Spurious Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Loving the silence that a good snowfall brings. Nothing stirring. Sitting watching the flurries from the office window before I head for bed. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Very white outside here, too. Snow's still falling, and has been since lunchtime - will see how things are in the morning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Started snowing here (South Staffs) last night, then as the morning progressed we got about 3-4 inches up until midday. Rain since then on and off has got rid of much of it, and the roads aren't bad - I was fully expecting to have to drive my sister to and from work as she's neurotic about driving at the best of times, but she managed it alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 snow is coming down well here too - and guess which tit just sold his only car with winter tyres on ? i was highly impressed by them on the way home from work late last night, i took a detour round the un-gritted back roads and the little bini performed brilliantly - even braking hard wasn’t a problem, not a hint of locking up or the abs cutting in and it handled corners like the snow didn’t exist i’ll be seeking out a set for the slk if they all of a sudden haven’t shut up in price ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustybullethole Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 This was the scene that I awoke to weds morning Road had cleared a bit by the time I left Back roads a bit compacted and dodgy though ok if no braking, acceleration or movements of any kind were applied with any vigor. Was chuffing cold though so stopped for a coffee and sausage roll. Made it to work no drama and hung up my kit to dry. Discovered the apprentice had assembled the taps sans rubber washer which of course now lost so just nipped down the plumbing shop in my joggers and trainers which was horrible. Should of taped the seat up when it was dry! Dave_Q and Barry Cade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Lacquer Peel, chaseracer, Datsuncog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteersWithThrottle Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Yep, staying home today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Ermehgerd, sner. In the next valley over from @Spurious here. Normally we don't get any unless it's bad as we are very near the bottom of the valley. Actually drove to Huddersfield last night to go swimming, at that point there was 0.5" of slush on our road and the main roads were mostly clear except for people being completely unable to drive up or down hills and just stopping in random places with their hazard lights on? The van has AT tyres on which must help, the car behind is 4WD but on rubbish summer tyres and currently going nowhere due to a blocked oil pickup. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Tried to get to work this morning, my van can handle the snow but predictably the dozens of other people who went before me in cars and lorries got stuck and blocked the roads. I've sacked it off as a bad job. Dog is not happy This is the main baslow/chesterfield road: bakewell is looking nice: There's a tree down blocking the a6 though Tickman, Matty, Rust Collector and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 19 minutes ago, cobblers said: Tried to get to work this morning, my van can handle the snow but predictably the dozens of other people who went before me in cars and lorries got stuck and blocked the roads. I've sacked it off as a bad job. Pretty much my case. Went out as far as Marsden, road was shut beyond. That and the other cross pennine routes are shut and the M62 is doing it's best impression of a cold car park right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Spurious said: Pretty much my case. Went out as far as Marsden, road was shut beyond. That and the other cross pennine routes are shut and the M62 is doing it's best impression of a cold car park right now. Spoke to the neighbours who was walking the dog, apparently they had a friend who left MEN Arena in Manchester last night and they only got to Leeds at 0730. I'm glad I left early yesterday from work, the Renault is on summer Nexens which are getting a bit sketch in the weather now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Yeah, I'm not trying to drive anywhere today. Gonna go sledging though. This was yesterday afternoon, will be loads more today. The field we normally slege in has been sold recently. The new owner came up telling us to leave as we were 'worrying his sheep' (there were no sheep). I started arguing with him and was making a few good well thought out points, as to why he should fuck off and leave us to it, when I suddenly slipped and fell about 6ft down the hill. Smooooth. CreepingJesus, Dave_Q, Three Speed and 9 others 3 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wgl2019 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Never seen snow or a traffic jam....... Life is full of excitement and wonder 😳 Rust Collector, CreepingJesus, PicantoJon and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schaefft Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 OMG KAOS! Or just another winter day pretty much anywhere else. Matty, Rust Collector and DVee8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosey Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, Wgl2019 said: Never seen snow or a traffic jam....... Life is full of excitement and wonder 😳 “Police issued a statement telling everyone to just chill the fuck out” if only chaseracer, Matty and CreepingJesus 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicantoJon Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 'i aint goin out in dat' - Cat, 2023 sno kaos. warch, CreepingJesus, AnnoyingPentium and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Thank god I have a 4x4. Three Speed, Matty, Popsicle and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Took the kids up the woods sledging yesterday, we were the only people up there. It was properly slippery up there, made me appreciate just how fantastic these are off road, I'd have struggled to walk up some of the steeper bits. Datsuncog, stephen01, JJ0063 and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Little Mountain goat. No bloody worries Lacquer Peel, AnnoyingPentium, adw1977 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 About to go and pull the ABS fuse before I go out into the path of the bus again thanks* to anti-lock brakes. Matty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 1 hour ago, cobblers said: Tried to get to work this morning, my van can handle the snow but predictably the dozens of other people who went before me in cars and lorries got stuck and blocked the roads. I've sacked it off as a bad job. Dog is not happy This is the main baslow/chesterfield road: bakewell is looking nice: There's a tree down blocking the a6 though Our greyhound used to give me that look in bad weather "really? In this?" Learn to use the bloody toilet then and save us both the bother 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen01 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 24 minutes ago, warch said: How do you nominate a pic for the calendar? chodweaver, Datsuncog, Matty and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 It’s happening AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wgl2019 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, JJ0063 said: It’s happening Praying for you 🙏 95 quid Peugeot, AnnoyingPentium, Matty and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 It's still snowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 While I’m currently packing our bags to leave skegvegas and head back to north Staffordshire, our West Midlands response folk have headed out over night to get help West Midlands police and search and rescue retrieve people from stranded cars on the leek to Buxton road and the cat and fiddle road. The desperate phone call I got at 1am was left with “sorry I’m 4 hours away, you’ll have to manage without me this time” but they’ve had it bad up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Yea Oldham and Holme Valley MRT have been busy too up here. Predictably it was a knob in an Audi probably thinking "quattro yo" and ran out of talent. PicantoJon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 bloody trackday has been cancelled not that i had anything suitable to take anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 8 minutes ago, Spurious said: Yea Oldham and Holme Valley MRT have been busy too up here. Predictably it was a knob in an Audi probably thinking "quattro yo" and ran out of talent. You joke but a friend of mine who lives near Huddersfield is a tree surgeon, had to leave his company Isuzu D Max as it wouldn’t get out of his road, took his Mk7 Golf GTI instead… warch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Fairly white round our way. Swept about four inches of snow off the Corolla The only car in the car park... clearly everyone else just decided to sack it off for the day. Hey ho. AnnoyingPentium and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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