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She looks kinda cute though - hic

Used to go climbing there, your pictures brought back some great memories. Thanks for that Flagpole.

Freeze, thaw cycles bring the best conditions for both skiing and winter climbing

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Weatheronline is showing a peak gust from Plymouth Mountbatten of 94mph at noon today !!!!!!!!!

Sun and blue skies, breezy Temp 3.2c Dewpoint 1.7c Wind 6.7mph SSW Pressure 989.4 rising Rainfall in last 24 hours 12.4mm

At 10:13 Temp already at 9.7c and rising, Strong sw wind, grey and overcast.

13:37 Blue skies with thin cloud Temp 6.6c Pressure 1006.4 rising Wind - breeze from SW

Blue skies with thin cloud Temp 5.5c Pressure 1006.3 rising Wind - breeze from SW

I'll stick with December 1981 to follow on from Snowmaiden. I was a little older than Snowmaiden and had returned home, a small market town in Leicestershire for Christmas after being away climbing for most of the year. After a hour or so of getting a proper job banter from parents I retired to local hostelry and met up with old friends. After a while with snow steadily getting deeper a policeman friend came into the pub and told of atocious conditions on the A6. I rushed home and got my gear and spent the rest of the night helping out in removing terrified drivers and their passengers. Got back to pub at about 2am which had stayed open to help out and from there to some local hills for fertilizer bag sledging untill it was getting light. The magical part of the story was 150 - 200 relative strangers out in the snow enjoying themselves not a cross word or temper raised even though copious amounts of alcohol had been sunk that evening, what struck me then was how a wild act of nature had bought some many people together and incredibly made them smile and enjoy life......and people ask me why I have this obsession with the mountains and snow....I guess that story part answers it

Blowing an abolute hoolie here in Northern Northants Gust in last 15 mins 47mph and top gust of 66mph at 06.53 Temp 6.1c Wind - gale from west Pressure 1000.7 falling

Whilst Bush fiddled the world burned perhaps

The figure in the picture is stood at the bottom of an avalanche from the gully above, most casualties in the UK result from climbers being swept down gullies

You may this link interesting Louby http://www.sais.gov.uk/index.asp

Couldn't agree more, that is part of the allure of the hills anyway, the danger !!

Grey, overcast and calm Temp 2.9c Wind 3.3mph SE Pressure 1002.1 falling

Langdale, Lake District, this morning - as near perfect a winters scene as you can wish for

Snaefell is indeed the Norse for Snow Hill

Flurries of snow here in Moulton now. Temp 0.8c and dewpoint -1.6c wind 6.9mph ENE

North Northamptonshire 105m asl Very light snizzle

Many thanks pottyprof. It's people like you that make these forums so worthwhile. Many thanks again. I will post my findings after testing for a week in case it helps others with a similar problem Jim

Quite close to a main road with police cars, ambulances and taxi's up and down 24/7 which would explain why it is very hit and miss. i.e. happens with TV on and off computer on and off and in the dead of night when nothing on. I have found the ferrite ring on Maplin. Can you expain exactly what you mean by wrap station end of cable around a ferrite ring ? (simply loop it through the ring a couple of times ?)Sorry I'm not very practically minded. I searched but couldn't find a "clip on choke". Thanks for your help pottyprof

I have had a WS2300 for sometime now and very pleased with it except for occasional wind reports of 57.7 mph that appear every now and again even when it is calm outside. This of course also affects the windchill reading and makes a nonsense of maximum reading for wind and windchill. Anybody got answer/view on what may be causing this. Many thanks.

North Northants @ 16:10 Temp 1.9c Dewpoint (1.5)c Fresh wind SE Pressure 1013.2 and falling Have had sunny periods this afternoon but temp dropping fast now sun has set

Blue sky starting to appear here in Moulton Northants Dew point 0.8c and falling Wind 7.1mph ENE Pressure 1014.9 and falling Temp 3.8c falling slowly