You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more
Quick rush out and strip all the shop shelves (that's not easy to say) of bread, beans and chocolate. Panic buy (joke).
It does actually sound as though there could be some proper lying snow, not just the few flakes that settle for an hour or two, turn to slush and ice, causing misery on our roads.
Keep warm everyone. Monday evening seems to be the start of ice locked Britain.
I love snow, me. Yet the effect on the populist press is astonishing. A few promised flakes of snow unleashes a torrent of extreme weather warnings, scaremongering, soothsaying and shyterbolic pseudo-claims of Biblical scale. No wonder they think that climate change is bullshit, thieves are always afraid of being robbed....
Sledges at the ready.
Whoop! Can’t wait
I love it, can’t wait.
Just got a brand new Nissan Navara i will be able to drive around all the BMWs and T5s or sit in the queue more likley
Well.. nice timing.
No work for me, could do with the roads being passable cos I might want to go surfing.
So we will get to see plenty of motorists playing curling with thier cars on the school run then 💁♂️
Hopefully but the reality will probably be a bit sleet.
At last my Winter tyre purchase might pay off! I'll be driving my BMW past all the 4x4s spinning their Summer tyres.
Or maybe just stuck in a queue on a hill watching one of the buggers sliding backwards towards me.
I just looked on Wunderground and yr.no.
The headline snowfall is on top of Pennines and other hills - Londonium and East Anglia are only in line for 2-3cm, not the 10-15cm the papers are panicking about.
I am sure that with the number of folk living down there, lack of ploughs and gritters etc, it will be travel mayhem.
However I do look forward to seeing the pictures of Buckingham Palace with deep drifts, should it be as bad as foretold in the Express and Mail...
should it be as bad as foretold in the Express and Mail…
Well, they're usually so calm and understated, maybe this one's for real....
This could actually be a good amount of snow - North East was likely to be hit hardest last time I looked, South West / Wales easiest.
Its been brewing for weeks, getting more and more likely to hit us every day (bar last week for a moment it looked like it was going to head south to the Alps).
i don’t like snow and I hate being cold, but at least when it lifts about 5 days after it arrives we should jump almost immediately into Spring!
Bit of a sad weather watcher as well mainly for work but because I want to go sledging. Chances of good snow early Tuesday morning and if things stay as tbey currently full on snowmaggedon come friday....
Ha!
The Express, what a crock of shit.
But B&Q and Homebase have no sledges left 😭
OK, maybe I am changing my mind. The [s]messiah[/s] amateur forecaster, Windy Wilson, says it is gonna be snow, snow, snow for Perthshire.
what plus tyres for snow 🤣
We've had no substantive snow in the South of England for about 8 years - I have the choice of studded CX tyres, studded MTB, 4 or 5" fatbike or even spend an evening putting studs in my fatbike tyres - decisions, decisions
Jesus. It's February. It might snow a little, but probably not much. Hold the front page.
Well it's an easterly, and I'm in West Cumbria, so I'm looking forward to a week of blue skies.
Might get chance to use my Ice Spiker Pros.
I'm with AndyK (literally, West Cumbria too) any chance of a few days without rain is a blessing. The trails and surrounding countryside is/are drying out nicely.
It's been wetter than an otters pocket....
OK, maybe I am changing my mind. The messiah amateur forecaster, Windy Wilson, says it is gonna be snow, snow, snow for Perthshire.
You do know that he's quite an unsavoury character?
Ach well, what the Southerners call blizzard conditions are coming. Might not put my warm jacket away yet.
I’m still in shorts. I believe it when I see it. That said the -5° we’re seeing at night is making for some cracking early doors rides.
You do know that he’s quite an unsavoury character
Sauce?
Help!
What is the best way to try and keep a steep farm track clear?
I am the only house / user of said track, but I am moving house and have a van booked for Thursday morning. It is fairly steep with a few turns, about a mile in total from the main road. In the snow at the end of January I couldn't make it up in my Mitsubishi 4x4... (Perthshire)
Do I get a few sacks of salt and put it down? Will salt alone keep it clear or do I also need to keep driving it? Any ideas welcome...
EDIT - I love snow too... just not this week.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/120000-boss-who-beat-up-960711
There's a bit of other stuff too, but the sectarian singing, does it for me.
I am the only house / user of said track, but I am moving house and have a van booked for Thursday morning. It is fairly steep with a few turns, about a mile in total from the main road. In the snow at the end of January I couldn’t make it up in my Mitsubishi 4×4… (Perthshire)
I'd be looking to book someone to plough and grit it Thursday morning. Their are private contractors that do this sort of work. Whereabouts are you? I could give you the details of someone just north of Perth who might be able to help, or speak to a local farmer?
Old tennis is that Windy in the record story?
Yes
The Express, what a crock of shit.
Most of it is a chap called Nathan Rao, who has been making up weather reports for years.
The Daily Mash, however, is surprisingly accurate:
@ oldtennisshoes
Hadn't considered that, thank you. I'm probably a bit too south (muckhart / dunning) for your contact, but I will have a Google of other options.
This place is rented, so I could possibly stay an extra week if needed. Was partly the inconvenience - time already booked off work, work appointments make down south the week after. But also I have limited finances, a gritter sounds expensive.
I was just wondering if it was worth trying to salt the steep bits, or if that made no difference unless it was used (thinking about the outside lane of a motorway). Also didn't know if I could salt on top of the snow, or if it would need doing before the first fall... it's only a Luton van, a big one wouldn't get round the corners.
Will keep an eye on the forecast before I panic too much...
EDIT - Aye, I guess the estate might help, though in the past they've been better at pulling stuck vehicles out, rather than doing anything to clear the track in advance .
Down here in the balmy south-west the forecast up to the 11 of March shows a mixture of wintery sleet and sun, nighttime temps around freezing and six degrees during the day, so I’m not bothering to go find a sledge in the shops.
Me, taken a week ago in Finland - knee-deep once off the snowmobile tracks and -25C. It'll just be a novelty in these parts - as my employer has possibly decided to discontinue my employment, I know what I'll be doing if it does snow!
Well it was a stunning day in deepest Sarf Carst, temps just about freezing all day but about an hour ago it rose to 3C.. ideal snow falling conditions.
I’m not usually a fan of the stuff, but for some reason I’m looking forward to this dump.
Hmmm, I wasn't aware of that oldtennisshoes.
Time to unsubscribe I think.
Thursday into Friday looks heavy round here, and typically I have a flight to catch.
Admittedly that’s a way off in forecasting terms so will hopefully change, snow can **** right off!
Sorry.
I’ve said this before on here, but I’m on my third 4wd with mud and snow tyres in five years and it’s never snowed properly since before my first.
It hail stoned once enough to cover the roads for three hours, the year after barely enough snow to make a snow ball.
I’m that desperate to bring the sledge out of retirement I may go back to summer tyres tomorrow.
I’m supposed to be running the Cambridge Half Marathon on Sunday. Looks like I’d better sort out my crampons!
rachel
Snowmageddon.... is THAT what the BBC means when it says 20% chance of precipitation then?
You didnt watch the Countryfile 7 days forcast then ?
There's a splodge of snow coming down on Mon/Tues and a low crossing West-East on Friday. The variables are how much of a splodge on Tuesday and the exact track of the system on Friday. A couple of hundred miles variation in its track is the difference between mild and wet or continued snow. So it's still all to play for.
I really hope it does come , our manager decided we are not going to have any more bad weather this year So<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;"> didn't order any more salt.</span>
It's gonna be fun 😀
Snowmageddon…. is THAT what the BBC means when it says 20% chance of precipitation then?
😆
I'm supposed to be riding the west half of the South Downs Way Mon/Tues. Guessing the mud has frozen up nicely?
It can stay cold and dry all week from my point of view. But you can stick the snow, please. I have several hundred heavily pregnant ewes enjoying this dry weather outside where it is nice and healthy. If it snows they will need to come indoors which is more work for me (especially if the water freezes) and is not without complications for the sheep from a health point of view. Nah. Bugger off snow. Small mercies. At least the lambs are not due for another 2-3 weeks yet.
Lambs seem much later than when I was a youth. Did the cold weather a few years back set them all back or am I imagining it?
Depends how old you are Mol 🙂
When I were a lad we lambed later as the winters were always cold and snowy. Since I took on the farm in 2000 the winters were getting warmer and milder so we slowly moved lambing earlier and earlier until we got caught out by that cold one about 4/5 years ago. Lost 60 lambs in that cold snap. So went back to lambing in April again. But no bad weather since means we start this year around the 18th March. Let's hope this cold spell doesn't stick around till then!
No snow here, just a mild and clear sunny morning...🌞
Been snowing here for the last 40 mins and starting to settle (but it's incredibly light and flakes are tiny).
According to Carol Kirkwood the big dumps will be top right (that's you drac) and bottom right of the country. So here in the northwest we'll miss out.
Sun is shining now but still snowing and very windy.
pretty snow here (Woking), but nothing-aggeddon yet.
MTB sat in the lockup - I think it's hoping the car gets too scared to drive home later
quite surprising that it's going to snow, this eastern air is so dry it's desiccated everything, so much so theres cracks appearing in the trails !
Supposedly Wednesday for us for the big one.
Given conditions and forecast, clearly the most suitable vehicle to come to work on today was a powerful sportsbike!
Going home tonight might be interesting, Surrey to London.
Cheers, Rich
This could work out well as I need to buy a new BBQ
I'm hoping it doesn't snow too much as I'm booked for Bikepark Wales on Wednesday. Mind you, I remember that on the same date last year it was snowing at the top of the uplift.
A few flakes here in Hampshire which is a shame as earlier it was bright and sunny. Of course the central heating decided it didn't want to work properly, appears it's an electrical problem now.
Saw a load of new-born lambs yesterday over the Wyre. Snowgeddon made me fear for them. Skies still blue today. Heating on in the morning now though*
*Except for the studio, always seem to work better all year round with no heat and the window cracked open, so not convinced that it's really any type of geddon 🙄
somebody start a winter tyre thread already
SDW frozen solid - can how muddy it could have been though.
Couple of cm in Worthing but snowing now and due to continue. Do I head to Hastings or not? Hmmm.
A smattering here in Eastbourne, will be utter carnage on the A27 and A259. I think the press need shooting, heavy snow, fake news.
A good 76.2mm here on Speyside. The fat bike will be out later 😀
Rather more than expected here West of the Peninnes, good 10cm of proper powder snow and still snowing heavily (East Lancs).
Snow in the borders. But this was meant to be a cold weather event as opposed to snow. Press don't know the difference.
Well blow me down, it's actually snowed here in Blackpool! We're normally sheltered from it all here. It'll be chaos on the slight incline at the end of my road.
The forecast has shifted here, so we’re not due to get any till later in the week now. Might stand half a chance of keeping the kids in school yet!
Around 2" here nothing to get excited about.
Nothing but bright cold sunshine here on the beachfront Solent.
That's what your wife said Drac.
About 10mm up here.
-7 and high winds though so it’s a long way below zero right now.
That’s what your wife said Drac.
Only to you.
A massive 1.5 cm has fallen so far and still coming down.
It's that very light (high air content) type of snow, that you can't actually build a snowman with.
The garden looks very pretty and the birds are on a feeding frenzy, fighting to get on the feeders.
We've had about 5-6cm here in West Sussex.
I'd say about 10 centimetres (4 inches) on top of the car this morning (Northumberland).
Little bit hairy getting out of the village, but fine once I was on the main roads.
Might head home at lunchtime if the weather turns bad though.
In St Albans its sod all. Mere dusting. Although a bit is swirling around currently.
we have a massive 2cm of snow in stockport , south manchester