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Wanderers Ways. Neil Thompson 1961-2021

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Even got snow in Edinburgh today which doesn’t happen often. No winds and very tranquil though.

 

6 miles out of Edinburgh it’s 6 inches deep and causing chaos with roads shut. Amazing how we still cannot function in major cities in the uk when snow falls.

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Because it happens so rarely that there’s little point in investing.

 

Last time it happened in London was 5 years ago and couldn’t get to work from Crawley for two days, it’s not a huge loss and those in zones 1-4 were generally ok.

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Because it happens so rarely that there’s little point in investing.

 

Last time it happened in London was 5 years ago and couldn’t get to work from Crawley for two days, it’s not a huge loss and those in zones 1-4 were generally ok.

Aye I agree with that. My dad was giving me his worldly advice last week on how I should have a hot water system in my van and have everything lagged to stop it freezing. We get one freeze up a year.

 

Like you say city councils won't buy a fleet of snow ploughs when it snows and sticks about 3 times a years.

 

Although I've said before on it never ceases to amaze me how people are just not aware of the conditions outside and how many just don't bother looking at the forecast at any point then wonder why their car battery is flat after being sat in the cold all weekend or why they've been blown over walking their dog on a promenade in 70mph winds.

 

Traffic is chaos round the north west today, all down to accidents with folk expecting their journeys to be exactly the same even with sever weather warnings across the land. Folk don't have a clue.

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I was awake this morning at 2am-4am and it was covered in white here. By 6am it had all washed away...

 

Our Houston office went home at lunch yesterday because of snow but they’re expecting 20 degrees next week

 

Bonkers

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I was awake this morning at 2am-4am and it was covered in white here. By 6am it had all washed away...

 

Our Houston office went home at lunch yesterday because of snow but they’re expecting 20 degrees next week

 

Bonkers

Make sure it’s not a blag????
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Sweep's "cracking the flags in the shires" comments amused me no end

 

Having spent most of the last two months down there I get where he is coming from 

 

I can be sat down there all week in lovely (but cold) sunshine whilst Mrs Manc is phoning me bleating about hail, snow, frost, ice and all. It's less than 200 miles away ffs. Having done my research, rather than the work that I was supposed to do, the Pennines have a lot to answer for in terms of Northern weather

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