The Big Freeze

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Re: The Big Freeze

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Blade wrote: Comes in bursts. Clear blue skies one minute then white out blizzard with 30 yard visilbilty the next
That’s exactly how it’s been today here, we walked to the shops this morning and had to hide from a blizzard for 15 minutes.
Blade wrote:Level access front doors are shite. Open the front door and 6 inch of snow drift falls in (gah)
Are those std fitment to new houses Blade? Wouldn’t fancy that in snow or if the water level rises outside. (shake)
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I'm supposed to be in Birmingham tomorrow on a two day advanced Excel course! Absolutely gutted!
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One door to a new build property has to be level access for wheel chair access I believe.

I think the Muppets that built our house misread that as sledge access (facepalm)
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There was about 2" of snow n the deck in London today, the walk through Hyde park this morning was lovely.

It started snowing at about 10 and hit heavier and heavier. I bottled it and come home at 11:30 and have no plans to go back into London until Monday.
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Enjoying a brandy to keep warm (lol)
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Seems like to today is our day for snow. Its forecast to snow all day, and so far one of the kids schools has been closed.

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School closed and had to cancel garage door install today. 8 inch of snow and still coming down.

@Nutz Get out drifting in that Z4 (rock)
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We have no snow... stop being greedy ****! I want to be 'inconvenienced' by the snow
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Looks Beautiful when sat in the warmth with a cup of tea and a bacon butty looking out (lol)
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Doesn't look like i will be going anywhere for the next couple of days.

Tea and warmth.
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Blade wrote:School closed and had to cancel garage door install today. 8 inch of snow and still coming down.
There's an 8 inches jokes in there somewhere.

We've had very little snow. Yesterday was all about short blizzards followed by sunshine. The roads were dry this morning.
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I've changed my mind. I'm going outside with these ladies. They tell me they love 8 inches.

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Kwacky wrote:
Blade wrote:School closed and had to cancel garage door install today. 8 inch of snow and still coming down.
There's an 8 inches jokes in there somewhere.

We've had very little snow. Yesterday was all about short blizzards followed by sunshine. The roads were dry this morning.
No snow in Brum? Its bucketing down here so its on its way.
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It started when I left home this morning and we're getting a decent dusting in coventry
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They've just closed the A6 Manchester road out of Buxton and that's not happened before in the 6 years I've been here. All the passes out of Buxton close regularly in the winter as they're over 1600 feet, but the A6 is flat. Apparently the ploughs can't keep up with the drifting.

The Trains have stopped to, so we're officially cut off.
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Monty wrote:They've just closed the A6 Manchester road out of Buxton and that's not happened before in the 6 years I've been here. All the passes out of Buxton close regularly in the winter as they're over 1600 feet, but the A6 is flat. Apparently the ploughs can't keep up with the drifting.

The Trains have stopped to, so we're officially cut off.
When its all thawed out and you have eaten each other, can i have your bike and the GTI?
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Running out of gas apparently.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43229297" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Blade you need to get back to work ASAP, mate. :D
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http://www.buxtonweather.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; website has crashed. Probably due to high demand as a very good website
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