Pretty grim in Salop. Just rescued the traumatised g pigs from bottom of field like the tundra down there. Rayburn going full pelt like keeping a steam engine going.

 North Brum has a couple of inches but it's oddly drifty. The roads are bad though. Not if you're able to drive in snow, but mainly because people keep bottling and stopping then not being able to move or try and floor it and spin out. There's also two local colloquial genitals on quad bikes enjoying the snowy roads to the detriment of others.

We've made the decision to close Pendraken HQ for a day tomorrow and work from home.  The roads aren't too bad but we weren't due to be there anyway with the cancelled show so there's no staff due in, and the Post Office have advised that there's no collections being made, so we can't post anything out either.  I'll get caught up on some admin work and might even have some new releases for everyone.

I think that's wise!

We've been absolutely swamped at work till midday today when the accounts side of the construction industry seemingly did the same. I'm hoping for a quiet day tomorrow too and I might get some painting done

Roads now impassable in and around Bristol with advice to stay indoors unless travel absolutely necessary. First thing tomorrow clear the paths for us and our elderly neighbours, feed the birds, the prepare for sledging heaven

Sounds like you need some warmth. Below is a screen shot from 2 weeks ago, not as unrelenting as kitty's temps but bad enough for me. Temp in C not F.

Quote from: Leon on 01 March 2018, 09:30:36 PM
We've made the decision to close Pendraken HQ for a day tomorrow and work from home.  The roads aren't too bad but we weren't due to be there anyway with the cancelled show so there's no staff due in, and the Post Office have advised that there's no collections being made, so we can't post anything out either.  I'll get caught up on some admin work and might even have some new releases for everyone.

Take the time to play in the snow with M'lady and the kids then snuggle up in the warm and watch a film. The kids will be grown up before you know it and the work will wait I a sure

I've failed all day long to clear a path through the snow to the wargames hut.

Reached it once late morning but substantial falls of snow obliterated the path.

Cleared the front garden path several times, dug out the car twice, tried to reach the wargames hut again but gave up at the steps up halfway there. It was getting dark by that time too.

Summer is offically over here, so we're down to ~25 degrees C. It is a bit cloudy today, and we've had a couple of ex-cyclones come through recently, so not all sunshine and speedos

Quote from: Orcs on 01 March 2018, 10:41:29 PM
Take the time to play in the snow with M'lady and the kids then snuggle up in the warm and watch a film. The kids will be grown up before you know it and the work will wait I a sure

Might do!  Thankfully the kids only manage about 10 minutes in the snow before they get cold and ask to go back indoors!  We'll have a walk down to the park I think, I got a drone for Xmas so it would be good to get some snow footage before it goes.

Hullo,
It's been a bit chilly up here in Helsinki, -14 C this morning, -20 on some days this week. But sunny and clear skies, so perfect weather for outdoor activities. Some of the tourists have been freaked out by locals having a dip at the outdoor lido in the city center. Only problem is the ice on the pavements. Every spring we have labour disputes and lot of the janitors and maintenance people aren't doing overtime at the moment, so they don't have the time to clear the roads or put enough grit on the pavement.
Cheers,
Aksu

We did get away with it !

I would 'guesstimate' about 12 to 25mm (1/2 to 1 inch) of snow.....(if it had come straight down)....... but the wind has moved a lot of it about, so there are quite big bare patches, here and there, and a few 'drifts' of perhaps, 3 or 4 inches.

I'll take a walk up the road a bit later, and see if there are any impassable 'bits'.
It depends on how much snow has been blown off the fields and through gates.

Haven't heard or seen a single vehicle, so far this morning, so it'll be up to the first tractors of the day to make a channel or two. 

Still really damn cold.....But it sounds like it'll be getting warmer over the next few days. (PLEASE !!!)
The outside water can't unfreeze quickly enough, as far as I'm concerned.   

Cheers - Phil

Not a lot going on here in Buckinghamshire since Orcs gave his report. No more snow to speak of overnight, but cold and very windy. Blowing the snow all over the garden so there is a big bare patch in the middle, but what looks like a 6 inch drift up against the door of the G&T (wargames room).

I'll get the snow shovel out later a dig a path, shouldn't take long.

Quote from: Techno on 02 March 2018, 07:25:08 AM
I would 'guesstimate' about 12 to 25mm (1/2 to 1 inch) of snow.....(if it had come straight down)....... but the wind has moved a lot of it about, so there are quite big bare patches, here and there, and a few 'drifts' of perhaps, 3 or 4 inches.

Sounds like my hair in the wind. 

 

Quote from: jimduncanuk on 01 March 2018, 11:42:06 PM
I've failed all day long to clear a path through the snow to the wargames hut.

Reached it once late morning but substantial falls of snow obliterated the path.

Cleared the front garden path several times, dug out the car twice, tried to reach the wargames hut again but gave up at the steps up halfway there. It was getting dark by that time too.

If I had a war-games hut, I could have built a tunnel, igloo style. 

Planning a foot patrol today. If the reconnaissance suggests it might be possible to get through to town, I might try the car. Otherwise the plan is to trek to the town to see what the supply situation is there.

Mrs W. has done nothing but stare through the window since the snow started. Might have to let her back in soon.