The Official Winter Snow Thread 2014/2015

[Puggit]

Light frost

[benjj]

Very poor showing here in the Dales. Hopeful of some through the day but temp is up to about 1.5C so not holding out any hope.

Puggit is responsible for this. He'll pay, oh yes he'll pay.

[Tidybeard]

Stoatman said:

NO snow this side !. Crewe, Holmes chapel , middlewich. nothing whatsoever

I'm in the same area. Really annoying considering the forecast at 9pm last night was for snow from 6am to late morning. If they can't predict it nine hours out what chance have we got?

[IanCress]

Warrington now has a thin covering, but the snow falling now is very wet. Don't think it will last too long on the ground.

Reports that the higher sections of the M62 and M65 are virtually blocked.

[Wacky Racer]

Currently marooned high up in Longnor, near Buxton, in a holiday cottage with a several inches of snow outside...

Don't think we'll be going anywhere today......

Time to get the walking boots on......

[Wills2]

Snowing heavily here in Riddlesden (10 miles north of Bradford) about 2" on the drive but brightening up now.

[clarkmagpie]

NinjaPower said:

Cumbria/Lake District: woke up about an hour ago to a proper winter wonderland!

It's several inches deep and a really good covering on everything, roads included.

All the Schools are closed, the local kids are out playing in it, traffic is in chaos, the police look like they don't know where to start, and I've just emailed work to say I'm working from home.
My mate has just texted me suggesting we get my Kawasaki 4x4 quad bike out and tow his 4 year old boy up the fields on a sledge at 30mph.

Perfect

And people wonder why the participants of this thread always want snow...

Edited by NinjaPower on Thursday 29th January 08:41

Mrs abandoned car in Wetheral, unable to get out of the village, I have work at 1pm at the airport so lets see how the RS6 handles the snow!

[Hainey]

NinjaPower said:

Cumbria/Lake District: woke up about an hour ago to a proper winter wonderland!

It's several inches deep and a really good covering on everything, roads included.

All the Schools are closed, the local kids are out playing in it, traffic is in chaos, the police look like they don't know where to start, and I've just emailed work to say I'm working from home.
My mate has just texted me suggesting we get my Kawasaki 4x4 quad bike out and tow his 4 year old boy up the fields on a sledge at 30mph.

Perfect

And people wonder why the participants of this thread always want snow...

Edited by NinjaPower on Thursday 29th January 08:41

Kwacker 4x4 quad
A 4 year old kid
Fields and a sledge
Two adults with the mental age of about 4 (as all blokes can revert to at the flick of a switch)

You've pretty much just described the sort of day you remember until you die! Flippin' Awesome

[skip_1]

IanCress said:

Reports that the higher sections of the M62... are virtually blocked.

Due to a broken down vehicle by all accounts. The carriageway itself is holding up well.

[dazwalsh]

Now we are talking! Bradford is getting another hammering especially on higher ground. I'm stuck in traffic butwhat the he, my inner child who loves snow is happy

[speedchick]

Son was going from Burnley to Manchester on the bus, he sent me a text to ask what was happening in Burnley as it had taken an hour to get to the top of town and they weren't moving. Having checked the travel news it looks like he's in for a long ride on the bus, by the time he gets to college it will be time to try and get home again!

Here in Padiham it keeps snowing/sticking, then raining/melting, then snowing/sticking again.

[jock mcsporran]

I was supposed to be travelling from Leeds to Stafford and back but sacked it off. The roads were a bit too slippy and I haven't found any spare winter wheels for the RS6 yet.

[samvia]

My hometown, apparrently "snowed in". Except the neighbours have managed to get out of their driveway and leave the street. Oh, the humanity.

[chriscoates]

Anyone planning to travel within a 10-mile radius of Sheffield please stay away, traffic is absolutely gridlocked everywhere and the snow is getting worse. The weather forecasters have kept saying 'not everyone will catch a shower' but it seems a pretty big shower seeing as it's been snowing for the past three hours six buses stuck on the hill up to my part of town and I doubt it'll be long before they throw in the towel and just suspend all public transport.

[Wacky Racer]

speedchick said:

Son was going from Burnley to Manchester on the bus, he sent me a text to ask what was happening in Burnley as it had taken an hour to get to the top of town and they weren't moving. Having checked the travel news it looks like he's in for a long ride on the bus, by the time he gets to college it will be time to try and get home again!

Here in Padiham it keeps snowing/sticking, then raining/melting, then snowing/sticking again.

My son is going to Manchester from Crawshawbooth on the bus......was still stuck in Rawtenstall, two miles away twenty minutes ago, after getting on the bus at 7.15....

[speedchick]

Wacky Racer said:

speedchick said:

Son was going from Burnley to Manchester on the bus, he sent me a text to ask what was happening in Burnley as it had taken an hour to get to the top of town and they weren't moving. Having checked the travel news it looks like he's in for a long ride on the bus, by the time he gets to college it will be time to try and get home again!

Here in Padiham it keeps snowing/sticking, then raining/melting, then snowing/sticking again.

My son is going to Manchester from Crawshawbooth on the bus......was still stuck in Rawtenstall, two miles away twenty minutes ago, after getting on the bus at 7.15....

I just got another text from him, they left Burnley at 8, and are still not at Crawshawbooth yet, I am tempted to tell him to just get off at the next stop and make his way back to Burnley

He's decided to get off and try to make his way back, hopefully at least one bus made it through and is on its way back to Burnley, or he has a long walk!

Edited by speedchick on Thursday 29th January 09:59

[dumfriesdave]

Snowing steadily in Dumfries...which normally never gets any.

[VEA]

My phone is telling me that it's going to snow here around 2pm (Henley).

I'm guessing this is bks.

[tenohfive]

NinjaPower said:

Cumbria/Lake District: woke up about an hour ago to a proper winter wonderland!

It's several inches deep and a really good covering on everything, roads included.

All the Schools are closed, the local kids are out playing in it, traffic is in chaos, the police look like they don't know where to start, and I've just emailed work to say I'm working from home.
My mate has just texted me suggesting we get my Kawasaki 4x4 quad bike out and tow his 4 year old boy up the fields on a sledge at 30mph.

Perfect

And people wonder why the participants of this thread always want snow...

Sounds brilliant. Pics!

[Roo]

Nothing here in Kent, as usual.

And my car has developed a random misfire. I think one of the coil packs might be on its way out.