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spesh

Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3375 on: 14 January, 2013, 03:25:23 pm »
It's been raining all day in Mos Eisley Spaceport Pompey, which is about par for the course when SNO is forecast. It's going to take a proper 2010-style SNOpocalypse hitting all points north of Butser Hill for any proper manifestation of the white stuff here.  ::-)
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Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3376 on: 14 January, 2013, 03:38:00 pm »
Our end of the office is deserted bar me and Paul who lives locally and has 4wd...
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mrcharly-YHT

Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3377 on: 14 January, 2013, 03:51:12 pm »
Wet sleet in Leeds and York, with sub-zero temperatures forecast.

Can't bring myself to bother fitting spiked tyres though. I'll take the (longer, slower) back route in - it's nearly always heavily gritted.
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SteveC

Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3378 on: 14 January, 2013, 03:58:55 pm »
Turned into a nice day here. Sunny. Springlike even.
And tomorrow doesn't look too bad either.
Wednesday however...
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bobb

Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3379 on: 14 January, 2013, 04:07:11 pm »
Well, it's started coming down properly now. I got a few miles in when it was still just a few flakes.

Boris the blade has been keeping an eye on things. He'll have to go out sooner or later...

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Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3380 on: 14 January, 2013, 04:12:07 pm »
What a difference 20 miles makes! It's raining heavily in Southend.
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clarion

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Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3381 on: 14 January, 2013, 04:18:02 pm »
Now raining in my corner of London.  That's not so bad, but an overnight freeze might make things interesting. :-\
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Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3382 on: 14 January, 2013, 04:33:25 pm »
Bah, I thought we weren't going to get any, but no such luck. I'm supposed to be videoconning the Nogs so need to be in at sparrow fart tomorrow as well. Gah!
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Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3383 on: 14 January, 2013, 04:34:52 pm »
The Met Office thinks it's going to snow here overnight, with the temperature close to freezing. That could be messy. Northerly wind.
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numbnuts

Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3384 on: 14 January, 2013, 05:43:44 pm »
Still nothing here in Southampton
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spindrift

Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3385 on: 14 January, 2013, 05:46:15 pm »
Coming down hard in Norwich, I just drew a spaffing cock in the car park.
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Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3386 on: 14 January, 2013, 05:47:50 pm »
Quote from: spindrift on 14 January, 2013, 05:46:15 pm
Coming down hard in Norwich, I just drew a spaffing cock in the car park.
TPIUWP ... oh, wait ...

The roads round here are in pretty good nick, although the paths and cycle-tracks don't appear to have been treated. Since its likely to be icy tomorrow I've dropped Pugsley's tyre pressure to 12psi, just in case :)
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matthew

Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3387 on: 14 January, 2013, 06:31:26 pm »
Quote from: road-runner on 14 January, 2013, 06:09:01 pm
Quote from: interzen on 14 January, 2013, 05:47:50 pm
... tyre pressure to 12psi ...
That is low. I have ridden a bike with 20psi in the rear tyre and it was dangerously flat, not enough to cushion all the road's unevenness and wobbly on corners.
Pugsley is a "fat bike" on 3" tyres, it will cope wonderfully.
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Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3388 on: 14 January, 2013, 06:48:58 pm »
David has slipped off the Brompton and has a VERY sore bottom. :(
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cycleman

Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3389 on: 14 January, 2013, 07:19:36 pm »
it snowed several hours here but only settled on the grass and cars here pretty much gone now :(
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Quint

Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3390 on: 14 January, 2013, 07:33:48 pm »
birthday this week, I/we have a weeks hols, not getting out of bed till has all gone, I have books, a coffee machine and that will do me   :)
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Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3391 on: 15 January, 2013, 01:33:22 pm »
The day started [1] with snow, it then stopped, then started again, but light, and has now got harder.

However, due to the earlier snow melting it is not laying, which is good.

[1] Start of the day, today, for me was 09:50 as I had a carp nights sleep due to ankle pain.
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Chris S

Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3392 on: 15 January, 2013, 03:30:15 pm »
Three inches of snow here in 90 minutes. On a weekday afternoon. The roads are complete gridlock.

I like the tweet from Norfolk Police - "Norwich is a mess. Please... stay away."

And the postman in the post office, here in Diss:

"The A1066 is blocked at Roydon, Stanley road is blocked, the A140 is blocked at Scole, and Denmark hill is blocked by twats."

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Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3393 on: 15 January, 2013, 03:32:53 pm »
Quote from: matthew on 14 January, 2013, 06:31:26 pm
Quote from: road-runner on 14 January, 2013, 06:09:01 pm
Quote from: interzen on 14 January, 2013, 05:47:50 pm
... tyre pressure to 12psi ...
That is low. I have ridden a bike with 20psi in the rear tyre and it was dangerously flat, not enough to cushion all the road's unevenness and wobbly on corners.
Pugsley is a "fat bike" on 3" tyres, it will cope wonderfully.
4" tyres (well, 3.8")
It does indeed cope wonderfully on snow. Ice, not so much.
I've got a magnificently aching hip which more than proves this point.
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rafletcher

Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3394 on: 15 January, 2013, 03:53:47 pm »
Quote from: Chris S on 15 January, 2013, 03:30:15 pm
Three inches of snow here in 90 minutes. On a weekday afternoon. The roads are complete gridlock.

I like the tweet from Norfolk Police - "Norwich is a mess. Please... stay away."

And the postman in the post office, here in Diss:

"The A1066 is blocked at Roydon, Stanley road is blocked, the A140 is blocked at Scole, and Denmark hill is blocked by twats."

I just looked at Norwich on the AA traffic site - now that's entertaining!
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Feline

Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3395 on: 15 January, 2013, 04:10:25 pm »
Quote from: interzen on 15 January, 2013, 03:32:53 pm
Quote from: matthew on 14 January, 2013, 06:31:26 pm
Quote from: road-runner on 14 January, 2013, 06:09:01 pm
Quote from: interzen on 14 January, 2013, 05:47:50 pm
... tyre pressure to 12psi ...
That is low. I have ridden a bike with 20psi in the rear tyre and it was dangerously flat, not enough to cushion all the road's unevenness and wobbly on corners.
Pugsley is a "fat bike" on 3" tyres, it will cope wonderfully.
4" tyres (well, 3.8")
It does indeed cope wonderfully on snow. Ice, not so much.
I've got a magnificently aching hip which more than proves this point.

Oh dear, that doesn't sound so good. GWS  :-*
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clarion

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Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3396 on: 15 January, 2013, 04:12:50 pm »
Quote from: Chris S on 15 January, 2013, 03:30:15 pm
Three inches of snow here in 90 minutes...

:o
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matthew

Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3397 on: 15 January, 2013, 04:16:15 pm »
Quote from: Chris S on 15 January, 2013, 03:30:15 pm
Three inches of snow here in 90 minutes. On a weekday afternoon. The roads are complete gridlock.

I like the tweet from Norfolk Police - "Norwich is a mess. Please... stay away."
...

And who replyed as my colleagues did "We knew that already"  :demon:
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Chris S

Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3398 on: 15 January, 2013, 04:17:54 pm »
Quote from: clarion on 15 January, 2013, 04:12:50 pm
Quote from: Chris S on 15 January, 2013, 03:30:15 pm
Three inches of snow here in 90 minutes...

:o

For those watching at home, this is what that looks like:


2013-01-15 14.13.12 by Pelotonhound, on Flickr

(though it was easing off when I took that!)
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Re: It's snowing!
« Reply #3399 on: 15 January, 2013, 06:31:24 pm »
Discretion was the better part of valour for the commute home: I walked the 2 miles home & was outpacing the motorists all the way down the A140 in Norwich - and on icy pavements too...

The bike will stay at home tomorrow.
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