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Snowing again!

Well, that's it for the next 18 years.

I could have cycled home comfortably if I'd made it into work.

(Since I hope to have been living in France for 6 years by then, maybe it's my last snow ever - unless I start holidaying in the mountains.)
 
Bristol snowed in again, UK cut off....

I hope everyone outside will be able to hold out until this ordeal is over. :eek:
 
I might be mad, but I am going to try to make it into work today - I have cheques that need sending out, and people rely on that money to live on, so I don't want to let them down.

There are no buses but I'm hoping to get a taxi - if not, I will have to walk.

Madzone, I don't think you should drive to Pill today - the M5 is down to one lane south of Exeter, the A30 is closed at Bodmin and it's looking very very grim out there.
 
Geri said:
I might be mad, but I am going to try to make it into work today - I have cheques that need sending out, and people rely on that money to live on, so I don't want to let them down.

There are no buses but I'm hoping to get a taxi - if not, I will have to walk.

Madzone, I don't think you should drive to Pill today - the M5 is down to one lane south of Exeter, the A30 is closed at Bodmin and it's looking very very grim out there.
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Nooooooooooo!!!!!!! :(
 
I did not bother trying to get to St Michaels today (In town) One of my fellow students got a cab and it wouldent take her up the hill and she had to turn round and go home!
 
They've apparently put a roadblock on Whiteladies now - turning northbound traffic around at the shopping centre.
 
Bloody hell, I was planning to take a bus to work (Cabot Circus), or a taxi if that failed. Not sounding promising is it!?
 
Yeah Gentlegreen, that is a leetle bit strange! :D

Geri, bless you for trying to go to work so you can send the cheques! :)
 
No snow here right at the end of Britain but blowing a gale and really, really cold. If it snowed it'd stick, definitely.
 
I keep thinking I ought to go out for a walk since I may never see such a spectacle again, maybe take some photos ... but I can't afford a sprained ankle ...
 
Geri said:
Coming down quite heavily at the moment here in BS5.
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I reckon ^that^ pretty much describes me in a nutshell. :hmm::D

Well, I've just got back from walking to the doctors, halfway up to Kingswood. So few cars in action, that I was able to hear the chorus of birdsong as I walked along the main road. :cool:
 
Very snowy in Devon, apparently, to the point where police have been rescuing drivers from cars near Exeter: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7873628.stm

I've just had an email from my mum, who lives a few miles from the city. There are no buses round her way and the roads are like skating rinks, so she's working at home with the heating turned up and a nice warm cat sitting on her lap! :cool:
 
Well, I walked in, which was alternately scary and fun, but I was banking on being able to get a bus home, which was NOT the case.

Bus station was empty and the inspector said the Chipping Sodbury bus (which I would normally get) was off, and so was the 48, 49. 4 and 24. I went into town and got a 45 to Easton Leisure Centre and walked the rest.

What I can't understand is that Stapleton Road is perfectly clear of snow so why the hell can't they run a bus to Downend or Staple Hill and back? Pathetic. :rolleyes:
 
Geri said:
What I can't understand is that Stapleton Road is perfectly clear of snow so why the hell can't they run a bus to Downend or Staple Hill and back? Pathetic. :rolleyes:
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You're obviously forgetting that, despite being apparently clear of snow, Stapleton Road remains...

'-BRITAIN'S MOST DANGEROUS ROAD!!!!' :hmm::D
 
Got to work as per, 0820. 10 AM, told we could go home. Not enough staff made it in to handle call volume. Bit sloshy, wet shoes and jeans. Walking in, blokes near garage clearing the path warned me about the large puddle of slush. S'not like you could go round it anyway.

My mate managed to run out of petrol on the Portway following an unexpected detour, away from the usual garage. He had to walk back down 3 quarters of it to buy a can. Ended up taking the day off. Saw a Fosters arctic coasting along, brakes on window open. Driver just shrugging his shoulders, resigned to the situation.
:eek:
 
It was wading through three inches of slush that left me with wet feet - my boots can cope with snow but they are leather, and not designed to be worn in water!
 
More snow! :eek:

I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, even if I have to walk, I'm sick of snow incapacity now.

It's so pretty though! :cool:
 
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