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Winter's arrived in North Wales :)
« on: December 09, 2017, 06:51:35 pm »
Took a peek out at 6:30 am this morning and decided the GS wasn't doing the commute to work today



Then looked at the lane outside the house and decided neither was the car ....... sat in all day, the local council list the lane into the village as a "priority route"

One gritter has just gone passed, that's the first one in two days of heavy snow, and tomorrow's given 8 inches at this altitude (I'm near the Horseshoe Pass)
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Re: Winter's arrived in North Wales :)
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2017, 06:59:48 pm »
Never mind piccies of a bloody bike Steve, we need piccies of a snowman, the bigger the better and preferably flying, hand in hand with a certain Welshman  8)
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Re: Winter's arrived in North Wales :)
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2017, 07:24:48 pm »
Aw that makes me miss my Wales days. Getting snowed in was great! So many hills to sledge/cycle down too :).
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Re: Winter's arrived in North Wales :)
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2017, 07:36:03 pm »
Quote from: Phmode on December 09, 2017, 06:59:48 pm
Never mind piccies of a bloody bike Steve, we need piccies of a snowman, the bigger the better and preferably flying, hand in hand with a certain Welshman  8)

Like most who live in the mountains I have the good sense to stay indoors when it's grim :)

I live in Gwynfryn which is immediately adjacent to Bwlchgwyn which, incorrectly, signposts itself as Wales' highest village



The highest is in South Wales but Bwlchgwyn is the highest in North Wales, as such we get it bad at times :D
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Re: Winter's arrived in North Wales :)
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2017, 10:02:29 pm »
My sympathies! We had 29 flakes here today but it rarely got above freezing.

Nipped to the shops this afternoon and the huge puddles in the nearside verge had been splashed up over the hedges and frozen into enormous and rather gorgeous icicles. If it hadn't been on a really nasty bend I might have done a David Bailey...
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Re: Winter's arrived in North Wales :)
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2017, 08:34:32 am »
I want snow :'( All we have is rain and temp around 5C ::)
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Re: Winter's arrived in North Wales :)
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2017, 09:26:56 am »
OK!

The relatives of the 29 flakes arrived overnight, all 37 quintillion of them. And they are still coming.

Herefordshire now officially snowed in, no passing traffic and looking at Google maps, we are not alone.

The entire motorway network around Birmingham and the midlands is closed. A417/419 closed so weekend visitor now here for the duration. She saw three gritters on that stretch on Friday evening so it is a big dump out there.

If Steve got this on The Horseshoe Pass then he won't be getting out till next April...
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Re: Winter's arrived in North Wales :)
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2017, 09:51:58 am »
quite mild here in leeds just about to cut my grass
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Re: Winter's arrived in North Wales :)
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2017, 10:15:47 am »
About 6" here and still falling, in the nesh south Midlands.
Impressively static temperature for the next 24 hours, according to BBC Weather:




Cat (a Snow Bengal, ironically) says no:


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Re: Winter's arrived in North Wales :)
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2017, 10:17:49 am »
Quote from: lanerider on December 10, 2017, 09:51:58 am
quite mild here in leeds just about to cut my grass

I'm sure you are banned...anyway, I'm extending it be another lifetime  8)
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Re: Winter's arrived in North Wales :)
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2017, 10:19:58 am »
We are still eagerly awaiting our snow  :( ;)
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Re: Winter's arrived in North Wales :)
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2017, 10:59:38 am »
I'll pop over in the quattro and deliver some; I have heaps of the stuff here. Just let me know how much you'd like

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Re: Winter's arrived in North Wales :)
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2017, 11:12:13 am »
Two tea spoons please  ;D
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Re: Winter's arrived in North Wales :)
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2017, 11:14:24 am »
update .... suns coming out better put some cream on ....... anyway im banned bet its not snowing where Costas is
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Re: Winter's arrived in North Wales :)
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2017, 12:06:28 pm »
16 degrees and partly cloudy so not exactly typical Greek weather  8)
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