The wet and windy, with occasional snow, 2019/2020 thread
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-4 when I went out with the dogs this morning, down here in the New Forest. The forecast showed the overnight temp remaining around 2/3 degrees, so I left my car at work and rode home, meaning I had to ride back in this morning in very cold and slippy conditions. I took the mountain bike!
S100HP said:
-4 when I went out with the dogs this morning, down here in the New Forest. The forecast showed the overnight temp remaining around 2/3 degrees, so I left my car at work and rode home, meaning I had to ride back in this morning in very cold and slippy conditions. I took the mountain bike!
That is a big dog, it looks like a horse 
colin_p said:
S100HP said:
-4 when I went out with the dogs this morning, down here in the New Forest. The forecast showed the overnight temp remaining around 2/3 degrees, so I left my car at work and rode home, meaning I had to ride back in this morning in very cold and slippy conditions. I took the mountain bike!
That is a big dog, it looks like a horse 
JakeT said:
Puggit and Schmalex, is it just mega foggy for the two of you?
I'm amazed how bad it is Pangbourne way. Haven't seen it this bad in a long while.
We left Ecchinswell at 1pm. It was 1c and pea soup fog. 10 mins later and 5 miles down the A34 towards Winchester, it was 9c and crystal clear.I'm amazed how bad it is Pangbourne way. Haven't seen it this bad in a long while.
Back up fog here in Ecchinswell now
Really odd!!!
Puggit said:
What a difference 24 hours make - stormy and wet now becoming the form horse!
When is it due? Sure you don't mean panto horse?It is still cold, calm and lightly foggy here, weather where a panto style slap to the thigh would sting a little bit.
Are the models doing a bit of;
"Oh yes it is"
"Oh no it isn't"
Remember when you were a kid, and without models, twitter and this thread, weather still occurred on a daily basis.
I remember waking up and it had snowed, could hear my dads old Capri revving and not going anywhere fast, that muffled edge that all sounds get when blanketed in snow and it seeming bright and a bit orange through the curtains as the snow reflected the street lights.
Eyes, open, look, listen, can it be ? peep through the curtains and yeeeeessssss !!!!!
Knew you were in for a day of fun, soggy gloves, chilblains, being hit with a Manchester snowball or two (mainly gravel/rock, some dogs
t and < 10 percent snow), riding your bike in the snow, falling off repeatedly, go and watch the cars sliding across the junction, falling into stinking ponds as the ice wasn't quite thick enough, especially when you jump up and down to prove to your mates it thick enough...obviously proving at least one thing is definitely thick enough.
Get shouted in at 9/10 o clock, to the sound of the last 727 smokily departing Manchester for the day into the orange sky just as a few more flakes start coming down, asleep in no time ready to repeat the following day.
When you,
Get 12 assorted kids on the field and roll the biggest snowball ever during daylight, leaving a massive green trail where the snow perfectly adhered to the five foot tall roll of snow, mud, grass and probably a few more dog turds, stop when it will roll not another inch and then go in for tea as its getting dark, and cold, very, very cold. Later on hear a bit of a fuss from the field, and lights, go over for a nosey and the older lad from up the road decided to take his Mk1 Astra for some rally practice on the field, where he found our handiwork, at speed with the front of his car, half a tonne of snow that had frozen solid is best not driven into at speed in a Vauxhall Astra with Rally lamps on
didn't care, he was a cock and it was funny seeing him getting roasted by his dad, and the Police who had been called.
Happy days !
I remember waking up and it had snowed, could hear my dads old Capri revving and not going anywhere fast, that muffled edge that all sounds get when blanketed in snow and it seeming bright and a bit orange through the curtains as the snow reflected the street lights.
Eyes, open, look, listen, can it be ? peep through the curtains and yeeeeessssss !!!!!
Knew you were in for a day of fun, soggy gloves, chilblains, being hit with a Manchester snowball or two (mainly gravel/rock, some dogs
t and < 10 percent snow), riding your bike in the snow, falling off repeatedly, go and watch the cars sliding across the junction, falling into stinking ponds as the ice wasn't quite thick enough, especially when you jump up and down to prove to your mates it thick enough...obviously proving at least one thing is definitely thick enough. Get shouted in at 9/10 o clock, to the sound of the last 727 smokily departing Manchester for the day into the orange sky just as a few more flakes start coming down, asleep in no time ready to repeat the following day.
When you,
Get 12 assorted kids on the field and roll the biggest snowball ever during daylight, leaving a massive green trail where the snow perfectly adhered to the five foot tall roll of snow, mud, grass and probably a few more dog turds, stop when it will roll not another inch and then go in for tea as its getting dark, and cold, very, very cold. Later on hear a bit of a fuss from the field, and lights, go over for a nosey and the older lad from up the road decided to take his Mk1 Astra for some rally practice on the field, where he found our handiwork, at speed with the front of his car, half a tonne of snow that had frozen solid is best not driven into at speed in a Vauxhall Astra with Rally lamps on
didn't care, he was a cock and it was funny seeing him getting roasted by his dad, and the Police who had been called.Happy days !
J4CKO said:
Remember when you were a kid.....
Happy days !
A perfect summary!Happy days !
As a child in the 70's I remember it snowing a lot and we were all still in school regardless.
As a teen in the 80's I remember it snowing a lot and also have the association with snow and orange streetlights! Also memories, which now make me shiver about playing on frozen lakes and ponds. None of us ever fell through the ice thankfully.
As an adult, I don't remember it snowing as much as it should but when it does, it is still as exciting as it ever was!
Puggit said:
Red wind levels on the forecast map fruity.
That is brown sauce spicy frooty with lots of wop-bop-a-loo-mop alop-bam-boom by the sounds of it. Met office are currently only showing rain weather warnings for West Scotland.Strangely it has warmed up here, fog has gone and it is spitting with rain.
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