Weather

[Colin]

Hi,

Thanks for sharing your excellent pictures Logan.

I did the usual 3 supermarket shopping setting off at 7:15 this morning and back home by 8:30. Our private estate is like a skating rink and vehicles have been abandoned up the lane; driving conditions on main roads are OK but side roads remain treacherous; a bit warmer at -1.5C this morning and it's stopped snowing. I'm pleased I cleared our paths yesterday and removed the snow from the car so not too much hassle before driving off; the windscreen washers are frozen as is our outside water tap located to the bungalow rear; this tap has a wooden cover over it so it must be a bit chilly out there.

https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/highways-england-4x4-bursts-flames-14353818

I try to avoid our local M62 motorway as much as possible; it's a terrible motorway even in summer but in winter it's a nightmare being the highest motorway in the country and it sure is bleak over the top of The Pennines. We live near The Pennines and our valley side catches extremes of weather it usually being bad. I believe drivers have been stuck for up to 20 hours on the M62; glad I wasn't one of them.

Yesterday a chum remarked that years ago when we were kids tar used to melt on the pavements and roads due to very hot summers; I'd forgotten about this because I can't remember the last time I saw tar melting in summer; it's just a distant memory; I always like the smell of tar.

I've booked Blackie and Gale again for 2018 why spoil our year with a long hot summer; much better to work outside in driving rain as I've done for many years.

Kind regards, Colin.

 

[Logan]

Got the second lot of snow coming over.temp. -3

 

[johnny canoe]

They are saying 30cm of snow for Calgary over the next 24hrs. It's really coming down heavy at the moment.

 

[alp]

Whoa! That's nearly 1 foot! Corr! That's serious. I am waiting fro my sustenance to be ready. I wonder what staple diet Canadians have, @johnny canoe ? Rice, bread or potatoes?

 

[johnny canoe]

Well my sisters and their families love to be invited over for my roast beef on Sundays. Canadian staple, I don't think their is such a thing, The Chinese Canadians have their food the Polish Canadians have theirs and on and on.

 

[alp]

Well my sisters and their families love to be invited over for my roast beef on Sundays. Canadian staple, I don't think their is such a thing, The Chinese Canadians have their food the Polish Canadians have theirs and on and on.

How do you give flavour to beef, Johnny? The ingrate obviously doesn't like his meal and keeps saying, "Come on, come on!" I emptied a whole sachet of Beouf Bourguignon into the slow cooker and the flavour has been diluted by the rice. I often wonder how to make food tasty!

 

[Colin]

Hi,

30cm of snow is a lot to contend with johnny but you guys in Canada will laugh at this amount whereas a couple of inches in a day here in the UK virtually shuts the whole lot down; I remember as a kid seeing much more snow than we now get and in those days very few owned cars so it was bus or walk and it was walking for us because we couldn't afford the bus. I think in the last couple of days we've had around 20 cm of snow which I cleared; today it hasn't snowed and I managed to get out doing the shopping this morning but it was hard going off the main roads. We can now hear cars crackling their way along the street as everything freezes up again. I'm still awaiting the summer that has been missing for many years. It's fun living in Yorkshire though.

https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/live-m62-closed-both-directions-14357268

Kind regards, Colin.

 

[Logan]

How do you give flavour to beef, Johnny? The ingrate obviously doesn't like his meal and keeps saying, "Come on, come on!" I emptied a whole sachet of Beouf Bourguignon into the slow cooker and the flavour has been diluted by the rice. I often wonder how to make food tasty!

Could try putting something in the rice, like chilli,sweet peppers and onions. Or worcestershire sauce.

 

[alp]

Could try putting something in the rice, like chilli,sweet peppers and onions. Or worcestershire sauce.

I might try chilli, but Worcestershire sauce makes me thirsty. Something not very nice in the ingredients. Good suggestion. Will have a go. I have a gammon joint now. Wonder how to make the saltiness go away.

 

[Logan]

I might try chilli, but Worcestershire sauce makes me thirsty. Something not very nice in the ingredients. Good suggestion. Will have a go. I have a gammon joint now. Wonder how to make the saltiness go away.

You have to soak it in water for a day, change the water then cook it.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

over here in PA, USA, have rain/snow all day. but its the 60mph wind that is nuts. some power out in some sections already. but I am good with my generator in case it goes out in my area. twigs, branches coming down on roads and lawns.

 

[alp]

Good morning: some decent temperature to have in Essex after today

 

[Logan]

Morning all mist and breezy.
-1
Stopped snowing at last.

 

[alp]

Yes, we're getting there, but even next Friday, we still have -2 in the morning. Tomorrow we will have 9c .. a dizzy high temperature. I hope my plants will emerge intact. They looked cooked last time I saw them, probably 4 days ago!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Well that's over with, no more snow

Now for the messy ,ugly part........the thaw!!!

We might venture out to the shops, as we are out of milk ,eggs etc.
We will have to walk as our lane is still covered in snow.

Hubs cleared some of our pathways yesterday and found some parts were a ft deep. We are in a bit of a valley and it becomes a wind tunnel at times , we saw what looked like ' clouds ' of snow blowing over us on Thursday, so snow drifts were inevitable!!

High of 5 and a low of 3 today ,with rain forecasted.