General Chat

Been snowing here in Merthyr Tydfil for a few hours. Everything is white now and the roads are starting to get bad in places.


Alyson

we ave snow! not layikng tho ;-)

just starting here now - Jct 32 M4

Time to get out the Thermals and Red Flanel Girls. :-D :-D :-D ;-)

my friend just rang me - she lives in Marshfield on the eastern side of Cardiff - it's snowing there now

Just started to sleet here in N Wales....nothing sticking ...as yet!

Odd few small flakes earlier but not come to anything yet

Solved the problem I had with reversing my Fiesta into our garage

:-|



I now drive in & reverse out :-D, luckily I have room on the drive to turn round before going out onto the road.

Blue sky and sunshine here today....I hope we don't get any just yet as I can't wear shoes for at least another 2 weeks!! Had an op on my toes in December and have pins sticking out.. :-S :-S

Had nasty cold sleet yesterday afternoon, but woke today to blue sky. It is now looking very ominous outside, gloomy sky & a light snowfall.

On the bright side those huge stacks of seasoned cord wood that have lined the wood yard, owing to a couple of mild winters, are going fast. My husband & his trusty 4x4 truck have been making non stop deliveries for the last couple of days.

Been trying to snow here for a couple of hours and now it has succeeded :-|

I hate the stuff but my grandaughter will be pleased when she comes home from her Mum's house :-D

Brenda from Wales has probably got some now because we only live a few miles apart

Some sleet here this morning in Medway area of Kent . Its damp on the ground so nothing lying. The sky though looks very heavy as if there's some snow up there. I hope not.

I didnt take OH to church this morning as got very creaky knees so thought driving wasnt safe .

we stil have no snow, but its so so cold

Had some sleet last night but have woken up to blue sky here in Surrey.

Bits of white cloud coming down from the North West though.

We did a big shop on Friday and I don't go to work until Wednesday.

I am the nearest member of staff to school but as I only work two days I don't have a key, the nearest other teacher is about six miles away, so if it snows between now and Wednesday, we might get a snow day.

We shall see .......... M

A bit of frost on cars and roofs but sun out ..expect it's cold.
Hope we don't get snow up here on N Wales coast as I do live up a hill.

Just looked outside before I woke o.h. for work and it's sleeting a bit, cars have a dusting but nothing settling on the ground at the mo.

Lizx

I hate snow, always scared of falling down as I did a few years back. I got some shoe spikes recently to put on my boots so hope they will work if I have to go out in the frozen slush. New snow is ok but it doesn't stay new and easy to walk on.

O.h. working today so he is taking car in case it's snowing when he finishes, will be really cold at work as there is something being done to the electricity supply so everything will have to be turned off in the factory and offices and then he and his colleagues (all called in for overtime) will have to make sure all the computerised machines are running ok when the supply is switched on again. Sounds like fun, he has no idea how late he will be as it depends on the people doing the electricity changeover (not sure what it's all about)

I think I will just hibernate all day lol

It looks dry outside at the mo and not even frosty but things can change so fast, it's very cold (Norwich)

Take care everyone,

Lizx


I am pretty hopeless at reversing into spaces, luckily don't have to use garage as it's full with other stuff (not mine) but at least it would be a case of driving in and reversing out on to driveway.

Ours is a Ford Fiesta Diesel and is quite bulbous. You think you have parked straight even when driving into a parking space only to find when you get out its NOT .

I find parking it a bit frustrating when you see its offline when you thought you had done a good job..

The garage had to have a new up and over door after burglars did the lock in that couldn't be replaced . trouble was the"new" door was smaller that the old one cos dimensions had changed so we had to have more wood added to the side opening so the mechanism could be fitted. Makes it less room now to clear the wing mirrors which you need to see where you are going.

Wish we could get the garage widened but theres no room to do that

Cars are so much bigger than 1960's. If you take an average car today, like a Renault Megane, they are massive and absolutely no chance of parking them in a 1960's garage. Almost all garages are now storage areas, with chest freezers, keep fit equipment and like. Only cars you see are those precious 1960's cars - all wrapped up and precious.

Many of those garages have been turned into an extra bedroom. Amazing to think that most 1960's cars would have fitted quite well.

Shirley, I can only reverse/parallel park. I find it very hard to drive/pull into a space. :-)