The official 2024/2025 snowmageddon disappointment thread

The official 2024/2025 snowmageddon disappointment thread

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MG CHRIS

9,243 posts

178 months

Friday 7th February
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Been cold all day in cardiff started sleeting when i left work, soon as i got home up the valleys turned to snow. My cat decided he only wanted out for a quick toilet break before flying back in the house and is now curled up in a ball by side of me. Dont think he be going out any time soon.

mcelliott

9,233 posts

192 months

Friday 7th February
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Awful morning here in Guernsey, strong easterly with bands of sleet, slightly better in the afternoon, I sea swim daily and can confirm that it a tad chilly right now, van trip around the south of France next week to escape this drudgery.

TVRBRZ

340 posts

100 months

Friday 7th February
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Another "Scottish weather is ste" post from me...


csd19

2,333 posts

128 months

Friday 7th February
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Rayny said:
GetCarter said:
Everybody is very happy about the good weather here today.

What's this - A Welsh brothel in Scotland...
Nah it's just a typical shot from Baaaberdeen

popeyewhite

22,484 posts

131 months

Saturday 8th February
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Snow up on the Cat pass and more predicted for Tuesday. None down here but quite chilly. East looks potentially white week after next.

thepritch

1,424 posts

176 months

Saturday 8th February
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Woke up to a sprinkle of snow. Unexpected. (aberdeenshire). Then snowed heavily again for 10mins.

Suns come out to play so looking forward to nice walk into the local village.

abzmike

9,949 posts

117 months

Saturday 8th February
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thepritch said:
Woke up to a sprinkle of snow. Unexpected. (aberdeenshire). Then snowed heavily again for 10mins.

Suns come out to play so looking forward to nice walk into the local village.
Yes, was a bit of a shock. Left home to go to Banchory for a haircut - left in chilly sunshine, arrived in a blizzard and everything turned briefly white. Pretty wet and all melted now though… chilly.

redrabbit29

2,112 posts

144 months

Saturday 8th February
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Same as yesterday in the Reading/South East area, although slightly less rain but more fog and mist.

It's grim and horrible. I braved it outside for a 1hr15 min walk/run then immediately had a bath to warm up

Timed it well as rain same down heavier just as I finished.

I have 4 days off this weekend, pretty annoying having such stty weather. I WFH so it's sometimes a bit depressing having time off also when staying at home.

GetCarter

29,942 posts

290 months

Monday 10th February
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Sorry to be annoying, but the weather has been pretty much perfect up here in the North West corner... so much so, that I popped over to Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and had several days of wall to wall sunshine.

... if you have 152 second to spare... here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfQFTb7x7dA


thepritch

1,424 posts

176 months

Monday 10th February
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GetCarter said:
Sorry to be annoying, but the weather has been pretty much perfect up here in the North West corner... so much so, that I popped over to Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and had several days of wall to wall sunshine.

... if you have 152 second to spare... here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfQFTb7x7dA

That was 152 seconds very well spent. Thank you GC! Wonderful smile The shot at 1:15 was so hypnotic. Brings back happy memories.

The year before last, we spent a summers week on Lewis / Harris and lucked out with blue skies and non stop sun all week. It was the week Stornaway recorded its third highest ever temp at 25.7 degs. The locals were fainting but we were in heaven!

It’s an incredible place - for landscape and wildlife.

I’m pretty sure you had a fab few days last week!


UTH

10,211 posts

189 months

Monday 10th February
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redrabbit29 said:
Same as yesterday in the Reading/South East area, although slightly less rain but more fog and mist.

It's grim and horrible. I braved it outside for a 1hr15 min walk/run then immediately had a bath to warm up

Timed it well as rain same down heavier just as I finished.

I have 4 days off this weekend, pretty annoying having such stty weather. I WFH so it's sometimes a bit depressing having time off also when staying at home.
Yeah, Surrey here, and this really is starting to feel like one of the longest runs of dark, grey misery in recent memory. It really is impossible to think at the moment that at some point in the coming weeks/months it 'might' be warm and sunny and we'll be out in gardens and parks having a nice time!

Skodillac

7,100 posts

41 months

Monday 10th February
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Faust66 said:
Skodillac said:
Driving tomorrow. Berks to Leicester to Wigan to Leicester and back to Berks. Was planning on doing a scenic cross-country route on the way up via Winnats Pass, having a wee lunch break thereabouts in that Peak District.

Will I get snowed on and stuck like a lemon?
The forecasts vary at the moment, but they seem to agree that the Peaks will get a good few CM of snow... and last time that happened the police had to close Winnats Pass as the hard of thinking decided it was acceptable to 'park' their cars wherever they thought it was OK to do so.

I'd avoid Winnats pass for that reason as it'll be clogged up with the Mam Tor 'waddle few yards from the car, drop some litter and leave' brigade.
I went for it in the end, there was a bit of sleet blowing about but the biggest disappointment was, of course, the low cloud all around, which meant I didn't get the nice views from the roads to and from the pass, which was the whole point of diverting that way. Oh well, had a nice lunch at the Grasshopper in Hope. There was some big cross country tough guy running race thing on, so quite a few people in and around the pass, but nobody parked stupidly and blocking any roads I'm pleased to report.

Shall have to go that way again another time, but as a southern resident who often drives to Scotland, it's a bit out of the way from my usual routes.

He are some GetCarter grade photos (not) taken from inside a Skoda Potato.




Edited by Skodillac on Monday 10th February 09:26

Chicken Chaser

8,330 posts

235 months

Monday 10th February
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Im up in the NE of England. According to that chart, Jan was way more sunnier than usual. I can only think that it was due to the clear 4 days while I was at work last week! It's as grey cold and wet as you can imagine today. Nasty easterly blowing in too.

Puggit

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48,937 posts

259 months

Monday 10th February
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Greetings from Madrid. Not sure what they call 13 degrees and sunny spells here, but I'll take it

Skodillac

7,100 posts

41 months

Monday 10th February
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Puggit said:
Greetings from Madrid. Not sure what they call 13 degrees and sunny spells here, but I'll take it
Lo suficientemente frío como para congelar las bolas de un mono de bronce.

HTH.

redrabbit29

2,112 posts

144 months

Monday 10th February
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Skodillac said:
Lo suficientemente frío como para congelar las bolas de un mono de bronce.

HTH.
Grassiass

littleredrooster

5,826 posts

207 months

Monday 10th February
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Chicken Chaser said:
Im up in the NE of England. According to that chart, Jan was way more sunnier than usual. I can only think that it was due to the clear 4 days while I was at work last week! It's as grey cold and wet as you can imagine today. Nasty easterly blowing in too.
Same here in N. Yaarkshaa. Cold, wet, miserable, with a bitter easterly wind that looks set to be with us all week. We're hibernating!

geeks

10,099 posts

150 months

Monday 10th February
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Skodillac said:
Puggit said:
Greetings from Madrid. Not sure what they call 13 degrees and sunny spells here, but I'll take it
Lo suficientemente frío como para congelar las bolas de un mono de bronce.

HTH.
Who do you think you are? Poula Fisch?

Skodillac

7,100 posts

41 months

Monday 10th February
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geeks said:
Skodillac said:
Puggit said:
Greetings from Madrid. Not sure what they call 13 degrees and sunny spells here, but I'll take it
Lo suficientemente frío como para congelar las bolas de un mono de bronce.

HTH.
Who do you think you are? Poula Fisch?
Scorchio.

geeks

10,099 posts

150 months

Monday 10th February
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Skodillac said:
geeks said:
Skodillac said:
Puggit said:
Greetings from Madrid. Not sure what they call 13 degrees and sunny spells here, but I'll take it
Lo suficientemente frío como para congelar las bolas de un mono de bronce.

HTH.
Who do you think you are? Poula Fisch?
Scorchio.
hehe