Just started (about mid day) in Stroud. Beautiful heavy silent snow that mesmerises as it falls. Covering the ground.

Hehe - still a child at heart.

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Its white over up here, it fell for an hour, that's all so far. Sky is very grey though, should be more to come.

My wife is preying for a good ten inches (stop it ), she works in a school for special needs children, they always close after heavy snow.

NWR - My wife is preying for a good ten inches (stop it ), she works in a school for special needs children, they always close after heavy snow.
Nooky - Looks like you're in for a long treat - ha ha, the kids will be at home as well.

As for the cold white stuff - don't !

Sorry to p*ss on your fire

I don't want it, we had over 6 inches from 21st December, still have a tiny bit left in the shadow at the side of the patio.

Stroud weather

We are due heavy stuff overnight and just after work - No, sorry folks. For me, all it means is heavier gas bills, there is no grit here (not bothered, as it keeps the idiots out) we are a back water cul de sac. My place is very drafty, solid walls, wood casement sash windows. Excellent for a wine store, useless for comfort.

Here, it is forecast to snow heavily and then light, heavy and again light, this will be continuously from 18:00 today until Thursday night - Damn and blast.

100's of schools closed, gas record demand yesterday. The snow is wet in England

Go Away Snow. Go Away, please.

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It tried here at lunchtime but only for a couple of mins. Second attempt turned into 10 mins rain. So far so good.

Its coming down quite heavy here now, has been for around two hours.

Ba - U R a lucky chap
A good 4 inches all over here - 6 inches into the corners already. I just cleared a load away from the office door, a huge wedge behind it, as I make my way to the back porch, fortunately, just a few feet across a white fluffy and blanketted patio.

Sorry folks, stuff in this quantity just gets in the way. If it's going to be a foot thick, I'll wheel the stuff out of the front paths with a builders wheel barrow. It's probably going to be here a long time, temp indicators for the next week of nights and days are below zero all of the time.

GK - Can you find your parsnips now ? My veg garden is a white out - globe archichoke plants are wrecked - real hard frosts for the Thames basin ? I'm glad I did not cut down the old canes and clean, the foliage and old ones will provide some ground warmth & protection

Bought down a load of logs from the top of the garden, whilst still light enough. Decided - I will buy a new petrol chain saw.

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Just, but the ground has been frozen for some time now, would rather not dig the soil at this stage. The pigeons and pheasants have had the last of my sprouts, I dont mind though. I tried to shoot the pheasant over the xmas break, I put four .22 's over his head from 35 yeards, he just stood there wondering where the noise was coming from. I decided he had earned the right to keep his freedom after that, and the right to snack on my sprouts.

Good 6 inches all over now - more in the corners. Will have trouble if it continues at this rate - one forecaster said 40 centimeters possible round here. Yep, that is 1.33 feet, over the top of most wellies.

Have moved shovel to the back door

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Good griiiief...decimal FEET...whatever next. 3pi² chains perhaps

We have no snow and haven't had since before Christmas and even then it was gone in a day. Go ten or so miles in land and they're under siege but here on the coast it hardly ever snows.

We've only had one severe frost. Birdbath freezes over each night but by about 11.00am it's defrosted.

Friend in Maidenhead left at 7pm tonight to go to Gatwick for an 11am flight to Vegas. The snow forecast for tonight was so bad he thought he had better leave early and stay in a hotel overnight.

I hope he hasn't got stuck in it.

~edit~ Just heard that Gatwick is closed

Oh what a beautiful morning. Cue Howard Keel. Wish everyone would stay in bed, so it doesn't get ruined.

A car is tentatively broaching the (downward) hill at the end of our road and appears to have made it. No crash noise at the bottom.

I know you're all sick of the white stuff (MSB?) but for me it's new and exciting.

Mind you, was looking forward to having the house to myself today.

Made an embarrassingly basic discovery last night. Put rolled up towels at the foot of the front and back doors and the house temperature has doubled.

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Wow, its really coming down now. Mrs GK and little one have day off, schools closed.

Whhhheeeeeee!!!! Arose to 6 cm all over, magical. Proper snowball quality as well. Haven't seen proper snow for yonks. Used to walk to school in much worse than this.

Yes, 300+ schools in Glos closed and they're talking about it being the worst snow in decades, but we used to actually get properly snowed in, fairly regularly. Maybe I was shorter.

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Right, a few years back when Gas and heat started going thru the roof, we made sausages for the doors.

Get old brocade or old velvet curtains from Jumble sale or ebay. Sew long 4ft tubes, about 5" wide, then stuff with Capoc, sew up the end. Then roll against the front and back doors. They look attractive if you are into old brocade and arts and crafts.

Pre- 1st WW picture rail fittings required here. Still looking for an antique over door brass curtain rail, the hinged & swinging type would be wonderfull. Then find more old velvet or brocade and make beautiful door curtain.

Climate change - not particularly down to Co2, but change it most certainly has since I was a boy. I have done a large amount of sailing from the Lizard to Dover - the wetter Souwesterly Atlantic pump (oscillator), if it continues, brings much more snow and heavy flooding .

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