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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 2, 2018 13:29:27 GMT
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Post by legios on Mar 2, 2018 15:32:49 GMT
Looking like our holiday is being extended here. A shame about the lack of running water! Ah! I'm at home with running water, but no heating - and due to it being a condensing boiler - no _hot_ water. Currently wrapped up in my new (second-hand) fleecy top. Was going to go down to the GP surgery today and register to get my repeat perscription online (seeing as they have announced they are no longer doing repeat requests over the phone). But given that there was no bus service at all to my road, and the Campus to town bus service only "sort of" started running at noon - and it promptly started to snow again forty-five minutes later... Yeah. staying put today instead. Karl |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Mar 2, 2018 16:21:00 GMT
We just tried to go out for a walk. We couldn't get out the front gate of the farm we are on the drifts are so high. Farm owners say they barely got out onto roads earlier in a tractor. Guessing it'll be Sunday before we even try to leave. Maybe Monday.
Worse places to be trapped though. We have food and heat and nice hosts. And books to read.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 2, 2018 18:11:24 GMT
Most community services have been shut this week, including certain emergency and high needs services which has made my working days extremely stressful and my back has completely tensed up.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 3, 2018 17:42:00 GMT
The snowpocalypse has also destroyed the Open University website. It's been offline for four days now! Blamed on the weather, apparently. Luckily I got this week's assignment done last week as there was no website in operation on the due date!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Mar 4, 2018 8:11:30 GMT
If the website was unavailable you'd have been allowed to submit after the due date. The person who needs to physically reset the server it is running off prob can't get in.
The road outside the farm we are on was ploughed and gritted late yesterday and not much more snow fell overnight. We are going to take a run at getting onto the A road a few miles away and then onto a motorway home...
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 8, 2018 19:33:08 GMT
Just back from a 6-day holiday - 2 nights visiting my sister's family in Liverpool, 2 nights in Chester (where I got to handle a golden eagle and a python at the excellent Chester Cathedral falconry) and 2 nights in Shrewsbury before returning to Cardiff today.
Getting to Liverpool last Friday was a challenge. I was determined to go, so although there were no buses or taxis running I set out in the snow in my wellies to see how far I'd get. Walked to the station in under an hour, through deserted streets in what is normally rush hour. Almost all the trains were cancelled, but there was one running to London, so I followed the advice I was given and travelled on that to Reading, then from there to Birmingham and then on to Liverpool, and arrived before 3pm. Not bad considering all my work colleagues were having the day off because it was too hard to get in to the office.
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 17, 2018 9:39:41 GMT
I have a little boy who is very excited to be seeing snow in London for the first time.
I have a wife who considers this apropriate weather to drive to Swindon in.....
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 18, 2018 7:56:26 GMT
Aiming to get to London by train today. Wish me luck!
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 18, 2018 10:55:12 GMT
Down here on the coast this snow is only getting C+ for effort. Not going to keep me off school tomorrow at this rate.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 31, 2018 20:53:59 GMT
Easter forecast here is for light snow overnight. Mad.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Mar 31, 2018 21:24:49 GMT
There is snow on one of the hills we can see from home down here. But none of the other half dozen or so to either side of it.
According to TV news there is a big band of snow heading up across the UK either tomorrow or Monday. Internet weather has Yellow snow warnings up but no actual snow in their hourly forecasts.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 31, 2018 21:40:01 GMT
That was your 9k post.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Mar 31, 2018 22:06:26 GMT
Snow way!!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 2, 2018 19:59:59 GMT
Sleet, hail and snow in the Kingdom of Funfermalino.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 2, 2018 20:21:26 GMT
THE BEAST FROM THE EAST III: THE SEARCH FOR SNOAK.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Apr 3, 2018 17:37:44 GMT
We've had everything but snow here today. It's been crazy.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 3, 2018 17:55:00 GMT
Rain and sleet the order of business today.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 4, 2018 16:38:54 GMT
Proper snowpocalypse in the Burger all day today.
Ralph has had wet and cold feet all day.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 4, 2018 21:32:39 GMT
Yeah, I had a 3 mile run in the snow after work. Not pleasant.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 27, 2018 6:58:38 GMT
A somewhat disturbed night thanks to the massive electrical storm www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44269304Never heard anything like it. There was thunder and lightening in 87 but never anything like this! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 27, 2018 6:59:54 GMT
Note: Liz camping near Norwich this weekend for a church event.
If God had meant us to go camping he wouldn't make it rain everytime we did!
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Post by The Doctor on May 28, 2018 12:30:24 GMT
Why has Nick flooded Birmingam?!
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on May 28, 2018 18:12:29 GMT
Thunder and lightning and torrential things here yesterday. Melting in a mini-heatwave now.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 28, 2018 18:56:35 GMT
Been warm here all day. About 15 min ago I could here thunder in the distance, and then the sound of rain getting nearer and nearer .... Just made it inside before it tipped it down.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 28, 2018 20:19:28 GMT
Why has Nick flooded Birmingam?! -Ralph He did cycle yesterday... |
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Post by legios on May 28, 2018 21:10:26 GMT
A somewhat disturbed night thanks to the massive electrical storm www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44269304Never heard anything like it. There was thunder and lightening in 87 but never anything like this! We had that too. Constant rolling thunder from about 18:30 for about 2-3 hours, and sheet lightning at less than a minute intervals. It was quite something. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 21, 2018 18:27:44 GMT
It is ASTONISHINGLY cold in Leeds!!! No one seems to notice!!! Does it have its own weather system???
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Sept 21, 2018 20:50:27 GMT
Temperature here has been dropping all day. I'm still shirtsleeves inside, but am thick fleece outside. The howling wind has finally dropped though, which is distinctly an improvement
Karl
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 21, 2018 21:19:33 GMT
So much rain here this week our fence panels are falling apart in the huge winds of the last couple of days. Some emergency fence panel repairs this afternoon. Thankfully I had some nails long enough to do the job. Can't rate the quality of the surviving wood.
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