Snow Snow Glorious Snow!

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Snow Snow Glorious Snow!

Drew · Jan 6, 2010

Boxing day night....started off at 9pm in Glasgow....snow showers....heading for Livingston...rain enroute...got there 10:20pm...not to bad. Left for Crieff...in rain.

Got to M90...blizzard....3 hours and 18minutes later i fell collapsed into my bed...it usually takes 65mins from Livingston to Crieff.

Not a single road was clear...the M90 had 6inches of snow on it...not a plough in site.

I got to within 7 miles of home when facing a bridge / sharp turn / sharp incline i decided not to risk it...instead went to auchterarder and tried back roads....1 hour later made it to Crieff.

I was on my own and the feeling of being out in that weather on my own in pitch darkness was an experience.

Bl00dy Snow !

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Sounds rough...

Glad to see you embraced thechallenge though.

I love it

Count Zero · Tennis legend

not been too badly effected in London, the snow hasn't really settled yet, so no time off work :( its only my 1st week back but wouldn't mind a snow day!

Miriambee · Futures level

In Birmingham it's so white looking, haven't seen it like this for years. Not at a complete standstill but most schools and colleges are closed. I've justified staying at home by saying I would only be reading internet articles in preparation for next weeks clinics and I can do that at home. It takes me 30 minutes to walk to work under normal conditions and I don't feel I can justify taking the car out.

wolf · Tennis legend

Went sledging this morning WOOP.

The Midlands is pretty much snowed under!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I would maybe have enjoyed it when I was younger. . .

As it is, we have been marooned in the house all this year. Never been past the end of the drive since we waved our daughter goodbye last Saturday; I have a bad back and arthritis so don't walk too well at the best of times, I daren't try to walk in all this snow. To add to the problems my husband has hurt his back and can't drive, while I haven't driven for 18 months and don't fancy trying in this weather; so even if we could get the car off the drive nobody can drive it. No, we don't live in the depths of the country, we live in the boundary of Newcastle upon Tyne (admittedly right on the edge).

Thank God for Tesco.com or we might have starved. . .

Miriambee · Futures level

That sounds rough Madeline, I hope 2010 sees your medical problems improving. It certainly isn't worth going out in this weather and risking falling! Neither have we (in Birmingham) had continuous snow since Christmas, though I know some parts of the country have. The opposite extreme is that some of us enjoy an enforced day at home as the alternative is full time working! So those of us with the privilege of good health and good jobs don't always appreciate how lucky we are.

and yes - the internet is a life saver isn't it? Did you see my post earlier, if you can get Cable, the Doha tennis is on Eurosport 1 or 2 all this week live? that's the first time I've seen ATP tennis via Cable.

Sheddie · administrator

We had snow like this when in was in uni halls last year, we brought in buckets and buckets of it and had an almighty indoor snow fight - floors were wet for weeks afterwards.

Then all the really bossy girls on our corridor who we didn't like got picked up, taken outside and thrown in the snow

Vandenburg · Futures level

SNOW! YOU GUYS DONT NO THE MEANING OF SNOW! you here old grannies on the street goin oh we have a foot and 2 inches, i remeber in the good old fatherland of norway when anything under 4ft in january was seen rare!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

The thing is, Vandenburg, places like Norway get snow every winter and are prepared for it. I can't remember snow like this in this area since 1963.

Earlier, I said "Thank God for tesco.com".

Now it is "Curse tesco.com"!

I put in an order on Monday, to be delivered today. This morning I got a phone call telling me they were not delivering because of the weather and they had cancelled my order. Well, thanks.

We live one mile from the shop. The main road, maybe 500 metres away, is fine. The side roads to it are snowy but driveable. But our car was on the drive in a metre-high drift. . .

So a 68 year old woman with a bad back, arthritis and numerous other health problems and a 78 year old man with a bad back and heart disease had to spend over 2 hours clearing the car itself and the way onto the road, or starve.

I could understand it if we lived in the wilds of the country, but our own drive was the only problem. What is the point of a delivery service if they won't even attempt to deliver when people really need it?

indiana · Tennis legend

Probably some health and safety reason that the Tesco folk might slip on the white stuff while DOING THEIR JOB.

Health and safety gone mad and political correctness gone mad, two areas where very necessary sensible control and regulation often to my mind goes too far and very often fails to adapt to circumstance and often makes me mad

I hope you told tesco.com clearly what you thought of this, Madeline, but in a measured way which maybe made them have some consideration of the possible consequences of them not providing this service, of not doing their bit.

indiana · Tennis legend

One thing the weather looked as if it might provide was a holding of the Grand Match, a big outdoor curling match between the north and south of Scotland, held very infrequently because of the ice conditions required. This time all seemed fine ice wise, everything was being prepared, but :

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Grand-Match-curling-competition-cancelled.5968026.jp

Yes, health and safety concerns

Oh, and the Edinburgh binmen have decided it's too dangerous now for them to work, though it's not got any worse in the last few days. They site health and safety concerns

As someone on the radio said it's lucky we're not hosting the Winter Olympics, they'ed be cancelled because of all the snow and ice !!

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 8th of January 2010 10:35:44 PM

Silver · County player

I lost four days of supply work last week because of the snow. I have a full week scheduled this week and thankfully the snow is staying away but BLOODY SNOW.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Just thought I'd reignite this thread given the ridiculous amounts of snow that have now fallen in the northeast of England. I live just north of Newcastle and I've just measured the snow at just over a foot, compared to last year it seems alot more. Its been snowing on and off since last Wednesday and has affected my viewing of the Ashes with our satellite dish being regularly covered with snow and hence no signal. Yesterday even the milkman decided to deliver the milk during the day.
We have been in a period of global warming but now are we entering a period of global cooling, this is still only November. I can't remember more snow than this ever.

Oh and we had thunder and lightning during the night, how bizarre.

-- Edited by philwrig on Monday 29th of November 2010 01:48:22 PM