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Hi all, Just stopped here in Buxton total depth from today/this evening about 2 inches Cheers Kev W

first few flakes beginning to fall her in Buxton . Just looking forward to tomorrow nights potential weather! Kind regards, Kev W

interesting thread this. Geoff Hoon was on question time the other and the question was posed to him about what can be done "moscow seems to cope" stupid comment really as they get it every year! He was also asked why dont we buy more gritters, yeah ok spend 100k on a gritter costs 10k a year keeping it all up together then sell it after 10 years at a major loss. He then asked the question how many of you have snow chains for your cars?? yup not one single reply One thing i will say alot of people around this part of the world do keep a set of snow tyres for when the snow comes. It is a rare event in the uk to have had this much snow/bad weather ( i hate the terms extreme, horrendous yadda yadda yadda) which we just have to put up with for a month or so ( well heres hoping anyways) then we can forget about for another 10 years or so. As for the salt problem well there is 100,000+ tonnes sitting in cheshire waiting to be bought. i ordered 40 tonnes yesterday for where i work and it was delivered at 8 am this morning . The salt mines in cheshire etc are working 24/7 to keep with the supply. As i have heard the mines had been put back to shorter working hours due to the lack of orders, maybe the councils were holding back as they didnt have so much money spend following the collaspe of the icelandic banks . I live in Derbyshire ( one of the many counties with salt shortages) and over the years they shrunk the salt reserves to very little, it used to be in big piles at the side of the road,alas no more. i guess the bottom line is if it were to become a major event every year then yes investment is required but until then i guess we will have to put up with it or stay at home!! kind regards, Kev W

Hi, yup can confirm we still have plenty of snow in Buxton . Plenty of sledging areas too! Try and head for Solomons temple (tower which overlooks Buxton) . I know there is loads up there as i look at it out of my office window, There is loads of places to sledge even in the town centre opposite the crescent Good luck!! Kind regards Kev W

mark, we have got loads !! i,m just outside buxton and it will be interesting to see how many cars are on the roads first thing, not many i think

we have loads in buxton !! drifts are forming 5 feet high between the breaks in the drystone walls. Good luck wherever you end up

mental snow here in Buxton !! we are getting drifts about 4-5 feet high between the breaks of the dry stone walls , lets hope it continues.will try and get some pictures uploaded after i have taken some i guess we have around 6-8 inches where it hasnt been blown around , always difficult to measure when it starts drifting !!

Cheers for the piccy, still snowing here

are you going to post it??? Cheers,

Hi all, Has been snowing non stop in Buxton for the last 45 minutes, long may it continue!! Better get my camera ready Kind regards,

snow grains just started in Buxton, way ahead of the models.........long may it continue

Hi again, Gotcha now , the problem was supscription had run out !!! yup can see what you mean now , looks like it is in advance of the models interesting few hours ahead !! Kind regards

Morning gobby Cannot seem to get your link to work? Regards,

looking at the models i reckon between 3 and 6 pm........enjoy !! Regards

mine is perfect :winky: . And yes that is what i use for getting about in when the white stuff arrives it really does go anywhere