Is it snowing yet?

[PotGuy]

Not had much snow here in Staffs.

Damnit. Been living in Herts for 18 years, I come up North to uni and we finally get lots of snow down south

 

[historian]

It`s now ten to five and the snow has returned,and it`s quite heavy.
historian

 

[floppybootstomp]

snowpix

As promised, some pix.

these were taken about 10.30am today, the snow is now deeper, I have drifts of around 14"/36cm right now.

 

[guest_9323wk]

Great pics Flops,

 

[Rush]

Pot Guy in staffs...lol up north is ace...played golf at Keele yesterday and hit a 7 iron into the road on the par 3 if i knew you were in residence at the uni i would have used a 3 iron ....

Welcome to the real world m8

 

[crazylegs]

Nice pics Flopp's..Incidentally thats a hell of a balcony you got yourself there, How many acres is it..

 

[Abarbarian]

Roughest council estate in Kendal.

Well it was open and I needed a pit stop.

Peasants outside the castle foraging for fuel.

All these were taken from the Market Square at the same time. I was trying to get the castle to look good but the benches I was stood on to get some height were not high enough and in slightly the wrong place. If I could have used a tripod they would have been a bit sharper.

This was on Auto with the flash firing.

ISO 100 flash fired.

Auto no flash

Auto no flash.

Last one has bad camera shake and I had to dump a few otheres cos of shake. Still it is nice to see what different pics you can get with different settings.

Flopp's balcony is bigger than my garden.

 

[itsme]

Hello Dad

Just started to have a blizzard.

Cool man..

Here I am!

I love this snow Dad......

 

[Taffycat]

I love the pix, Flopps, Abarbarian and Itsme.

CL is right, that does look like a very sizeable balcony Flopps, nice and spaceous.

AB that is such a pretty cobbled street, it has a very olde worlde appearance.

Aww and Jet is looking really good now Itsme, she looks as if she is enjoying that snow

 

[itsme]

Aww and Jet is looking really good now Itsme, she looks as if she is enjoying that snow

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Yes she loves the snow running around like a wild-cat

 

[itsme]

I could see my Pajero earlier but baby look at me now

 

[Taffycat]

It's now snowing hard again, but I took these just before breakfast this morning.

This is looking up the driveway

Some of our trees which run down the side of the garden.

 

[Ian]

Wow, it's nothing like that here today - clear skys, bright sunshine and no snow/rain in sight That's quite a bit of snow itsme

 

[itsme]

Wow, it's nothing like that here today - clear skys, bright sunshine and no snow/rain in sight That's quite a bit of snow itsme

Not that much really Ian about 6 inches, it has stopped now and started to thaw, problem is when it freezes later on, Whoops a daisy>>>>>> Flat on yer bum.....

 

[floppybootstomp]

Good to see all these pix

E & P fan: Did you take those pix through a toffee wrapper or is it sodium lighting or something? Interesting stuff

Crazylegs: Groovy He's only a poor little sparrow...

Well I expect you have all seen the T.V broadcasts this morning

Nope, I ain't got no telly and I rarely watch the 'puter TV card.

Abarb: Blimey, that council estate at Kendal looks like some of the estates on the outskirts of Glasgow

'Peasants foraging for fuel'

Love the village street pix

itsme: Looks like we be getting the same amount of the white stuff.

Nice pooch. Good motor. It's in weather like this that a 4 x 4 has distinct advantages

Taffycat: I can see your private area Nice garden.

This morning I had to be at Peckham at 9.30am, side streets were a sheet of ice, main roads clear of snow & ice. Clear of snow & ice but relatively deserted. When I got to the school site it was locked up with nobody there I wish they had let me know that, took me a good 20 minutes to get all the snow off the motor.

Today sun is bright, snow is melting, most pavements are very dodgy, just walked out to post a letter and saw two people fall over.

And yes, my balcony/patio is a very fair size indeed I kinda fell on me feet with this place but I don't really feel guilty about it cos:

2002: home owner, big garden which I miss now, 3 years or so left to pay on mortgage, divorce, company collapse, heart failure, homeless.

Six years in a very old council flat near Woolwich Ferry, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, eldest daughter living with me, one bedroomed flat, she sleeping on sofa.

June 208, after what seemed like a long struggle - rehoused. The patio area is a fabulous garden substitute for me and gives me an enormous feeling of well being (to quote a Blur lyric, lol) And I DO apreciate it, there's probably some who wouldn't.

Come this spring, if I can afford it, I intend to populate it with lots of potted plants.

To everybody - thanks for all your comments.

 

[Electronics & Photo Fan]

I don't know why they came out like that, all the sodium street lighting was replaced a couple of years ago, mind you the new stuff is still quite yellow-tinted.

I didn't have the flash on because of the traffic, and when I tried it down a side street it just reflected off the snow anyway.

 

[Anon_F]

Tried to get the car out of the drive, big mistake as it took 1 hour to get all the snow off the drive to put the car back again! So the meeting i was going to has been canceled & worse a freebie meal tomorrow lunch time looks like it's off due to the weather! Was looking forward to being treated to a slap up meal as well!

 

[itsme]

itsme: Looks like we be getting the same amount of the white stuff.

Nice pooch. Good motor. It's in weather like this that a 4 x 4 has distinct advantages

Yes came down quite heavily for about two hours 6” lying, thawing very fast now.


Jet the rocket >>>>>>>>> she’s doing well since her illness .



Didn’t have a reason to go out today so the Pajero stayed put, but watching the cars/drivers trying to get along the roads were laughable , I live close to the M4 and can see the dual carriageway leading to it from my house the cars vans lorries were all over the place, I were tempted to go and drive past all the drivers who mock the 4x4s

 

[nivrip]

There has been no snow at all today and the sun shone just about all day. Most of the snow has gone.

Went out this morning with my new camera. I need to sort out the settings I think.

 

[Nobody in particular]

Nice pics Niv.

Not much snow left here - mainly iced up, and rather slippy