noggin

Is there a pm facility or is the stickynote thing the way to do it? I am technically incompetent and do not understand these things, but want to contact another poster privately (nothing dodgy ? ). How do I go about it please, both sending and receiving? Thank you!

knocker, I really appreciate your continual updates on this thread. It is so much easier to follow than the "main" model thread. Thank you! ☺☺

There are precip charts in the MAD thread which show no snow South of the M4. What's that about? It doesn't tie in with the MetO further outlook. I feel a mini panic coming on....??

Re North of the M4 and South of the M4, in 2012 I moved from about 2 miles South of "it" to about 2 miles North of "it" and it has made quite a difference! It was out of Bristol and into a more rural area. Having said that, just a few miles further North from here gets more snow again. ? Perhaps instead of the old phrase "go West, young man" it should be "go North, young man". I'm wittering again.

Have stocked up on bird food. I don't think there's much that I haven't stocked up on........even mouthwash and facial wipes!

I did! And candles.........throwback to constant strikes in the 1970s!

Same here, nettie. FB and all that sort of stuff is beyond me! I think I'm doing well posting on here!?

I have stocked up on stuff. As well as a bit extra of everything, I have: 2 sliced loaves in freezer 3 packs of half-baked baguettes 3 litres long life milk (almond) Tinned meat, fruit, puddings, beans, spaghetti Plentiful supply of loo rolls.....wouldn't want to be caught short there! Batteries for radio and torches 2 boxes of household candles (and matches) Rock salt, de-icer, screen wash, trusty snow shovel My freezer and larder are full, but it's all stuff that we can eat afterwards anyway, if we don't get snowed in. We have a Sainsbury's local and a small (and expensive) local shop, otherwise it's about 3 miles to a supermarket. Filled up with petrol too. I could see an issue with heating though, if power lines come down. Let us hope that this is our time but also that everyone stays safe. Love to all, from noggin Xxxxxxxxx

A light sleety, haily sort of wintry shower thing going on here! It's coming from the Southeast, which is an odd direction.

It would be different now, because things have changed. I remember walking to school in the Winter of 62/63, I was living in Exeter back then. We all walked, teachers and pupils, because the pupils all went to nearby schools and the teachers worked in nearby schools. Today, pupils and teachers can live 5, 10, 20 miles from school so getting there in very deep snow would be difficult. Also, most married women didn't go out to work then either so there is a big chunk of the population that didn't need to be getting to work. Nowadays people have to travel much further during the course of their days so there are massive travel problems when there is deep snow lying. That is just my take on "getting around" in such conditions. If I could put my weary mind to thinking about food supplies, I would, but I can't. People generally didn't have food freezers back then, but there were more local shops. Things have changed since the early 60s and as my old driving instructor used to say "you can't compare peas and carrots"! So I won't be one of the old whingers who complains that 'it wasn't like that back in my day" and that "we just used to get on with it"....... we all live different lives now, things that were problematic back then aren't problematic now and vice versa. I'll shut up now. ? PS Aren't we lucky to have Ian Ferguson doing our local weather forecasts!

It is snowing! Quite wet snow, but starting to settle on cars, grass, roofs and fence tops. Wonder how long it will last........it doesn't seem terribly cold at the moment.

Similar here.

I wonder how far West it will come?

I don't pretend to understand charts, but after a quick look in the MAD thread it looks to me like there will be snow to the East of us and snow to the West of us and that we will be stuck in a dry bit in the middle. ?? Also, there are no snowflakes in my local MetO forecast. ?? Can anyone offer any crumbs of hope, because I am feeling deflated already, having got my hopes up, despite trying not to. I was really hoping that this would be OUR TIME, here in the SW..............

Just had a rain shower with a bit of snow mixed in.

Met Office still forecasting gusts of 59mph here Weds night/Thurs morning. Although I do love wild weather, I always fear for my roof and fences when it's really windy. We really are at the mercy of the weather! ?

I wondered why I suddenly had a big N, in a manner of speaking! ?

Even if I don't have any more snow, I shall be satisfied with this Winter as I have had a blizzard, albeit during the night, where the snow lay for a couple of days, plus a smaller fall, although it only lay for about an hour. I took photos and look at them frequently.....gives me a warm fuzzy feeling! Haven't even seen any blue sky for several days now...........just miserable, nondescript and unrelenting greyness. ?

Some torrential hailstorms here............I thought it was the roof caving in! It has certainly been a memorable Christmas/New Year period, weather-wise.

Still a fair old covering in the back garden and on roofs which don't get any sun. Hope to get another day out of it tomorrow, then I think it'll probably go. It has been quite a good few days.......best since 2010 I think, given how long it has hung around. Hope everyone had a good Christmas. ☺

Still plenty lying here. Roads are now clear, but still lying snow on pavements, gardens and roofs. Nice to have the power back as well, after two power cuts! Oh, and I got to use my snow shovel for the first time, to clear snow from our sloping drive. I bought it in 2011 and was beginning to think it would never get used!

This is bonkers....it's still chucking it down. MetO Filton forecast says sleet between 2am and 5am, then just cloudy. Am dreading the drive in the morning.??

Shrubs in the garden are bending under the sheer weight of snow! Street lights have now gone off. Still no sign of gritting......I imagine the council have been caught unawares by this. It was certainly a big surprise!

Definitely the best since 2010.

No gritting here yet.....doesn't bode well for the morning. May have to drive daughter to work....she only passed her test 2 weeks ago!