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    I'm okay, Ziggy, as I live near the biggest salt mine in Europe:D:heehee:
     
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    Wont do you any good if you can't get out of your drive to get to it:heehee::D
     
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      Don't be silly, us Bears hibernate:D:heehee:
       
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        I'm going to tempt fate Ziggy...........Don't need it here! :heehee:
         
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        I too will tempt fate. The local blast furnace starts up again in december after a couple of years of being mothballed. No problems expected here.

        Last winter, after a couple of years of the local heater (blast furnace) being switched off, we got down to -10 degrees celsius once. We had -19C on the A19 on the way to work (35 miles into the Durham countryside at the time). I still made it through, although it was the first time in my life I've ever seen an actual snow drift on a major road before.

        Now I've changed jobs, if I can't get the car out, which is unlikely, I could walk to work in no more than a couple of hours if need be.
         
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        We've been fortunate for the last few years to have been travelling in exotic places during the bad weather over here but we're not going this year - Oscar will be pleased :D.

        Unfortunately, we can't use salt on our driveway because we then wouldn't be able to get it off again and it would eventually end up in the flower beds - and stain the tarmac.

        We'll just have to hibernate and wait for food parcels. If they manage to get our road clear I can always hitch a lift to the village :heehee:
         
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        No Exotica this year Shiney?
        I was looking forward to seeing some pics of somewhere I'm never going to get to.:D
        Still there's no place like home (or the Lakes).:)
         
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        I've started to notice snow shovels appearing in the shops.
         
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        .......and Christmas has arrived at B & Q also. :yawn:
         
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        This Bear is beginning to feel the urge to find a dark cave already:heehee::D:runhills::sleep::sleep:
         
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          When you find that dark cave Armandii, can I have the address please. :heehee:
           
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          Actually, Sheal, I have the Cave already furnished, lardered, heated, with plenty of straw to snuggle down in. Just bring a few good books in case you wake up every now and then:heehee::heehee:
           
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            I was hoping to do India, Sri Lanka and Burma this year but Mrs shiney is too busy studying :cry3:

            But we have been to the Lakes twice this year :dbgrtmb:
             
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            Just heard on the News that the hard Winters have been due to a cycle of lower Sun activity and radiation which it is still in, so we could be having another bad Winter. Well, that cheered me up no end:what::rolleyespink::mad:
             
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