NickR

Imagine if that had all been snow heading our way, as it was going to be. :'(

Make it 250 ft and you've got yourself a deal, doc... what do you say?

My general rule is that the worst place to be with snow incoming at 72 hrs is in the sweet spot... because by the time it comes you know you won't be in the sweet spot anymore.

-5°C here. Didn't realise it would get so cold. Rabbits don't look happy...

15 years I've been asking the wife for th... oh, wrap around. My mistake.

Definitely better further south. Could be they get the event we all looked set for a few days ago.

I'm afraid I was right - really disappointing considering what some models had been showing in recent days. Hours of snow, but light and small accumulations. Southern Pennines/Sheffield area looks to have got the heavy stuff. :::sigh:::

Just went out for a walk. Lovely snow.. but it's not exactly pelting down. Maybe an inch by morning if this keeps up? I think N Yorks is the best place tonight though.

Snow here in Durham, but will it not pep up? Looks like the heavier stuff will be to the South now.

Still feels like rain with a few small flakes in it here. Soaking too, so will take a bit for it to lie, if/when it turns. Surprised to hear of snow all around me at lower levels too!

I think this is going to fall well short of expectations myself.

Can't see any sleet here in Durham. Just tiny ice pellets leaving a crunch underfoot.

Looking at the radar and the models, I think it'll be a dud for anywhere without 150m or more. The heaviest ppn is also avoiding us. The more southern Pennines looked favoured right now.

About 4" here, but looks like we're a bit too far north for the real fun and games as the system has stalled just to the south. Drat.

Lovey stuff in Durham. Couple of inches, maybe. Still coming down, but not much to go now. Is there more later?

Well, that was an unexpected hour of decent snowfall! (Durham/Gilesgate)

Great video! Reminds me of when - having only been in the area for a year - I took a rather different Executive Decision to return from Wolsingham to Durham via Tow Law for a "More scenic route". 5-month old and wife in the car. Suffice to say the "normal" snow that was falling in Wolsingham soon became a full-on blizzard on the road up to Tow Law, which had about 3 inches of snow on it, on top of ice. We got 90% of the way up before I admitted defeat and turned gingerly round. Not sure the wife has ever forgiven me for "endangering our baby". I maintain to this day that getting stuck would have been character building for the bairn. It's probably worth adding here that on my first week in the region, not realising we had rented a house in a frost hollow, an overnight temp of -7°C saw my Southern thimble-full-of-antifreeze-mixed-with-water coolant "solution" freeze solid and my car was towed away to defrost. Miraculously, the block didn't entirely crack.

Speaking as a southerner who has now been in Durham for 15 years and has, to my horror, started pronouncing 'pass' and 'last' (and 'mask'!) to rhyme with 'at', I can confirm that there is a lot to get used to, weather- and otherwise. Tow Law is always the go-to spot for snow. The snow also makes it harder for the charvas there to nick your wheels... Like OON, I've only ever done Hartside in the car. Cycling Durham City's hills is tough enough! My aim for the winter is to do the Cow Green Reservoir to High Cup Nick walk with snow. Not sure it's the most sensible thing I could do, but it's such a great walk that must look amazing in mid-winter. Might continue to Dufton, which must be close to you, OON.

Bit further up Weardale looks tasty, too!

Nothing but rain in Durham. Meanwhile about 15-20 mins' drive away in Tow Law:

Gilesgate here. I was about to do the same. Maybe not, then? :/

Nice surprising this morning, but shame to see the rest of the system all slip by to our East and South. :/

I'm planning a NYD walk from Cow Green up towards High Cup Nick tomorrow... hoping it's not sleety up there as it'll be a write off otherwise.

Some great stuff this evening. Went for a 40 minute walk in the driving snow!

Trolled by the sodding North Sea!