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I recall that day, cant beleive how fast it settled, gridlock in Beds and Northants that day, took me 4 hours to get home 12 miles away.
We were talking about this morning, does anyone remember huge snowdrifts when you were kids? going to school when the central heating was broke? these days, one snowdrop and the schools panic and close for the day.
We were talking about this morning, does anyone remember huge snowdrifts when you were kids? going to school when the central heating was broke? these days, one snowdrop and the schools panic and close for the day.
mxdi said:
I recall that day, cant beleive how fast it settled, gridlock in Beds and Northants that day, took me 4 hours to get home 12 miles away.
We were talking about this morning, does anyone remember huge snowdrifts when you were kids? going to school when the central heating was broke? these days, one snowdrop and the schools panic and close for the day.
We were talking about this morning, does anyone remember huge snowdrifts when you were kids? going to school when the central heating was broke? these days, one snowdrop and the schools panic and close for the day.
Yes I remember!! I used to have to walk to school in all types of weather. We weren't allowed to weather trousers to school either, so if it was cold, it was cold
mxdi said:
I recall that day, cant beleive how fast it settled, gridlock in Beds and Northants that day, took me 4 hours to get home 12 miles away.
Yes, I remember that day. I had an appointment at KGH. It had started snowing about 10 minutes before I left the farm and the country roads were quiet, but very slippery. No worries I thought, the traffic should keep the roads clear by the time I get to Kettering. WRONG. Total gridlock. 5 miles into Kettering in 20 minutes. One mile *through* Kettering, 45 minutes. Just one question - how do gritting lorry drivers get to work?
Mrs Trackside said:
mxdi said:
I recall that day, cant beleive how fast it settled, gridlock in Beds and Northants that day, took me 4 hours to get home 12 miles away.
We were talking about this morning, does anyone remember huge snowdrifts when you were kids? going to school when the central heating was broke? these days, one snowdrop and the schools panic and close for the day.
We were talking about this morning, does anyone remember huge snowdrifts when you were kids? going to school when the central heating was broke? these days, one snowdrop and the schools panic and close for the day.
Yes I remember!! I used to have to walk to school in all types of weather. We weren't allowed to weather trousers to school either, so if it was cold, it was cold
Me too, It took me 2 hours to get from Olney to Desborough!
wouldn't have even known it had snowedThe British attitude to snow cracks me up. As soon as we get a light dusting the media have headlines on TV and in the press along the lines of "The big Freeze" "Arctic Britain" etc etc. Panic buying tins of soup, Don't forget to pack your boot with a flask of hot drink, a tent, flares, a survival suit, Artic spec sleeping bag, ice axes, crampons, rope.
Schools close on health and safety grounds in case somebody catches a cold and sues the local authority, trains stop, roads grind to a halt and the power network collapses under the strain because I just put my thermostat up by 1 degree. If you get stuck in your car in the snow simply wait 10 mins for the "big thaw"
Then I go to France, who regularly see dumps of 1 foot a night and everything runs tickety boo.
Still we have the summer to look forward to.......... "heat wave britain" droughts, schools closing in case someone breaks a sweat.
Schools close on health and safety grounds in case somebody catches a cold and sues the local authority, trains stop, roads grind to a halt and the power network collapses under the strain because I just put my thermostat up by 1 degree. If you get stuck in your car in the snow simply wait 10 mins for the "big thaw"
Then I go to France, who regularly see dumps of 1 foot a night and everything runs tickety boo.
Still we have the summer to look forward to.......... "heat wave britain" droughts, schools closing in case someone breaks a sweat.
your not wrong, i think its funny in a stupid nanny state kinda way.
jamesuk28 said:
The British attitude to snow cracks me up. As soon as we get a light dusting the media have headlines on TV and in the press along the lines of "The big Freeze" "Arctic Britain" etc etc. Panic buying tins of soup, Don't forget to pack your boot with a flask of hot drink, a tent, flares, a survival suit, Artic spec sleeping bag, ice axes, crampons, rope.
Schools close on health and safety grounds in case somebody catches a cold and sues the local authority, trains stop, roads grind to a halt and the power network collapses under the strain because I just put my thermostat up by 1 degree. If you get stuck in your car in the snow simply wait 10 mins for the "big thaw"
Then I go to France, who regularly see dumps of 1 foot a night and everything runs tickety boo.
Still we have the summer to look forward to.......... "heat wave britain" droughts, schools closing in case someone breaks a sweat.
indeed, I was in Finland in November, just as they started to get the bad snow, they just carry on like nothings changed, don't drive any different. We get a centimeter of snow and the whole country grinds to a halt, no one knows how to drive in snow anymore Schools close on health and safety grounds in case somebody catches a cold and sues the local authority, trains stop, roads grind to a halt and the power network collapses under the strain because I just put my thermostat up by 1 degree. If you get stuck in your car in the snow simply wait 10 mins for the "big thaw"
Then I go to France, who regularly see dumps of 1 foot a night and everything runs tickety boo.
Still we have the summer to look forward to.......... "heat wave britain" droughts, schools closing in case someone breaks a sweat.
Well at least we will have something to tell our grandchildren, and chat to our own generation to in the pub when we are 80. A common bond a bit like going through world war II together.
" Do you remeber the big freeze of 2007? temperatures got down to 0 degrees at night! and in the day only reached 4 degrees. Patches of snow, the size of an average blanket, lay on the ground for minutes sometimes even an hour. Oh those were the days, thank god for the miracle of Global warming."
" Do you remeber the big freeze of 2007? temperatures got down to 0 degrees at night! and in the day only reached 4 degrees. Patches of snow, the size of an average blanket, lay on the ground for minutes sometimes even an hour. Oh those were the days, thank god for the miracle of Global warming."
Network rail cancel trains because and I quote "Network Rail defended its performance in the face of what it called "extreme" weather". Extreme? 1cm of snow? in January! if this was August it would be indeed extreme. Don't tell me in Autumn its extreme for leaves to fall of f*cking trees and a few to land on the rails. What a bunch of tw*ts sack the lot and bring in the guys that run the TGV'S in France. No wonder this country is going tits up. If you dont expect a light dusting of snow in winter what do you expect FFS.
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