was only bad in a making the bike filthy sort of way).

 

[totallyfixed]

It seems a long time since we saw any green grass and this morning saw the deepest snow yet, in fact it was still lightly snowing, 21 hours after it started! I stupidly decided it would be a good idea to go out on the fixed, I'll post that up on "your ride today".
My chair looks as though it was singled out for special attention

Until I saw the bird feeders and plant pots, even my garden fork handle managed some

My car is buried again but after seeing the standard of driving in snow, it can stay buried .

 

[ColinJ]

There is lots of snow here too this afternoon, but at least it is slightly damp rather than frozen and icy, so it is currently safe to walk on the cobbled streets round me which are terrible if we get these conditions followed by a couple of days below freezing point.

I strolled round to the shops and a cafe, just to get me out of the house for an hour or two. The A646 through the valley seems remarkably quiet. I was able to cross it several times without having to use a pedestrian crossing or wait for traffic lights to go red. That's pretty rare on a weekday afternoon when the schools are open.

 

[totallyfixed]

There is lots of snow here too this afternoon, but at least it is slightly damp rather than frozen and icy, so it is currently safe to walk on the cobbled streets round me which are terrible if we get these conditions followed by a couple of days below freezing point.

I strolled round to the shops and a cafe, just to get me out of the house for an hour or two. The A646 through the valley seems remarkably quiet. I was able to cross it several times without having to use a pedestrian crossing or wait for traffic lights to go red. That's pretty rare on a weekday afternoon when the schools are open.

Ah yes, those cobbles over the bridge, I think dr_pink remembers those.

 

[thom]

Snow, while perhaps presenting issues for cycling, it does facilitate other activities.
Like Snow Swimming !

 

[coffeejo]

Snow! We has it again.

 

[HovR]

Snow! We has it again.

Yup - Same here. All the snow had pretty much melted so I got to enjoy a day back on the road bike! It started snowing again about 6pm when I was walking the dog and now all the roads are covered, so looks like I'll be commuting on the mountain bike tomorrow!

 

[coffeejo]

We had enough of a thaw (and about 10 hours of rain) to fill the river in the village again. The forecast says it'll keep snowing tonight and tomorrow so as picturesque as it is at the moment (or will be, once the sun comes up), it won't be pretty round here once this lot melts.

 

[coffeejo]

Roads were gritted and clear of both the white stuff and cars when I cycled into town earlier.

The dog was impressed with how things looked when I walked her before heading out.