WHAT'S YOUR WEATHER LIKE - 2017 a

Well I think you`re a spoilsport now......

no...don`t try to console me - the bubble has burst :hurt: I really thought we might have guests for Christmas.

 

Flattery will get you ............:cheerup:

 

Our weather was wet and dreich today. Temperatures around 6 earlier, but dropped to 0.8 now.

 

There is good and bad news here. The good is it's much warmer, the bad is that we have falling atm and by the looks of things we could get a fair old doze. The saying about it being too cold to snow might have been very apt up until today.
Luckily the gritter went past literally minutes before it started snowing. The 1 sort of bad thing about where we live is that despite being quite high we are also quite sheltered. Except when it snows this is a huge bonus but if it does snow here it tends to lie.
No real big issues for a while at least as have huge chest freezer full of food, got loads of hay for horse and plenty of wood for the burners so don't really need to go out if it gets bad. No way looking as severe as my avatar and it doesn't get like it. Hope you are ok @Sheal. It is looking like you maybe going to be indoctrinated to life in Scotland with a severe winter which would be a pity. Last winter was virtually frost free but not this 1 so far and a long way to go.

 

Hi @silu, a spot of celery soup will keep you nice and warm, then

 

Oh you did make me laugh @Irmemac. The family have gone on strike from having anything which has the dreaded Celery in it. I was managing to disguise it in all sorts of dishes but they have now become wise to my tricks and examine all meals to make sure I haven't been sly and added some. I am planning to make a fairly fiery curry on Saturday and confident I will manage to get rid of some in that altho I am convinced the family have acquired some sort of Celery radar, I got "caught" trying to palm some off in a Chicken, Tomato and Chilli casserole the other night

 

Nice try with the disguised celery. Do you think they would fall for it if you just gave it another name? "That's not celery, it's carrot!" My family have a deep suspicion of most veg, which can make meals tricky!

 

I'm/we're fine thanks @silu. We used to get heavy duty winters when I lived in Essex. That in mind I had to deal with a scary moment today that brought back memories from there. Not far away is a two way road on a slight hill. At the bottom of that hill is a bridge about 100ft long which is single track and no one has right of way from either side. On the way down to it there's a partially blind bend which you can't see round until you're almost on the bridge. Although I was traveling fairly slowly, as I turned the bend there was someone on the bridge so had to break not knowing I was on ice. There was a passing place to my left which I managed to steer/slide into. I then had to make a quick decision, take out the road signs or head for the fence if possible, still sliding I managed to head for the fence (the softest option), luckily the car came to a halt before I got there, so all's well!

Just days ago, my daughter asked me if I wanted a course on driving in snow/ice, cheeky mare! Perhaps her ESP was working. You know Silu, but our friends here won't be aware that she teaches this amongst other things driving wise, for a living.

Story told, the weather hasn't changed much here with an inch of snow again overnight. With what's frozen underneath it's not possible to see what's safe to drive/walk on at the moment, although there is a slow thaw during daylight hours.

A sunny day despite a snow shower this afternoon and still cold, just 0C/32F.