Brrr

[Wossi]

Originally Posted by Daz

Down the A444? Nut job

Yup, the crazy loon

[Justsomebloke]

Originally Posted by Darrin

Dude, a Saab with some half way decent tyres on it will go anywhere you ask it to!! So long as you're not turning your front bumper into a snow plow trying to drive through 4 feet of the stuff you'll be one of the few non-4WD vehicles moving!! I wish Tina and I still had our 1980 900GLE. That thing was a fantastic car.

But I had had to be a complete dumbarse and give it to Tina's sister, who ruined it inside of 18 months.

It has done brilliantly over the last couple of days of snow, Locks don't freeze up & it starts as soon as you look at the ignition key, driving it on snow was no prob at all & the heater is a stonker
It's just staying on my drive today as I have a day off & haven't got to go anywhere.
I'm more worried about some inexperienced driver slamming into me than anything else.

[Pumpkinstew]

Originally Posted by Lomster

I'd leave soon tbh as its getting pretty heavy now.

Originally Posted by Fayshun

M40 was clear on the way back to Banbury - 80 all the way!

Side roads are a bit slippy and Tesco carpark was fun!! Handbrake turn into a space. Unintentionally.

Thanks for the updates. I'm going to finish up a few measurements that have to be done today and then chip off sometime between 2 and 3 I think. Fingers, toes and eyes all crossed that no-ones been too stupid on the M40 south.

Then I've got leave booked for tomorrow anyway. Although I probably could have had a snow day like the rest of the bloody office did today. Bah.

[Haly]

The snow's not sticking here anymore, so it's just like thick rain How crappy.

[BBx]

Just rain today booooo!

BB x

[Darrin]

Originally Posted by Justsomebloke

I'm more worried about some inexperienced driver slamming into me than anything else.

Yeah, that's the biggest worry I have. It's hard to believe that some people around here have lived with snow every winter of their lives and STILL have no idea what the hell they are doing behind the wheel...

[jmc41]

7:15am... and 5:15pm.
Heh, at least I made it home at a decent time Most people did turn up during the day, tomrorow is the big worry if what is left does all freeze tonight.

[Lopez]

Originally Posted by Burble

There was no snow when I went to bed but when I got up at 6:30 I was greeted with about 5" of snow in the back garden and with more coming down so I went back to bed for a couple of hours.

It is still snowing and looking out the front window it doesn't look like the road at the end of mine has been gritted like it usually is. I know local councils have been running low on grit. Apparently Northamptonshire council have used more grit in the last 4 days than the whole of last winter.

So I'm staying at home today.

We recalled our Wellingborough drivers this morning and nothing went out of Northampton road hub either.

I made it the whole way tho work and then had to abandon the car in the middle of the car park as it just wouldn't move any further, even with 2 of us pushing.

Made some lovely patterns by wheelspinning in 5th up the slope into the car park:



"Stuck"

[Knipples]

Our efforts today


This pic has now made it onto the Bristol City website after they asked people to send in their snowmen with City stuff on them.
YAY ME!

[Zirax]

That was what my road was like earlier in the week. This weather is likely to cost me a track day, just haven't been able to work on the car at all

Looks like Essex may just catch the edge of the snow coming in tomorrow. That being said it won't take much to move over