Brace yourselves.

The coldest spell for years is coming to the UK....minus 15c and below temps are forecast for many.

Are you prepared??

Its snowing here now...about zero temp.

People in Moscow laugh at us !

nicko wrote:People in Moscow laugh at us !

People in Moscow drink themselves to death with cheap vodka.

Is that their anti-freeze?

nicko wrote:Is that their anti-freeze?

That and their coping mechanism.

Blah blah blah. Every single winter we hear this shit, mostly in the Mail and the Express to sell papers.

It’s cold and it has snowed here in flurries but it’s hardly severe weather conditions! Even the forecasts keep changing here.

eddie wrote:Blah blah blah. Every single winter we hear this shit, mostly in the Mail and the Express to sell papers.

It’s cold and it has snowed here in flurries but it’s hardly severe weather conditions! Even the forecasts keep changing here.

True, we should expect cold weather and possibly snow in February.

Having said that, it is bloody absolutely hideously freezing here, I couldn't feel my nose after walking against the wind this afternoon.

I have yet to see these snow blizzards and huge snowfall that was predicted.

Weather men seem to be worse than they used to be.

eddie wrote:I have yet to see these snow blizzards and huge snowfall that was predicted.

Weather men seem to be worse than they used to be.

It started snowing here in the night, it's been off and on all morning. We have about 2'' on the ground now, but the wind is getting up so it'll probably drift.
The chill factor is making it feel colder than the temp says...which is 2c at the minute.

Already some schools are closed in this area, Manchester airport has cancelled some flights, and the trains, trams and buses have over an hour and a half delay on some routes.

We Brits are notoriously bad nowadays at coping with bad weather.....even in the summer, after a couple of dry weeks, we are moaning about water shortages.

Sunny and brighter here. Snow showers that hardly get going....blink and you may miss them.

I think people who live in built up areas forget that the actual number of houses around them keeps the temperatures up.

Waterfall frozen in the Brecon Beacons



Sea frozen at Weston Super Mare




And our garden this morning

Your garden looks as pretty as a Christmas card Sassy...you should print that out, add a bit of glitter, and send it out to friends and family next Christmas.

Don't forget to feed the birds !

Syl wrote:Your garden looks as pretty as a  Christmas card Sassy...you should print that out, add a bit of glitter, and send it out to friends and family next Christmas.

What a good idea!

nicko wrote:Don't forget to feed the birds !

Never forget to feed the birds Nicko, or make sure the ice is broken in the bird bath so they have water. Last night we had muntjac deer in the front garden, always amazes me how small they are.

Whiteout! Scream the headlines. Oh do fuck off. It's a smattering of bloody snow and all the schools are closed. People don't die on the roads because of snow, they die on the roads because they drive as though there is no snow on the roads!

I remember the big freeze of 63 and I still had to walk to bloody school in my wellies. I was 6!

My husky was like...what the fuck?

Yep, I remember 62, I don't know how you went to school though, as it would have been shut for the Christmas holidays, it started on Boxing Day and went on for about a week, then I went back to college.  I also don't remember any reports of the sea or waterfalls freezing.  You should try it here, been snowing most of the time and we can't get out of the drive.

H/T, if you take him for a walk, keep him on the lead,
you could easily lose sight of him in the snow with his colour !

HoratioTarr wrote:My husky was like...what the fuck?

He is so beautiful, judging by the paw prints he had had a good nosy round in the snow.

HoratioTarr wrote:My husky was like...what the fuck?

Seeing that photo of your lovely dog just now has brought a lump to my throat....my late wife's dog and my own faithful and loving companion since she died nearly five years ago succumbed to kidney disease at the weekend, and I had to make the heartbreaking decision to have her put to sleep.

My son-in-law and my grandson, who is a trainee at the veterinary practice, helped me bury her alongside a bench seat in the paddock where we spent so much time together having games or just sitting in the sun watching the world pass us by along the country lane at the end of the drive.

Fred Moletrousers wrote:

HoratioTarr wrote:My husky was like...what the fuck?

Seeing that photo  of your lovely dog just now has brought a lump to my throat....my late wife's dog and my own faithful and loving companion since she died nearly five years ago succumbed to kidney disease at the weekend, and I had to make the heartbreaking decision to have her put to sleep.

My son-in-law and my grandson, who is a trainee at the veterinary practice, helped me bury her alongside a bench seat in the paddock where we spent so much time together having games or just sitting in the sun watching the world pass us by along the country lane at the end of the drive.

I'm so sorry for your loss. This is our second samoyed, and I didn't think I'd ever love another dog like I loved our first one after 14 years of doggy love. But you do. He's a completely different character and a right card! I think when you lose an animal you always say you couldn't bear to get another but they really do bring so much joy into your life.

sassy wrote:Yep, I remember 62, I don't know how you went to school though, as it would have been shut for the Christmas holidays, it started on Boxing Day and went on for about a week, then I went back to college.  I also don't remember any reports of the sea or waterfalls freezing.  You should try it here, been snowing most of the time and we can't get out of the drive.

I was living in Cornwall at the time.   I remember it well.   The snow was around for weeks.   This was Jan and Feb of 63.   I remember too one day we got the school bus to school but me and this other little kid got locked out because the driver was late.  Instead of knocking on the door, I decided to walk back home, and bearing in mind the snow was about a foot thick and all I had on was a duffle coat and wellies...I must have had an angel with me because I managed to walk the mile or so home all alone surrounded on each side by frozen hedgerow and not one single car passed me.   I finally turned into the close where we lived and luckily for me my mum was washing up at the kitchen window and saw me.  I was crying with the pain, and it got even worse when she tried to warm me up in front of the fire.   Had I had to walk any further, or if i'd got lost, I think they'd have found my stiff little body frozen to the ground!   I just wasn't meant to die that day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_1962%E2%80%9363_in_the_United_Kingdom

Fred Moletrousers wrote:

HoratioTarr wrote:My husky was like...what the fuck?

Seeing that photo  of your lovely dog just now has brought a lump to my throat....my late wife's dog and my own faithful and loving companion since she died nearly five years ago succumbed to kidney disease at the weekend, and I had to make the heartbreaking decision to have her put to sleep.

My son-in-law and my grandson, who is a trainee at the veterinary practice, helped me bury her alongside a bench seat in the paddock where we spent so much time together having games or just sitting in the sun watching the world pass us by along the country lane at the end of the drive.

I'm so so sorry to read this.
Its heartbreaking when a beloved pet dies, and all the more so because your dog was loved so much by your late wife.

You will enjoy the lovely memories of the good times you had with your dog when the grief fades.

Soon as the weather turns like this you get hypothermia deaths and road traffic accidents. 4 people dead, and counting. Sad really.

So sorry to hear of your loss, my heart goes out to you, I've just lost a very dear fur companion myself.

Vintage wrote:So sorry to hear of your loss, my heart goes out to you, I've just lost a very dear fur companion myself.

I'm sorry to hear that Vintage, it's one of the saddest things when a pet dies, you have my sympathy. x

Thanks Syl. I always say never again yet someone new comes along and off you go again.

Probably because they bring a lot more happiness than heartbreak, though it doesn't seem like that at the time. x

It snowed here today and still going.

Horatio, were you scared of losing your dog in the snow?

We've had snow on and off for days. It covered everything lightly each time but not for long. I've just tried to do my usual Asda order for Saturday only to find Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday are fully booked. It was mainly for fresh stuff, we have enough frozen etc to last comfortably for a while so we won't exactly starve and I doubt there's many without food stores of some sort around these days, if it does snow as expected people won't get their deliveries anyway, so why the panic? I expect if you go to our local Co op the shelves will be bare of milk and bread tonight.

Its thick here now, been snowing steadily all night.

I am just hoping when we check the mouse traps they are empty. Dont fancy the treck up to the tree den to free them tonight.
So far we have managed to catch 17 alive and free them.

Well we got some here today as well thank goodness. It’s already been a high fire season and it’s still February:(. We need lots more.

Fred Moletrousers wrote:

HoratioTarr wrote:My husky was like...what the fuck?

Seeing that photo  of your lovely dog just now has brought a lump to my throat....my late wife's dog and my own faithful and loving companion since she died nearly five years ago succumbed to kidney disease at the weekend, and I had to make the heartbreaking decision to have her put to sleep.

My son-in-law and my grandson, who is a trainee at the veterinary practice, helped me bury her alongside a bench seat in the paddock where we spent so much time together having games or just sitting in the sun watching the world pass us by along the country lane at the end of the drive.

HT- what an adorable hunk of fluffiness.

Lord M - I’m so very sorry for your loss. X

Syl wrote:Its thick here now, been snowing steadily all night.

I am just hoping when we check the mouse traps they are empty. Dont fancy the treck up to the tree den to free them tonight.
So far we have managed to catch 17 alive and free them.

Perhaps it's the same mouse. Give it a door key!

HoratioTarr wrote:

Syl wrote:Its thick here now, been snowing steadily all night.

I am just hoping when we check the mouse traps they are empty. Dont fancy the treck up to the tree den to free them tonight.
So far we have managed to catch 17 alive and free them.

Perhaps it's the same mouse.     Give it a door key!  

Hahaha...my OH is convinced its the same mouse that keeps coming back, its possibly developed a taste for peanut butter.

Syl wrote:

HoratioTarr wrote:

Perhaps it's the same mouse.     Give it a door key!  

Hahaha...my OH is convinced its the same mouse that keeps coming back, its possibly developed a taste for peanut butter.

Could a pest return if humanely trapped and released?
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
We are often asked this question and the simple answer is, yes. The issue of humane trapping always ends with the question of disposal.

Animals will always return to somewhere they know they can find food and shelter, unless there is a better alternative. Therefore, when disposing of a mouse or rat, you need to take them at least a couple of miles away, or they will find their way back.

https://www.pestcontrolberkshire.com/blog/could-a-pest-return-if-humanely-trapped-and-released

HoratioTarr wrote:

Syl wrote:

Hahaha...my OH is convinced its the same mouse that keeps coming back, its possibly developed a taste for peanut butter.

Could a pest return if humanely trapped and released?
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
We are often asked this question and the simple answer is, yes. The issue of humane trapping always ends with the question of disposal.

Animals will always return to somewhere they know they can find food and shelter, unless there is a better alternative. Therefore, when disposing of a mouse or rat, you need to take them at least a couple of miles away, or they will find their way back.

https://www.pestcontrolberkshire.com/blog/could-a-pest-return-if-humanely-trapped-and-released

Oh F***.

Looks like the Weather Gods looked down on Britain this week, and said to themselves "Let's show those Poms what some real weather is like..."

Meanwhile, down here this past week has been mostly warm and sunny for the end of summer..      
We do need rain badly, though --  we've been in drought here for the last few months.

We'v got some Snow you can have !

For once the met office didn't exaggerate about the weather.

And there is still no let up, some places are cut off altogether, the main roads North are blocked....no way of driving to York today, even the army are out helping motorists who have been stranded on the roads all night.

We have snow drifts about 4 foot high, and the winds are vicious, lots of fallen trees blocking side roads even if they were passable they are not now.

The death toll due to the weather conditions is now at 10.

It's bitterly cold out, I had to go out and just walking from my car to my destination, I was frozen. So raw in the wind.

magica wrote:It's bitterly cold out, I had to go out and just walking from my car to my destination, I was frozen. So raw in the wind.

I haven't been out today at all....must say its a very long day.

Yes it is when not out and about. This weather has kept many indoors, far to cold to brave the elements.

We had great fun in the snow with our grandson - its the first time he's been able to build a snowman and enjoy being pulled around on his sledge .

We were originally going to build a snowman - but then grandson wanted a snow dog and snow cat

The schools were all closed so we just made the most of the time with our gorgeous beautiful grandson .

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The snow wouldn't roll into a ball it was powdery - and yeah I know the snow dog looks more like a bear - and the hat was placed there by my grandson who thought it was absolutely hysterical

Aww...that's a lovely pic Vod, and you are right about seeing your young kids and grandkids playing out in the snow.....great times to enjoy. x
The snow dog and cat are very inventive.

Syl wrote:Aww...that's a lovely pic Vod, and you are right about seeing your young kids and grandkids playing out in the snow.....great times to enjoy. x
The snow dog and cat are very inventive.

That's my work the snowman was my hubby and grandson's work- the snow dog and snow cat was mine

the snow dog looks like yogi bear
You're right Syl making memories important xx