Snow!

[parTy animal]

Jeeso! I've got my blinds shut so never notices, just had a peek, quite a bit of snow on the ground.

[krisskross]

central londons got about an inch on the ground as far as i can see.

one from a few days ago

and anoher

Edited December 21, 2009 by krisskross

[rexclark]

Aye I didn't notice it either until I went to drive up to the gym earlier. Stepped out my house and thought "f*ck that" and headed back inside. My street's no been gritted at all so there's actually a layer of ice under the snow on the roads making getting on to a main road dangerous

[Tomo18]

none here today..but there is still snow on the roads and paths

[parTy animal]

I've got to walk up to Sainsburys to do my shopping, it'll be a struggle trying to not fall on my arse!

[rexclark]

Might need to stop off at Tap room or Accies Vaults until its all melted mate. Best be safe and all that

[philipsteak]

Should reach 23 today.

[TalkShow Bob]

Was trying to ring my sister to see what my she had got my bro but it went to those number not recognised beeps, I rang my mum to see if my phone was working and the same thing happend so I rang my folks house... My old man says the snows been so bad that the phone network is down and there snowed in. Hes not sure ill be able to make it out of Reading to there house tomorrow (going home for crimbo tomorrow).

[rollergirl]

Been snowing quite heavily on and off all day here (G66)

[Budweiser]

We was predicted a light sleet shower here in Reading today - turned out to be 6 inches of snow...

It hasn't snowed this bad in Reading since i've been alive.

Edited December 21, 2009 by Budweiser

[LondonTom]

I got stuck at a shoping centre in it Went in boots, smelt some perfumes and aftershaves for gifts, went to go outside and just saw all this snow suddenly comining down. Thus everyone tried to leave to get out before either being trapped by the snow(Which wouldn't have happened due to it going as quick as it came), or the gridlock that was created by everyone trying to be clever and leave. Gave up after 15 minutes of trying to get out and went round a lovely empty tesco's doing the Christmas shop with my mum

http://twitpic.com/uj9ln

[Jaybles]

Snow what snow?

The sun always shines on southsea

[Rufus Gwertigan]

This is real "Back in my day" snow. A couple of roads blocked in M19 and the kids have taken over the streets

Awesome

[rachbon]

quite a thick layer of snow in hamilton. i hope i get snowed in tomorrow so i can take the day off work.

[parTy animal]

quite a thick layer of snow in hamilton. i hope i get snowed in tomorrow so i can take the day off work.

[rachbon]

It's crazy up in High Earnock. Took me an hour and 20 mins to get home from work today- spent an hour on Wellhall road alone

Least I got home though I suppose. My dad had to ditch his car and walk home whilst my mum left her car at work and got a train back to Hamilton and walked from there.

I'm supposed to be working at 6am tomorrow morning but tbh I really don't fancy the thought of driving at that time in these conditions. The main roads are fine (for now anyway) but trying to get onto them is going to be a complete and utter nightmare. God I hope it snows later!

[parTy animal]

jeeso that's horrendous. do you work in hamilton town centre?

i'm suprised i managed to get a train home from town today, usually they all get cancelled if there's a wee bit of rain.

Edited December 22, 2009 by parTy animal

[rexclark]

jeeso that's horrendous. do you work in hamilton town centre?

i'm suprised i managed to get a train home from town today, usually they all get cancelled if there's a wee bit of rain.

[mynameisearl]

The snow in Glasgow was mental today, pretty surprisng the trains were running considering they can't even get them to run in the summer!

I went out on my luchbreak today and came back in looking like Frosty The Snowman!

[parTy animal]

What time did you finish today? I finished at 4.45 and headed down to Central. It was absolutely packed and nothing was running through Paisley at that time. Ended up jumping on a bus on Union St and eventually got to Paisley at 6.40. If I had got my planned 5 o'clock train I'd have been back for 5.10.

From what people were saying on the bus Central was shut for a while?

Edited December 22, 2009 by parTy animal

[mynameisearl]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8427280.stm

Trains broke down and signals failed seemingly

My brother was going to finish Xmas shopping today but his bus turned around at the Raith Interchange and was told that he could use his ticket for the train. The trains were being cancelled left right and centre when he got to Hamilton Central though. In the end he never got anything done and wasted about 3 hours waiting for buses/ trains and sitting in traffic

[rexclark]

What time did you finish today? I finished at 4.45 and headed down to Central. It was absolutely packed and nothing was running through Paisley at that time. Ended up jumping on a bus on Union St and eventually got to Paisley at 6.40. If I had got my planned 5 o'clock train I'd have been back for 5.10.

From what people were saying on the bus Central was shut for a while?

[parTy animal]

Cheers for that mate. It was bloody mental inside Central. I must have just got inside as they reopened the gates as people were pouring out the station. Tried to make my way over to platforms 11-15 but it was a wall of people. Looked up at the boards and everything was delayed. Decided that it was worth a try heading for a bus and got lucky that there was one heading through Paisley pulling up as I got there. Saying that it spent half an hour trying to get from there to the river!

Got back to the car and it had about 4 inches of snow on top of it. Switched on the engine and then jumped out to start clearing the windscreen. Thought I'd try to be smart and leaned in and put on the windscreen wipers and a big lump of snow fell inside the car, all over my seat and in the side pocket! Got a big puddle in there now! Ended up going to Braehead and the roads around there were alright as was central Paisley but up my way is pretty bad and my street is treacherous. Going to be fun in the morning if it freezes tonight.

[mynameisearl]

I made the window wiper mistake ealier this week.

I had to walk down after dinner to help my dad fetch his car and all you could smell was burning car clutches from folk trying to rev their car up the hill and into driveways.

So far I've seen 3 gritters and not one of them was spreading grit onto the roads

[parTy animal]

I was struggling in my street and was a bit worried about the clutch so ended up parking it up in the street Our driveway is quite steep and covered in snow, no way I would have been able to park up on it tonight. A few abandoned cars just off the main road weren't quite as lucky as me! Was your dad's car at the bottom of that big hill on the main road? That's a hell of a slope, well done for getting it up there!