UK weather!!

[Roderick Smith]

On one of my UK holidays, there was quite a good snow cover in Norwich (end of January).  Snow was falling in London, but was melting as it hit the footpath, so there was no ground cover.
On one holiday in Canada, heavy snow fell overnight in St Johns (Newfoundland), trapping cars in garages.  There was a heavy demand for taxis, and I had to get to the airport.  I found a buried taxi, and offered to help the driver dig it out if he would take me to the airport.  He decided to try to drive it out prematurely, and got stuck worse.  Nevertheless, we completed the task, and I got to my flight.  At Goose Bay, the temperature at the airport was -32 deg C.  At that stage it was the coldest which I had experienced, but I have since been in -40 (Lynn Lake, Canada).

Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

[steamboatmodel]

On one of my UK holidays, there was quite a good snow cover in Norwich (end of January).  Snow was falling in London, but was melting as it hit the footpath, so there was no ground cover.
On one holiday in Canada, heavy snow fell overnight in St Johns (Newfoundland), trapping cars in garages.  There was a heavy demand for taxis, and I had to get to the airport.  I found a buried taxi, and offered to help the driver dig it out if he would take me to the airport.  He decided to try to drive it out prematurely, and got stuck worse.  Nevertheless, we completed the task, and I got to my flight.  At Goose Bay, the temperature at the airport was -32 deg C.  At that stage it was the coldest which I had experienced, but I have since been in -40 (Lynn Lake, Canada).

Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

When I was young and foolish I used to consider -40 ideal camping weather, went camping one Christmas holidays when it was below 0F and while splitting wood got warm and took my shirt off, after a half hour I had gotten a nice tan everywhere from the waist up except for where my snow goggles were. The coldest I have been out in was in Wawa Ont. while driving snow plow it reached -72F, now that was cold.
Regards,
Gerald.
PS No snow in Toronto -1C

[Eddy Matthews]

Last night the temperature fell to -12 degrees celcius here, and we woke up to two feet of snow.... Ever wondered what two feet of snow looks like? A photo is attached....












































Sorry, I couldn't resist!

Eddy

[Roderick Smith]

See www.paddleducks.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2491.msg9967#msg9967
That decommissioned paddlesteamer was in use as a floating restaurant in Moskva.
In the photo, the canal is frozen, but there is a layer of snow on top of the ice, and on the roof of the boat and on the roofs of the houses.

Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

[Walter Snowdon]

Weather? what weather?. Hee, when I wor a lad we had REAL winters! None of this Chicken Licken "the sky is falling down" stuff. I remember going to my village school   (2 miles across the fields, 3 miles by road) riding on farmers snow plows as the only way to get there! (Schools didnt close then). Sit back and enjoy it- read plenty of books, get some glue on your fingers and thank your particular God that her indoors doesnt want to go shopping in the snow!. regards, Walter.

[Eddy Matthews]

I'm glad to say that the weather is improving..... Last night we had temperatures of -14 celcius, but tonight the weather has improved dramatically, it's only -7!

Eddy

[sandystrone]

What glue are you using Walter? surely not the old animal glue you boil in a pot!
My workshop has been frozen for 2 weeks now and her indoors says the pensioner fuel payment does not cover my workshed,
Sandy