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Day 10 I was a regular at the Aintree GN meeting, but stopped going a while ago. Far too many people there not there for the racing, too many queues for the toilets, food & drink, and trying to put a bet on. I believe it's approx £7.50 for a pint of Guinness..........was the same for Cheltenham in March.
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Pick your Groundhog year of weather to relive
HafrenLMP1 replied to BlueSkies_do_I_see's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
1995 for me. Although the early part was pretty rubbish, there was snow on the last Friday in January; and both February & March were un-remarkable. The early May B/H weekend was glorious, as was most of the summer, especially August. December had cold weather with frosts, and even some snow. -
SollyOlly Yeah; when we actually get any cold weather, it's usually sunny, with clear blue skies and rather pleasant; and quite nice to be outside walking/cycling. Sadly, most of the winter is grey, grim wet & windy......mid November to March can be depressingly grim.
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I prefer cycling in cold, dry but sunny conditions......as opposed to supposedly 'mild', when it's wet & windy.......utterly miserable conditions.
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Ah, the annual dilemma in mid February; looking forward to Spring, but feeling 'short changed' as Winter hasn't delivered......
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Yes, it was a rather short lived event; I was out on a night out later that Friday night, and nearly all the snow had gone - you'd never have guessed what had happened in the afternoon.
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I remember 1979 but only just. By 1987 I had a paper round in the morning, and evening......and it was proper cold. Whilst the winter of 1994/95 was generally mild, I remember a Friday in late January when it started snowing around lunch time, and carried on for most of the afternoon; I was working in Wigan at the time, and it would normally take 15 mins to get to the M58 - that day it took 2 hours. I recall cold spells in 1996, 1997, but since then only 2010 & 2013 had significant cold/snowfalls.......
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I remember in school we were meant to take a short trip to the swimming baths by bus - the bus went 300 yards down the road, and the driver stopped, and we had to walk back to school; the roads leading to the swimming baths weren't all gritted....and the driver didn't want to risk it. I also received a new bike for Christmas - but didn't get to ride until mid January......