SNOW A CHANCE TO BOAST

by **MacDuff** » 03 Dec 2010, 05:47

We furriners can only look with amazement at the TV pictures of Brits sleeping in cars and lorries. Whose got "it" worst :?:

Don't be modest, tell us :twisted:

by **Kojak** » 03 Dec 2010, 13:43

I did try to post a picture here but without success!

by **Allan** » 03 Dec 2010, 15:12

Not a huge amount of snow here. Just enough to look pretty.

[img]http://www.symi.eu.com/images/ogden2.jpg[/img]

by **Oor Willie** » 03 Dec 2010, 17:05

One of my drivers was trying to make a delivery in Livingston yesterday and when he jumped out of the cab of his truck the snow came up to his waist and while he is not the tallest guy in the world thats still pretty deep for undrifted snow in an urban location. The temperature climbed to a tropical -1C here this morning but is now falling rapidly again and Heather just called me to say it has been snowing pretty hard at home and I better leave work early to make sure I get home before the roads get bad again.

by **snoopy2** » 03 Dec 2010, 17:42

No snow has fallen here today in n.e. Scotland but more expected tonight and tomorrow. Here in Stonehaven we have had about 18 inches - very unusual for such close proximity to the sea. Once out onto higher ground the depth is about 3 - 4 feet. Food supplies just getting in today. Minus 19 degrees last night and so cold the iron gate cannot be opened as the iron is frozen hard. The most exciting thing that can be done outdoors is to go on a food forage!!!!! Since Monday i have read 6 books and the house is gleaming from housework to keep warm. Temperature has not risen above freezing all day.

by **Kojak** » 03 Dec 2010, 18:55

Here goes for another attempt. This is Tanfield, a small village in north west Durham.

[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VJ8uJtDux_M/TPjmt38ycLI/AAAAAAAAAG4/8-qt7ApfxtU/s576/tanfield%20snovember%20001.jpg[/img]

by **MacDuff** » 03 Dec 2010, 19:17

Boy oh boy, ain't it picturesqe. How lucky can you guys get. As for Stonehaven Snoops, if the delivery lorries get doon the brae, fit wiy'r they gahn tae get back up? Never mind foilks, your Colonial cousins are thinking about you. 8-)

by **Allan** » 03 Dec 2010, 23:19

Cold enough to freeze the local reservoir.

[img]http://www.symi.eu.com/images/res2.jpg[/img]

by **Kon** » 04 Dec 2010, 02:03

Some great pics there ,as much as i hate the cold weather it is very pictures with all the snow around.

Well we have a bad summer this year so far and they are telling us not to put the umbrellas away as yet. :cry:

by **peterv** » 04 Dec 2010, 10:40

Ohhhhhh poor Kon all wet and all the Brits so coooold..........

by **Gemma1** » 04 Dec 2010, 10:41

Lovely pictures and I must admit the snow looks beautiful but I think I'd be happy if I never had to see 'real snow' again in my life. We've got about 4-6 inches at the moment but there's no sign of it going and it's been causing chaos on the roads. Leeds city centre was gridlocked on Wednesday and I had to walk all the way home from work which took me 3 hours (it's about 8 miles). My car hasn't moved from the back of the house since Sunday - thank goodness I live on a bus route

. I keep looking at the temperatures on Symi and can't believe how warm it is still is

by **Kojak** » 04 Dec 2010, 12:43

Stop gloating, Peter!

by **snoopy2** » 04 Dec 2010, 15:51

[quote="MacDuff"]

Boy oh boy, ain't it picturesqe. How lucky can you guys get. As for Stonehaven Snoops, if the delivery lorries get doon the brae, fit wiy'r they gahn tae get back up? Never mind foilks, your Colonial cousins are thinking about you. 8-)

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Ahbody gud them a great muckle shove they wis ah that fair delighted to be getting scran.

by **Allan** » 04 Dec 2010, 17:10

[img]http://www.symi.eu.com/images/snowshape3.jpg[/img]

by **mikegadd** » 04 Dec 2010, 18:21

Putting the hens to bed at our allotment this afternoon.

[img]http://www.symivisitor.com/henhouse.jpg[/img]

by **MacDuff** » 04 Dec 2010, 22:33

Tham thar chuckens got courage, but I'll bet that their eggs(FROZEN)
taste delicious - not to mention the chickens themselves :twisted:

by **snoopy2** » 05 Dec 2010, 12:21

My chickens used to go to roost themselves when dusk came - all i had to do was lock the door behind them. Bless them they laid me eggs all through last winter (i think partly because i went up every day with warm mash for them!) and when the weather improved stopped. Ex bats so egged out. Now happilly retired to large scratching, free range estate at Kirrimuir. Oh happy chickens!

by **sugardens** » 07 Dec 2010, 19:29

Howya doing Snoopy2? Still snowed in or under? Everyone else on these chat pages seem to have gone to Facebook so I thought I'd pop in and say hello.
And anyone else who's interested in my life can visit my blog
afterbella.blogspot.com

by **snoopy2** » 07 Dec 2010, 23:32

Still under piles of snow Sugardens. Temperatures been below freezing for days now and walking is a broken hip/arm/wrist waiting to happen. However having looked out for a couple of oldies who don't venture out at all and distributing my most excellent broth tuck myself in every afternoon with yet another good book. Surviving well thanks for asking - how about yourself?

by **MacDuff** » 08 Dec 2010, 06:31

Tell me Snoops, what "animal" adorns the weathervane on the parish kirk in Kirriemuir :?:

Secondly, as one goes from the square opposite Vissochi's ice cream shop through the passage way to the kirk, there is a doorway with a heart and initials each side on the lintel facing you. Date and initials :?:

O.K. The "animal" is a dragon.
The initials on each side of the heart, are I F and B F, history does not record whether B F was the husband or the wife. The date (of the marriage) shown, is 1697.
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Isn't trivia wonderful. Bet you thought that I was going to say that the animal was a GINGER turkey. They however are a sub species living in the Pedi valley

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