Ended up with about 5” higher up . Some locals schools decided to close at lunch time, obviously the teachers wanted to wait for it to stop snowing before they went sledging
DPD couldn’t be arsed turning up for work so unfortunately I am unable to use my bike as waiting for them to deliver tyre sealant
Time for this fun again of course:
On Her Majesty’s Slippery Surface has to be a winner this year…
Gritty Mcgritface is my favourite.
Oh dear.........
We keep getting promised proper snow. If the main roads are clear then it doesn't count . I was disappointed when I set off on my bike this morning. The only snow, if you can call it that, was the light dusting on the bridge that crosses the Silk Road as part of the Middlewood Way. Absolute travesty!
Had slight, VERY slight, wet snow on saturday morning. it never settled. I've now got -6 or colder and heavy frost.
Another 2cm or so overnight and roads covered this morning
Woke up to big flakes but didn't last long. Dogs enjoy it tho. Our - never gritted - road was white and slippy. Don't think it'll last long tho.
Not much here
Flipping straight over form below zero and clear skies to heavy rain and lightening and hovering above zero for Saturday AM. Oh, and 79km/h gusts!
Glad I've been getting out midweek, that might just be a morning on the turbo...
I'm having a treadmill delivered on Friday. That's looking like good timing.
I built a snowman.
Show's over folks.
Heavy snow in Bournemouth this morning, it was virtually knee deep for the dog.
Oh FFS, there's a blizzard in SK10 just as I'm heading out to a gig.
Had a fun snowball fight on the way home though 🙂
Another decent inch or so in the Ilson Alps. Sounds like the rain that preceded it froze before the snow fell.
They’re carefully rearranging it by conveyor here in Amsterdam. 
Had 30cm overnight on Wednesday/Thursday and it is showing no signs of going yet. Hilariously, people in Stockholm are reacting like it is the end of the world. Queues for the tyre changers are huge because people have December the first as the "must have" date and work to that instead of planning for a change in November.
Hot fiat - Is that Scotroutes treadmill out for delivery?
Had a couple of cm here last night, mostly all just slush now though.
Forecast is for heavy rain tomorrow so that'll wash any remnants away.
Day 3
I spent last few days at Lickey Hills, Birmingham. More snow than at home in Dunblane.
But of course eldest trumps me with this cycle to work....
I was up at Landegla this afternoon. I was gobsmacked at how much snow they had, nearly a foot of snow at the top
They had obviously just had a load more last night
We had a light covering in Stockport but the roads hadn't been gritted and it turned to ice. Multiple accidents locally this morning. I was in Manchester overnight and it didn't stick. Walking home from the station was dicey.
First bit of snow for north Glasgow. It's wet so probably won't stay around.
More than a dusting here in Beamish. Hopefully we’ll get out sledging before it rains.
The gritters/snow ploughs are out again in Scotland:- 'Sir Andy Flurry' and 'Blizzard of Oz' to name a few :O)
Our locals are outraged by the fact the roads weren't gritted yesterday (even though they were). Also some driving has been atrocious, tailgating me on an iced up snowy slightly hilly road and being overtaken from 3 cars behind to get into a nonexistent gap, on the very snowy iced up centre section of a busy main road. Saw quite a few cars in ditches and even one across a road and just dumped.
But on a nicer note, yesterday evening 5/6 youngsters were out pushing cars up a local steep hill, on a busy road, what great community spirit.
It's raining now and our road is just an iced up slushy thawing mess.
Hammering down here just south east of Glasgow. Couple of inches in an hour. We're supposed to be having lunch in Glasgow today but can't see that happening. Local roads are chaos according to social media
Round here things are a bit nuts on the roads. It rained early this morning so all of the grit that was put down is gone and the snow is wet and settling. Lots of stuck cars failed attempts to get up the slopes.
Down here in Chesterfield yesterday was shocking for ice. Pavements literally had a covering of ice and some local estates and side roads which hadn't been gritted were like ice rinks. Was a bit sketchy taking the dog out for a walk.
This morning I've woken up to the forecast rain and corresponding increased temperatures. Ice has all gone and the snow is disappearing.
Day 4
It's thawed a wee bit but I'm waiting to see what Bert does. We might get more snow today before it starts to wash away
5cm of slush over ice here.
I had to drive hire minibus on summers to Stirling - like a drunkard slipping around either motorway or around town.
Drove our Fabia back on all season tyres with barely a slither...
Was bad in the hills north of Manchester this morning, good few inches of slushy snow combined with snow turning to rain, going to be flooding later. Manchester is completely clear and 8 degrees already.
mild and sun emerging in NI now, not much wind either, but this looks bonkers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn9x4py5990t?post=asset%3A07f64295-ce32-434b-b569-86dd6bcff46f#post
Genius ^
Some proper snow North Leeds this morning and 2 ft drifts in places but quickly turned to slush by lunchtime.
The Irwell is very full at the minute with all rain and melt water. The river water is pushing against the top of the bridges and there's quite a bit of flooding in town centres. Down the valley in Ramsbottom, the locals must be worried.
Yep Bacup is flooded and I've never seen the Irwell as high as it is in Rawtenstall, got to be 8ft higher than normal. Locals were moaning there was no gritting last night, now its the grids havent been cleared even though the river is flooding the roads by coming back up the drains.
Bert turned out to be nothing for us. The worst of it seems to have affected areas out to the South and West of here. 10C and rain forecast overnight, which should pretty much clear the streets.
Flood warnings in place for Hebden Bridge too. There's a ton of mel****er now on top of the heavy rain. It's just been constant here (S. Manc.) all day. Snow disappeared within an hour, it was 9 degrees by lunchtime, must be double digits now.
Like someone flipped the central heating on!
Melting you say?
No additional snow here yet, but the 30cm from the other day is making the noise of frozen, and has the sparkles of decent XC ski weather.
Just a pishy blowy afternoon for us. Not very nice in the wind but calm now.
Slush in abundance
All gone here in the Ilson Alps today, has been raining since dawn to varying degrees and forecast to rain most of tomorrow.
Local flood warnings started going up around noon today, we're OK but it's possible the usual areas by the River Erewash are in for an edgy couple of days. Apparently the River Wye at Buxton was rising by 12 inches per hour this afternoon.
Apparently the River Wye at Buxton was rising by 12 inches per hour this afternoon.
That rises rapidly because Buxton is in such a dip so it gets everything off the surrounding hills. Tends to affect downstream like Bakewell and Darley Dale more than Buxton itself.
Ramsbottom has got some flooding. So far Hebden Bridge/Todmorden seem OK.
Tends to affect downstream like Bakewell and Darley Dale more than Buxton itself
I'll go and have a look at the river in Darley Dale later, guessing it will be getting close
Day 5 - and it's gone.
Still lots on the mountains, but even they are looking pretty stripped. The paths will take longer to clear as they'll have been compressed down to ice. I'm hoping they're clear by tomorrow evening so we can get out for a decent run.
Interesting forecast for the start of the new year.. ⛄
Certainly a bit more seasonal.
Even here!
Northern Ireland snow warning issued by Met Office as temperatures to plummet
The Met Office say there could be up to 10cm of snow in some places
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/northern-ireland-snow-warning-issued-30673741
12 hours of snow forecast overnight in Sheffield. Bring it on I say, it's years since we've seen a substantial dump anywhere near town.
Sadly it'll be washed away by the rain in time for work.
Sheffield. Bring it on I say, it’s years since we’ve seen a substantial dump
Irony...
Irony…
I am well aware of the, er, 'aesthetic difficulties' in the area. I have to walk through the city centre every day.
Some on the hills and tracks here.
It’s allegedly snowing here now, but it’s more like sleet. Temperature is 1°, feeling like -4°, which is about right, having spent twenty minutes or so outside sorting out the bird feeders; the hedgehogs seem to have tucked themselves away for a while, there were two hoglets tucking into their plates of food the other evening but the plates haven’t been touched since.
The birds, on the other hand, are clearing the suet pellets and calci worms by lunchtime! Second 12.5Kg suet pellet delivery in three weeks.
My father, living just outside Warrington, has just had luminous jacketed neighbour pop round checking everyone in the block has enough food, a torch and some blankets 'in case'. His flat overlooks the local Spar shop...
Seems the news is full on "don't panic" and as such some people are indeed panicking....
I fitted the Ice Spiker Pros this morning, to ensure no snow is seen here on the Ilkeston alps.
His flat overlooks the local Spar shop…
Maybe it's been stripped bare of daily essentials and everyone nearby will be forced to rediscover their hunter-gatherer roots...
Edge of the Peak District here so we've been promised 20cm or so on higher ground and "significant disruption".
So far there is nary a flake to be seen.
I think I ought to be checking Amazon for snow shoes…
Weather radar shows its been snowing over us for about an hour and a half.
Not a hint of moisture, frozen or otherwise, outside in the real world.
Someone got this a bit wrong or it was a slow news day.
All of about 1cm so far and looking at radar it will pass in 1hr or so.
Few weeks back we had just under a foot of snow tat wasn’t even forecast ?
Fingers crossed for tomorrow, Peebles is forecast for snow/sleet, I've got some snow rides in this year but no snowing rides yet.
I'm just up the road in penicuik, we got the lightest of dustings over our existing snow last night so everything looks rather lovely and it's all incredibly crisp and crunchy, but also probably quite good for ankle breaking. It's hovered around 0 degrees for days so the snow from nye is mostly still there but turned to snow-looking ice. Pretty unusual weather tbh, we're right on the edge of a massive thaw but it's just barely holding together.
More importantly the snow in the 'cuik isn't good snowman snow, so day my boys.
We're scheduled snow tomorrow then sleet then snow again over night.
A good 2" or so has settled here in the F.o.D, and it's still coming down. I wonder if anything will be left in the morning with the forecast rain and temperature rise.
Still, we had a lovely wintry soak in the hot tub earlier and the dog has thoroughly enjoyed tearing around the garden with his fur full of snow flakes!
well over 6" here last time I ventured outside and still falling heavily. Bought our older sheep into the barn as it won't be a particularly nice night to sleep out!
Got 1mm on the car now. And they'd run out of big bags of cat litter in The Range earlier, no doubt because of panic buying.
a whole cm of snow here in MK
its supposed to be 12°C tomorrow, so no chance of a snowy ride!
It was snowing a bit when I went to pick my mate up to go to the pub in Melksham, coming back there’s a fair bit of snow settled on the roads in places, but it’s pissing down with rain and the gritters are out on all the main roads, I saw three in the space of about fifteen minutes!
Cancelled the order for snowshoes, not sure if skis or a kayak would be more appropriate. [img] 
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I did get a kebab before I got home, so that’s something…
Crystal clear here, been minus 4 all day. Billions of stars, Venus was bright in the sky and now there's a faint aurora to the north. Flurries of snow earlier topped up the fields around us, it's quite eery but beautiful. Every footstep is an enormous shattering crunch. This morning a hare had left it's footprints along our track and across the neighbouring fields.
The best day of the year so far
Snowing in Rammy @0330. Main road covered with steadily compacting snow. I think I'll be sensible and cycle to work.
Made it to work, gravel bike with 32c crossroads tyres. Doubled up on the gloves with mountaineering overmitts, waterproof hat and socks. Thermal cycling tights on the legs.
Oh no! Have just driven from snow covered Czech Republic through Germany that had a dusting on the higher routes. Legally everyone is on winter tyres and everything just carried on as normal.
Just got to get from Harwich to Rossendale now which could be interesting!
A cm or so down at low level, snowing reasonably heavily at the moment so hopefully a decent amount on higher ground. I'll get the MTB out once it gets light and go for a little explore.
We have snow, about 2cm but it is super wet. We put winter tyres on the car yesterday ahead of driving to the French Alps on Friday 😉
