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Baptist Trainfan
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In my bit of Suffolk the sun is now shining brightly ... nice!
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Heavenly Anarchist
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It was minus 9 in Cambridge at 6.30 this morning, it's now improved to minus 3. I've just been out to defrost the chickens' water and struggled to get in the run as the bolt was so frozen.
We've noticed a blue tit going in our nest box and assume he is just sheltering from the cold. Must get dh to turn the live cam on so we can see what he's up to.
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Sioni Sais
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Yay for sn*w!
OK, a qualified one. All the cyclists were on the road for once. Mind you, pedestrians were on the road too as the pavements were icy. Thanks to all but a few motorists who realised why pedestrians were walking on the road.
It sn*wed again last night so no buses this morning and I didn't want to take a chance on getting stuck at w*rk four miles away. Today is therefore another "homew*rking" day (plus tea, hosting, Ebay etc) and we'll see if we can do anything tomorrow, as more sn*w is forecast.
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Tree Bee
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Freezing, icy pavements and now very foggy.
Looking forward to spring.
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Boadicea Trott
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Here in coastal South Wales, DD was on her way to work in Cardiff by bus this morning when police closed the A 48 and turned the bus back due to snow.
She was shocked to get back to our house and nary a flake of snow to be seen.......though snow is possible tonight, according to the Met Office.
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St. Gwladys
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Fed up of snow. At least I made it to my meeting in Mountain Ash yesterday - trying to co-ordinate 9 people at a hospital was not easy, and I would have been very irritated if I had had to call it off!
It seems that every time our road clears and it looks as if I will be able to get to work, it starts snowing again. Thankfully, I had kept leave "in case" and so I've been able to have snow days.
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Ariel
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Sick of ice. They never grit our road and it's a slope up a hill, so if you're driving, you have to get round a corner (on the ice) then do a slalom down the road between two sides of parked cars plus negotiate oncoming traffic. At present the whole road/pavements are covered with a mixture of ice and rapidly freezing slush. And it's just started snowing again: the forecast seems to think it'll keep this up for hours.
Bored now.
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Bene Gesserit
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I was in Cambridge today and on the (rail) journeys there and back across the Fens the scenery was absolutely beautiful. It was one of those occasions when the Flatlands come into their own.
The bits on foot at either end of the journey weren't so much fun, mind you...
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ArachnidinElmet
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I was in Haworth today, and just in front of the Bronte Parsonage you could see the whole valley completely covered in snow. Stunning.
On the road on the way up, someone had built a snow woman with a bikini, a snow cat and dog, and a snowman sat on the floor with a can of beer in his hand. Clearly not everyone is handicapped by the weather.
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Ariel
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How were the snowdog and snowcat posed? I tried to build a snowdog once and it wasn't anything like as easy as I'd expected. The snowlegs kept collapsing under the weight of the body.
The secret is probably to have the snowdog sitting down rather than on all fours; or perhaps it was the Wrong Kind of Snow or something.
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ExclamationMark
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Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
It was minus 9 in Cambridge at 6.30 this morning, it's now improved to minus 3. I've just been out to defrost the chickens' water and struggled to get in the run as the bolt was so frozen.
We've noticed a blue tit going in our nest box and assume he is just sheltering from the cold. Must get dh to turn the live cam on so we can see what he's up to.
Minus 12 at both bassingbourn and Histon as reorted by aged father and in laws. Not cold according to aged P - "you know we've picked brussels sprouts in colder than this".
He remembers Cambridgeshire winters back to the 1930's and the infamous 1947 when Abington Pigotts was cut off and had to be dug out. He reckons this is nothing. Still with lots of people staying indoors his appointments at Addenbrookes on Saturday and Monday were on time for once, first ever. (shurely shome mhistake ......)
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Originally posted by birdie:
[QUOTE]The Rector advocated cuddling during the sharing of the peace to keep warm. Remind me never to go to church in cold weather again.
I'd get a new Rector or call in the heavies now ....
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Originally posted by Ariel:
How were the snowdog and snowcat posed? I tried to build a snowdog once and it wasn't anything like as easy as I'd expected. The snowlegs kept collapsing under the weight of the body.
The secret is probably to have the snowdog sitting down rather than on all fours; or perhaps it was the Wrong Kind of Snow or something.
The Intrepid Miss S and her fiance built snowcats sitting down with their tails tucked neatly round them, like good cats. They also built a snowbot, which was great ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
Mrs. S, more intent on keeping warm!
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Heavenly Anarchist
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This afternoon we simultaneous had ice beginning to melt into slush, a patch of blue sky and light snow. I am now very confused as to what to expect.
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Ariel
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Just expect anything. You won't be far wrong.
(Blue sky? That sounds a very odd colour for a sky.)
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Chorister
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Somehow the snow missed us, although it was heavy a few miles away.
I enjoyed reading this article, which urged us to build as many snowmen as possible to help stop flooding.
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ArachnidinElmet
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariel:
How were the snowdog and snowcat posed? I tried to build a snowdog once and it wasn't anything like as easy as I'd expected. The snowlegs kept collapsing under the weight of the body.
The secret is probably to have the snowdog sitting down rather than on all fours; or perhaps it was the Wrong Kind of Snow or something.
They didn't really have individual legs as such. Think K9.
I haven't as yet seen anything to top last year, when someone had built a 6ft snow dragon, in Pete's Dragon style, complete with scaly backbone. Properly impressive.
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