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7 hours ago, TomSE12 said:

A few hours ago, I heard the deeply distressing news, that my Son Antony passed away, in his sleep overnight.

Antony was in the advanced stages of Huntington's Disease, which is a genetic and terminal illness.

Antony inherited the condition from his Mother, my first Wife.

He would have been 40, next Month.

He passed away at Home, where he lived with his Sister Hayley, and her Boyfriend.

I realised that Antony was only a matter of Months away, from being placed in a Care Home but thought he might still have another few Years of Life to come.

It obviously was a tremendous shock to hear the news of his passing, from my Daughter's Boyfriend.

I have just put an In Memoriam post up in that Thread, to Antony's memory. 

Regards,

Tom. 

My deepest sympathies Tom

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3 hours ago, Surrey said:

Morning all, Happy Valentines Day!!!!! No restaurants this year!!! Time to test those cooking skills out gents  Thankfully working in a Restaurant kitchen and being a support chef to the Head in another back in my working history,  my cooking is very fine tuned!  

 

Loving the look of some warm weather.. The hunt for me begins in a few weeks for the first 20c but that COULD happen before March! 

Roll on the 30 + days and long evenings with a BBQ. Hopefully in a beer garden somewhere to with all our family and friends.. I actually can't wait.

Bye cold, been nice to see you (sort of) but ideally time for some warmer weather now and GROWING SEASON BEGINS!!!!! 

 

Quick competition on the first date we see 20C in say C. London. I'll go with 15th March, pure stab in the dark

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44 minutes ago, Hotspur62 said:

Bitterly cold in the that wind today.just been out for my daily walk and feels colder than at any stage this week.currently-0.4 @ 10.45am.

Wife took dog out at 7am and took this lovely sunrise picture.

Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning!

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Last walk before either reload later in the month or Spring! Nor sure if the panoramic one will work well here

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So on my level patio table it's 16.5 cm (blank 1/2 plastic on ruler before measurements begin). Which is 6.5 inches. On lawn its a bit all over the place but the most level I could find was 15 cm, 6 inches

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Quick pic from garden before going out. Will measure but must be 6 inches or even just over

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Well as everyone said round here, ridiculous top up here in Chartham Canterbury. Going out for long dog walk early to get pics. If the sun shines on this lot it will be blinding. 

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6 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

Yes places like Whitstable and Herne Bay next in line for some pastings as the convergence line is strengthening on its Eastern edge as it sinks NNE-SSW. Might even get some Thundersnow on the North Kent coast over the next hour or 2

Really drying up now in SE Essex might get the odd flake in the wind but a pleasant afternoon, look east though and its black as night over there

Where will it exit Paul  Hythe, Folkestone?

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6 minutes ago, Atmogenic said:

Decided to head to the Wye Downs, I knew it would be busy but thankfully most of the people stayed in an isolated area so i managed to get a few nice shots including one showing how deep it was on the hills 

Absolutely brilliant there. A couple more today from Downs behind Chartham after a bit more fell last night, 2 cm more or so

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10 minutes ago, craigore said:

Totally agree.

Same here , snowing since 7.30.

Still snowing.

My last measure was around 8cm but that was 4 hours ago and its snowed plenty since.

Will get ruler out in the morning after anything else that we get tonight.

Think its gonna be on par wth 2013.

Will go down as a special one to add to the old ones.

82,84,87,91,95,10,13

18 wasnt  all that special for snowfall here just brutal cold.

Yeah I'll measure tomorrow too (snow, ....obviously )

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25 minutes ago, Southender said:

Oh dear. Jesus that’s the last place I’d be driving locally.

The last idiot in the last car driving way way too quick. How dense can you get?

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At home Chartham 8.5cm (there's a stupid 1/2 cm before the measurement line start!) 3.4 inches

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A long walk in downs behind Chartham Canterbury. Heading up to 500ft. Good depths and blowing snow. Good back at home at 250ft too

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2 minutes ago, SHM040519 said:

Still hammering down here in canterbury. However pavements and roads are not going white! Only in small spots and patches. Surely it must nearly be cold enough for them to go?

Pavements and roads going white now Chartham, but 250 ft asl i think that still makes a difference, even a bit of elevation. 

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This about 4 hours after starting to settle. About 4 cm 

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4 minutes ago, craigore said:

Temp -1.5 now and still dropping.

Mainly light/moderate snow.

I'm in the Amber warning zone but trust me when I say we will not be seeing 10-15cm widely at this rate.

More like 1-3 .

Hope I'm wrong but it would really need to pick up intensity..

We're at 3 to 4 cm now but you're right i think we'll top out at maybe 7 to 8

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My weather station alarm just went off - OC temp reached 

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1 minute ago, Maidstone marginal said:

So I take it that the Kent peeps are all getting pure snow nochsnged

Yes, changed quite late though from sleet  5.45 \ 6 a.m ish

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3 minutes ago, Maidstone marginal said:

Yes but I  grew up in Hythe, which is the most lovely town in Kent end of. And it used to snow there 

Can't beat seafront walk there

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2 minutes ago, Maidstone marginal said:

Yep it's a shame that it wasn't mangled in 1940. I'm not originally from here. I'm an east Kent man of old

Pity about eastern side of Canterbury city though. Still that was the Luftwaffe Baedeker raids for you! Used to live in Penenden Heath which I liked 

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1 minute ago, SHM040519 said:

I was gonna say the same...but didn’t wanna haha! Maidstone has a good ring road tho... 

Yeah. Only problem with Maidstone is the Luftwaffe missed it during 1940 only joking Maidstonians. Went to grammar school there

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3 minutes ago, Maidstone marginal said:

 

Hope so. It's a dump anyway

My god. That from someone in Maidstone! Used to live there. Never again

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5 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

My god Canterbury is going to get buried if that Clipper carries on the same path.

 

Looking at everything with my very limited knowledge,I think it will for a few hours yet. Might be wrong. I'll take some pics in a moment. Only 250ft asl but looking good her

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2 minutes ago, SHM040519 said:

Canterbury is a white out, amazed the difference when so close,

!

North sea still modifies temps a bit of you're very close to it

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Just now, RJM said:

Finally, settling Chatham, 3 miles hills SW of Canterbury. It's just a bit late that's all and temps were a bit higher and took a while to come down. Right, back to sleep

Sorry Chartham