View From The Top Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 Just driven back to Staffs from Soton at it was a 'mare until Oxford. Driving my wife's people mover in the snow is not my idea of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 You will be pleased to know that this is all a figment of your imagination The BBC forecast is for Grey skies and sleet for North Hampshire So you're all making it up just like the Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poshie72 Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 You will be pleased to know that this is all a figment of your imagination The BBC forecast is for Grey skies and sleet for North Hampshire So you're all making it up just like the Hurricane BBC Weather what do they know!:smt072 Looked on there to see what the weather was supposed to be like tonight and it told me that Bracknell was Grey skies at 3pm. The snow was just starting to cause problems at this point My boyfriend has not got any further that just outside Bracknell. He is now in a pub waiting for things to improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 The first person to quote Poshie's post, with an "ORLY" pic, is a loser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummer Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 No snow in Southsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 " He is now in a pub waiting for things to improve." :D Yea Right :D Wish my wife was so "understanding" :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1576 Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 The wife left Reading at 2:30 and is still trying to get through Basingstoke, how the **** can a few inches of snow cause so much trouble. Why don't the councils ever plan for these things properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintSparky Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 The wife left Reading at 2:30 and is still trying to get through Basingstoke, how the **** can a few inches of snow cause so much trouble. Why don't the councils ever plan for these things properly. Welcome to Britain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 The wife left Reading at 2:30 and is still trying to get through Basingstoke, how the **** can a few inches of snow cause so much trouble. Why don't the councils ever plan for these things properly. There's a lot of rain coming up from the southwest which is turning to snow over the higher ground around Salisbury - Andover - Basingstoke. Southampton's fine at the moment http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 It's quite cold here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1576 Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 Well after 9 hours she's made it to the M3, we got to Kenya quicker last month!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 The south goes mad when it snows.....they just get on with it up north Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 The wife left Reading at 2:30 and is still trying to get through Basingstoke, how the **** can a few inches of snow cause so much trouble. Why don't the councils ever plan for these things properly. Well truth is, many people in Southern England don't know how to drive in snowy/sleety conditions, and who could blame them. They get little opportunity to practice. However, many people don't take the opportunity to read up, and put into practice the reams of information and advice that can be had for driving in such conditions. Hence, they get stuck, or hit things, get hit because they put themselves in the way, or several other combinations of screw-up. And some of them shouldn't be on the bloody road whether or not the conditions are dodgy. This afternoon in Southampton, while it was snowing, I saw car drivers screwing up all over the show. I saw ABS brakes chomping at the snowy tarmac. I was driving my crappy old Fiat with the heater de-misting away. A few cars in front of me was a motorcyclist, riding a powerful V-Twin motorcycle. If he made any error, he was likely to be off his bike. All the car drivers around him screwed up. They didn't allow for him at all, but he managed. He rode excellently in the slick conditions, and I take my hat off to him. Fact is, there is no nannying on a bike. Your safety is entirely up to you. That's why that bloke made not the slightest error. Actually, I think he was an idiot for riding in such conditions, with mobile deathtraps surrounding him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerBadger Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 Kin snow - just got in after leaving Maidenhead at 15:00, A33 and Basingstoke nightmare, madness I tell you, madness!!! Radio saying the police and council have been in meetings all afternoon and evening, around 9 some guys comes on and tells us all it's really bad on the roads and the gritters are out, monty python sprung to mind in between expletives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 Just got back from what was supposed to be a business trip to Cologne. All German airports seemed to shut down with an horrendous snow storm, and we landed at Paderborn, which is god knows where up in the hills. The tiny airport was crowded with jets that were supposed to have landed at Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Cologne. And I thought that was it: I'm going to spend a week in a half-lit airport lounge living off Turkish coffee and apple pies. There were no taxis leaving the town, and the buses weren't taking the risk. The hotels were full. Things got worse when the roads into town were blocked by accidents. But within two hours, Paderborn airport reopened - the slowploughs running up and down the runway continuously. We took off into a blizzard and landed in one - after an aborted attempt. I missed my meeting but made it to Cologne - and I was only about four hours late getting into the city. The Germans just made it work. When I got to Cologne, the taxi driver told me it had snowed only twice in eleven years, so snowstorms are not something they're used to. Yet they made things work without any real fuss - just got on with the job of solving an inconvenient problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 It's the efficient German way. Sometimes I sure do wish it was ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 It's the efficient German way. Sometimes I sure do wish it was ours. Yep, I was going to avoid using the word 'efficient', for the usual reasons, but actually, it just came naturally to them to fix the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 Just got back from what was supposed to be a business trip to Cologne. All German airports seemed to shut down with an horrendous snow storm, and we landed at Paderborn, which is god knows where up in the hills. The tiny airport was crowded with jets that were supposed to have landed at Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Cologne. And I thought that was it: I'm going to spend a week in a half-lit airport lounge living off Turkish coffee and apple pies. There were no taxis leaving the town, and the buses weren't taking the risk. The hotels were full. Things got worse when the roads into town were blocked by accidents. But within two hours, Paderborn airport reopened - the slowploughs running up and down the runway continuously. We took off into a blizzard and landed in one - after an aborted attempt. I missed my meeting but made it to Cologne - and I was only about four hours late getting into the city. The Germans just made it work. When I got to Cologne, the taxi driver told me it had snowed only twice in eleven years, so snowstorms are not something they're used to. Yet they made things work without any real fuss - just got on with the job of solving an inconvenient problem. Yet it is not uncommon in England and I was on the coach from London to Southampton for 6 hours earlier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mao Cap Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 Congratulations, your gift is some genuine Christmas spirit... Maidstone is completely covered in a thick layer of ice this morning, thank God for my Kentish traits of (a) hardiness and (b) excellent balance I stacked it on the way home from the station tonight :smt011 bugger, thought I was going to get through the whole cold snap without falling on my arse once. In my defence, I had had a drop of beer after football lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poshie72 Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 well after 6 hours he got home, having abandon the car at the pub car park and walking home. Got back about 10pm... and yes he was sober, probably due to the fact that he had no money on him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 Yep, I was going to avoid using the word 'efficient', for the usual reasons, but actually, it just came naturally to them to fix the problem. You might call it the final solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 well after 6 hours he got home, having abandon the car at the pub car park and walking home. Got back about 10pm... and yes he was sober, probably due to the fact that he had no money on him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvictaSaint Posted 22 December, 2009 Author Share Posted 22 December, 2009 Sout-east London go hit badly last night. We were in town visiting my brother and driving home was not pleasant. There seemed to be no awareness on a council level of what was coming - no gritters out, nothing. And to add to what somebody posted earlier, the major problem is idiots driving badly. They drive poorly in normal conditions and the snow seems to exacerbate their lack of ability; they get worse! Coming up Maze Hill there was some guy in a big old Beemer revving his engine to **** and wondering why he was gradually sliding down the hill towards me. I kept my distance, kept the revs as low as I could and was able to calmly move out of the way to let him (un)gracefully slide past me. There is a God.... :-) On the plus side, the temperatures are set to rise over the next few days - up to 8/10 degrees on Boxing Day down in Hampshire - so I think the problems will ease, even if the lack of driving ability doesn't improve... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 And to add to what somebody posted earlier, the major problem is idiots driving badly. They drive poorly in normal conditions and the snow seems to exacerbate their lack of ability; they get worse! Coming up Maze Hill there was some guy in a big old Beemer revving his engine to **** and wondering why he was gradually sliding down the hill towards me. I kept my distance, kept the revs as low as I could and was able to calmly move out of the way to let him (un)gracefully slide past me. There is a God.... :-) Oh tell me about it, too many morons driving. In February when we had the big snow fall, you could barley drive down my road...was like an ice rink, i was taking it steady as you do...so some stupid prat comes right up behind me, toots me then speeds up and overtakes me...only to then skid onto the pavement. seriously, what on earth are some people on? impatient bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 The south goes mad when it snows.....they just get on with it up north That's not true, but whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 I've been in Denmark and Canada when snow fell and everything ground to a halt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 I've been in Denmark and Canada when snow fell and everything ground to a halt. Me too in China - the locals don't try to fight it, they just stay indoors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redondo Saint Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 For the benefit of those of us overseas, please attach some pics of the snow in and around God's country. Can't beat a bit of nostalgia during this time of year - plus I am getting ****ed off with hearing "Happy Holidays" and all the other BS. Honda have wheeled out their old Christmas advertising slogan again - 'Happy Hondadays'! It's just remined me why next year we will be spending Christmas back in Southampton!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 Hope Eric's enjoying his skiing holiday in Lancashire After the 4th day of having to scrape snow and ice off the car windscreen and windows the novelty is wearing off :cool: But sat in doors in the warmth with a bottle of Old Speckled Hen, looking out into the garden is nice Our Cul de Sac is still looking very Christmassy although the snowman collapsed overnight and is now just pile a messy of snow with twigs hanging out of it I see rain is forecast in Dubai for 25th ... you may have to cancel the bar b que Not looking forward to the slushy meelting days coming up, shame it probably won't last till Xmas Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 After the 4th day of having to scrape snow and ice off the car windscreen and windows the novelty is wearing off :cool: But sat in doors in the warmth with a bottle of Old Speckled Hen, looking out into the garden is nice Our Cul de Sac is still looking very Christmassy although the snowman collapsed overnight and is now just pile a messy of snow with twigs hanging out of it I see rain is forecast in Dubai for 25th ... you may have to cancel the bar b que Not looking forward to the slushy meelting days coming up, shame it probably won't last till Xmas Day. The man goes to Blighty and spends his days.... reading the weather forecast for Dubai No BBQ for us, we have proper nosh. Although the rain may put a dampner on the Sundowner Port & Stilton on Jumeirah Beach Butterball Turkey (2 quid a kilo) (4.75kg) Brussel Sprouts (50p a kilo) Parsnips (4 quid a kilo feck me) Ocean Spray Cranberry & Colemans Bread Sauce Roast King Edward Spuds (5 quid a kilo FFS) Bisto instant gravy granules. Lidl's Xmas Pudding Spinney's Mince Pies Now all I have to do is work out how the feck to cook it and how the feck 2 of us are gonna eat it. A few Jacobs Creek Chardonnay's should help as will my special Xmas present of a Bottle of Wadworth's 6X. Now get outside and do your work and rebuild the fecking Snowman we DEMAND a photo of him wearing a Dish-Dash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 For the benefit of those of us overseas, please attach some pics of the snow in and around God's country. Can't beat a bit of nostalgia during this time of year - plus I am getting ****ed off with hearing "Happy Holidays" and all the other BS. Our back garden on Sunday Red: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 Yay, basingstoke made headline news because so many people just abandoned their cars. 6 inches of snow here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 Yay, basingstoke made headline news because so many people just abandoned their cars. 6 inches of snow here Ah, must be the first time ever that Basingstoke has had something in common with the car park at Dubai Airport....... Although I doubt they leave the keys in over there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redondo Saint Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 Ah, must be the first time ever that Basingstoke has had something in common with the car park at Dubai Airport....... Although I doubt they leave the keys in over there Probably not too many Cortinas and Allegros in Dubai... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 Probably not too many Cortinas and Allegros in Dubai... And, to be fair, not many of those here will be found sitting up on house bricks Hell, I loved my Cortina with it's rear spoiler & almost Starsky & Hutch stripe... those were the days. Heck, I even had an Allaggro.... Worrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redondo Saint Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 My 1983 Capri was more fun in the snow and ice - not!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohwhenthesaints Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 Anybody been affected by the ice this morning? Sounds pretty bad on the motorway from what I've heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 I'm working from home, Millbrook flyover was closed westbound and the traffic on Millbrook Road out of town is solid. Buses aren't running, ice all around my roads (Shirley)... all a bit of a nightmare really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Saint Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 Anybody been affected by the ice this morning? Sounds pretty bad on the motorway from what I've heard. I had two accidents in the space of five minutes :mad::mad::mad: Both times cars sliding into me.:mad::mad: Should have bought shares in a car body shop:mad::mad::mad: As you can tell, I am a little bit irritated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 was pretty icy and pretty slippy, but you get on with it. Yeah the traffic was bad and it took me 1hr30 to travel the 6 miles to work, but im here, as are a lot of other people. drive slowly and carefully and plot your route. They have worse conditions up north and in Scotland every year and they dont grind to a halt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um Bongo Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 was pretty icy and pretty slippy, but you get on with it. Yeah the traffic was bad and it took me 1hr30 to travel the 6 miles to work, but im here, as are a lot of other people. drive slowly and carefully and plot your route. They have worse conditions up north and in Scotland every year and they dont grind to a halt. Would help if the local councils had the 'grit' bins around. Everyone tried, and failed, to get out of the road this morning. It really was a like an ice rink. And we're on a slight slope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 Would help if the local councils had the 'grit' bins around. Everyone tried, and failed, to get out of the road this morning. It really was a like an ice rink. And we're on a slight slope. My mum is stuck in her road in Lordswood as are many others apparently, taxi's won't send any cars to the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 On Monday there were cars abandoned everywhere, people just couldn't move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 I'm working from home, Millbrook flyover was closed westbound and the traffic on Millbrook Road out of town is solid. Buses aren't running, ice all around my roads (Shirley)... all a bit of a nightmare really! Minty me ol china, could you pop down to the airport with your magic mop and get the runway and taxiways and apron re-opened My son is supposed to be on the 2005 to Manchester tonight and bugger all seems to have moved today so far Wouldn't have happened in your day :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 The man goes to Blighty and spends his days.... reading the weather forecast for Dubai Now all I have to do is work out how the feck to cook it and how the feck 2 of us are gonna eat it. A few Jacobs Creek Chardonnay's should help as will my special Xmas present of a Bottle of Wadworth's 6X. Now get outside and do your work and rebuild the fecking Snowman we DEMAND a photo of him wearing a Dish-Dash Just back from a trip to Sainsbury's armed with a selection of 8 different ales from around the country with quirky names such as Fursty Ferret, Hobgobblin, Moonraker, Bewytched etc ranginging from about 4.8 to 5.8%. (steered clear of anything strnger and there were plenty ) as i want to remember at least some of Xmas Day Would you like me to DHL you some sprouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 Would help if the local councils had the 'grit' bins around. Everyone tried, and failed, to get out of the road this morning. It really was a like an ice rink. And we're on a slight slope. Was a few around my estate......and pretty sure your local Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 Would you like me to DHL you some sprouts I heard on Radio 2 news on the way home last night that there was going to be a huge national shortage of sprouts this christmas due to the crops freezing over in the cold snap or something. Lucky for me I can't stand the damn things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 I was in the Black Forest last February, snow everywhere. They all change to snow tyres for the winter and they have two sets of wheels. Snow tyres are fantastic. I was in Canada once and my friend came flying into the car park, screeched to a halt, got out and went arse over tip on the sheet ice. He had snow tyres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 Just back from a trip to Sainsbury's armed with a selection of 8 different ales from around the country with quirky names such as Fursty Ferret, Hobgobblin, Moonraker, Bewytched etc ranginging from about 4.8 to 5.8%. (steered clear of anything strnger and there were plenty ) as i want to remember at least some of Xmas Day Would you like me to DHL you some sprouts lol I have Sprouts Parsnips King Edwards, To help me roast them properly I have one 6X one ESB one London Pride and a case of Magners before starting on the NZ Marlboro Sauvignon Blanc Drove up to the hole in the wall in RAK - how funny that was driving through the Desert singing along to Merry Christmas Everyone by Slade after reading this thread and then hearing the news about the European Transport "collapse" - surreal. (a baking hot 28C today BTW) Anyway my lad now has 6 bottles of Vodka for his New Year's Eve party while we're away and they cost exactly 10 quid for the lot. Result - not only saved me a fortune, but that stuff should put him off booze for life. Kremlin Vodka, made in Dehli. Bless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 All this mayhem is caused by women drivers not knowing how to drive on snow/ice Absolutely. It took me over 40 minutes to get in this morning instead of 25. Driving at 25mph behind women in 4x4 pickups and the roads weren't even icy . Grrh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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