It's snowing here ... (please add area / town / village / postcode etc)

Phil said:
Really?

I only live a few miles from you
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That's what they said on my radio this morning!

I hope not though, as I have to work this weekend!!
 
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scotsy said:
I'm back:king:

Not a day for the faint hearted but made it back to Doncaster at 7pm (left at 6.30am)

A66 had about 1 foot of snow this morning but snow ploughs had a lane clear by the time we got up there

Held up for an hour on A76 north of Dumfries after several vehicles (including a car transporter full of cars) left the road due to black ice, one car went off right in front of us!!!

Decent run back until South of Wetherby services where held up again for another hour after a furniyure wagon parted company with its trailer:rolleyes2:

Left Grantham 5.20am Got back to Grantham at 8.25pm boggle eyed:lol-049:

going bed soon, got to be out again in 7 hours LOL
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Lol, the dreaded A66 - should be called the A666, the road from hell in winter.
2 inches of snow in Shap usually means 2 foot over Stainmore & Bowes Moor.
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Hope yesterday wasn't so bad.
 
Strong gusty winds here all day, together with intermittent rain, hail, sleet and snow. Nasty nasty weather :mad2:

Fairly mild though, 2C, although we're forecast a cold front and more snow over the next few days
 
Well if the weather forecast is correct looks like I'll be a whitevanman for the next few days here in NI too ;)

The tanks and pipes are empty and the van is hooked up to the EHU with the webasto heater set to low warm.

and

just in case I forget about the EHU lol.....

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Viktor said:
Well if the weather forecast is correct looks like I'll be a whitevanman for the next few days here in NI too ;)

The tanks and pipes are empty and the van is hooked up to the EHU with the webasto heater set to low warm.

and

just in case I forget about the EHU lol.....

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Let us know when you get snow, then I'll know to expect it about 6 -8 hours later. Gives me time to move the van up onto the main road before the hill up to the main road gets too slippy.
 
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Just post on here. Although at the moment due to gale force winds, my broadband and landlien are only working sporadically (oh, the joys of living rural with ancient copper phone lines).

Anyone heading North on M6 through Cumbria, we are having gale force gusts of wind (the kind of weather which blows lorries over on Shap Fell) so be careful. Check latest travel news online / on radio.

The vans are parked outside my house and the tranny is rocking and rolling like Elvis on ecstasy.

If it snows as forecast, we'll have blizzard conditions but at the moment it's too mild, 6C, so it's just lashing rain. Even the dog doesn't want to go out!
 
Latest check shows weather forecast has changed in favour of storm warning with snow for North Scotland only. Rain now forecast
for elsewhere....d**n just interrupted this post to answer the front door only to find it was the wind lifting and dropping the letterbox cover lol.
 
We came over the A66 this morning (east to west) and it was proper scarey with the wind gusting like it was, we stayed on to Penrith and then M6 south towards Kendal. The A6 road from Shap was incredible!!! The Crafter van was getting thrown about in the gusts around the fells and water was pouring off them causing rivers across the roads and then we were held up at 2 flooded stretches near Kendal caravans. I drove through the first one with 2 wheels on the (submerged) pavement and the rhs wheels in about 2 foot of water (diesels rule!!!) and then we had to wait an hour at the next one while a stranded car was recovered from the water before those who were willing to chance it (lorries mainly) were allowed to go through. Using my experience of 'wading' from my landrover days and the fact it is a works van i decided to go!!! A slow speed to start a small 'bow wave' and high engine revs to keep the exhaust clear, slipping the clutch keeps you slow and through we went. Did a couple of drops in Kendal then went M6 south and we were back in the gusting side winds again, it was hard to keep the van in one lane but we got back to Doncaster about 3.30pm.

Had to scrape some FLOTSAM out of the radiator grills when we got back though:wacko:

Ian
 
Buxton, Derbys

Snowing hard outside in Buxton now 20.15! The town was gridlocked earlier as the A6 north through Dove Holes was very bad.

From the BBC Travel pages.

A6187 Derbyshire - A6187 Winnats Pass in Castleton closed in both directions between the Hope junction and the Castleton junction, because of snow.

A6024 West Yorkshire - Hazardous driving conditions on A6024 Woodhead Road between the Fieldhead Lane junction in Holme and the A628 Woodhead Road junction in High Peak, because of ice.
 
Been in Kendal this aft and it was sleety rain, got back home to about an inch of snow, but stopped now :sad:

Minus 2C outside, so roads will be tricky & icy tonight, so much rain / snow here these past few days, ground is waterlogged and will be an ice rink tomorrow morning.
 
Not a sniff in the South West, but is cold this eve (4 deg in Taunton).
 
Light snow tonight (Friday) the winds have calmed down now, during the night they reached 103mph. More snow expected on Saturday. Location: Tiumpan Head, Isle of Lewis.
 
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Mid Norfolk sunny and bright but a heavy frost this morning , no snow yet !!!:wave:
 
Lots of thick stuff in Wooler, Northumberland this morning. Woke at 8 to see couple of inches of the white stuff and then it snowed steadily till about 11am. Fields are still white and Cheviot completely covered (but then Cheviot is usually white from November to March so nothing new there). Has been drizzling bit this pm so roads absolutely fine. First time I have got to try out the snow tyres on my 'homemade' Citroen Berlingo camper - got out the driveway at the back of the cottages with no probs. Woo hoo for snow tyres!! :)
 
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