Batten down the hatches - here we go again!

[Lazarus]

But Paul, you've got Lanzarote in your Profile ................. no snow there (I hope!) :-thumbup

 

[satelliteman]

But Paul, you've got Lanzarote in your Profile ................. no snow there (I hope!) :-thumbup

Yep, a manageable 25°C in Canaries.....no snow but rain

 

[Analoguesat]

Just tried to go in convoy - Me to get our Crimble food supplies and SWMBO to go to work - and we got nearly twenty yards before deciding it's impassable.

Past mornings, the Snow Plough/Gritter has been round at about 8 am, but no sign of it so far today.

Beans on toast for your Christmas dinner this year??

 

[Lazarus]

Beans on toast for your Christmas dinner this year??

That was the plan. Sadly we've run out of beans :-googly

Going to try again in a minute - another villager with a 4WD is about to head for the A19, so we're going to follow her...............

I may be gone some time!

 

[Lazarus]

Hi honeys, I'm home!

SWMBO has worn out her bicycle clips.

Sheer hell going, but thawing like crazy right now.

 

[Yorks]

Hope you didn't forget anything :-sugar

 

[hexah]

Hi honeys, I'm home!

SWMBO has worn out her bicycle clips.

Sheer hell going, but thawing like crazy right now.

Sounds like a good excuse to get a big 4x4 and lord it over everyone else.

:-thumbup

Especially if the thaw brings a sea of mud.

 

[Lazarus]

Sounds like a good excuse to get a big 4x4 and lord it over everyone else.

:-thumbup

Especially if the thaw brings a sea of mud.

We are in a state of pecuniary disadvantage (by choice) and happily make do with a frugal lifestyle - but there are times like this when one wishes it were otherwise!

 

[Lazarus]

Hope you didn't forget anything :-sugar

Thankfully not!

Supermarkets are sooooo busy - they had Boy Scouts packing in our local Morrisons ("Local" = 20 miles away). I nearly split one.

 

[hexah]

We are in a state of pecuniary disadvantage (by choice) and happily make do with a frugal lifestyle - but there are times like this when one wishes it were otherwise!

Actually, that is a very good idea.

You could get snow chains, I suppose, at about 1000th of the price of a 4x4 and have the same effect.

And they would last 20 years or more, so that is a saving of about 2000th of the price of a 4x4 over its expected lifespan.

:-pachrist

 

[hexah]

yes indeed --Tivù--

first pic- monday - taken from my garage looking through the yard to the road --
second pic --- "on the road again"-- later the same day after digging my way out ---l.o.l

regards nelson.b

Atmospheric pictures.

I noticed the southern softies can't drive in the snow in flat Basingstoke.

I am used to driving on the snow covered hills round here and the idea of meeting one of them on the road is frightening!

:-reindeer

 

[Lazarus]

Well you'll know if you are following one 'cos they'll have their Rear Fog Lamps on in bright sunshine.

Oh, and a Personalised Registration:

JES 51 E :-pachrist

 

[hexah]

And dents all over the body...

 

[sonnetpete]

You could get snow chains, I suppose, at about 1000th of the price of a 4x4 and have the same effect. :-pachrist

I know that tyre chains are widely available here, though not extensively used in Normandy, judging by the number of locals who end up in a ditch.

However, when I lived in the UK, I thought chains were illegal? But perhaps things have changed!

Pete

 

[antenna1]

A 4x4 is only as good as a 1.1 ford fiesta in the snow unless it has not got stud tyres or snow chains on,

 

[wod]

snowing here near leeds and just had to hang out of bathroom window with a stick to move the snow off my 28e dish

 

[hexah]

I know that tyre chains are widely available here, though not extensively used in Normandy, judging by the number of locals who end up in a ditch.

Perhaps they all came from Basingstoke?

However, when I lived in the UK, I thought chains were illegal? But perhaps things have changed!

Pete

They are legal on snow.

That is amazing because with the amount of council nuttiness these days you would think they are allowed in summer and not in winter...:-googly


If you ever use them, get a pair of cheap work gloves with seude leather palms and fingers, or you could rip big holes in your normal gloves.

:-pachrist

 

[Topper]

We have had another 3 inches this evening, the roads in the area are chaotic, my son and his friends went out for a get together meal and have had to push the car up a hill. ah well the bookies have lost this one I think

 

[2cvbloke]

Did a little video of some of the snow from Tuesday (it's a little thicker now):

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[sonnetpete]

Perhaps they all came from Basingstoke?

:-pachrist

I think their fondness of roadside ditches (fosse in French) derives more from a disregard for limiting speed to suit conditions and the availability of home brewed Calvados brandy. Though, having been stopped twice in a month earlier this year (and passing, "parfait" the officer said!), the gendarmes are quite hot on roadside breath tests. However, I doubt if they'll be quite so keen in this weather!!

Pete