Snow, Snow And F'n Snow

[geordieguy]

Paw warmer ......... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img]

[dapleb]

Yeah....need more on Sunday to complete the bigloo. Snow too powdery now and the incompleteness has made it unstable.

Went for a wander instead to check out road conditions....I think I found one.

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[andysymmons]

<!--quoteo(post=146441:date=Fri 8th Jan 2010, 10:08 AM:name=dapleb)-->QUOTE(dapleb @ Fri 8th Jan 2010, 10:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Yeah....need more on Sunday to complete the bigloo. Snow too powdery now and the incompleteness has made it unstable.

Went for a wander instead to check out road conditions....I think I found one.

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Where in the world is that Dappers?

Looks gorgeous

Moose

[marko67]

<!--quoteo(post=146435:date=Fri 8th Jan 2010, 02:37 AM:name=Hartside Man)-->QUOTE(Hartside Man @ Fri 8th Jan 2010, 02:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->and nearly had a heart attack at 5:20 am when a friendly local dog decided to put its paws on my arse while i was scraping the car windscreen in the pitch black , feck me i aint jumped that high in a while, wasn't expecting nor heard the damn thing behind me.. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] it's not a small dog neither its a bloody 16 stone rottweiller [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] Yuo have my sympathys. When i was a callow youth i was having a nooner in some Cornish sand dunes with my girlfriend of the time & just as I hit the vinegar strokes I felt a bizarre warm, sensation along the crack of me bum & whipped round to come face to face with a friendly Alsatian having a lick of my wrinkle. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif[/img] Uuuugh. We scarpered quick before the owner turned up. Lovely dogs, Alsatians.... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img]

They have been showing satellite photos of the UK here, completely white. The country looks like an iceberg, astonishing. Spoke to a mate yesterday in Scotland & he reckons he cleared 50 inches of snow off his shed roof to prevent it collapsing. Thats a lot!! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img] I'm feeling a little homesick thinking of the snow we used to have in Aberdeen, not too much though.

[Cavey]

Well it was only 4 below here this evening but I just rode about 20 miles on the TDM. She started second pull having not been ridden for a month (lives outside, no trickle charger and the original 1999 battery - I was very impressed). I had plenty of layers on, so the only cold bits were my first two fingertips and my neck (forgot to put on neck tube thingy [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img] ) It wasn't really through choice though; I had booked the day with a mate months ago, while Mrs Cavey is away visiting relatives, so we could check valve clearances, fit new downpipes and do a general service. He has a heated garage, all the tools you could want and loads of bike/car mechanical experience. I have a snow-covered gravel drive, the bare essentials and perseverance.

I live on a main road and he is on a bus route, so I didn't have to navigate any snowy roads, but even so there were a few sprinklings of the white stuff here and there......and a few buttock clenching moments [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif[/img] . I passed two plodmobiles en route, and I half expected them to stop me and tell me I'm being a tw@t riding in these conditions. Hey Ho, They would have been right if they had! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] He dropped me back in his car and I'll drive there in the morning so I've got to get the bike back at some point [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif[/img] Wonder what the weather forcast is [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif[/img] (oh and get the original, ten year old downpipes off tomorrow [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img] )

[TonyDevil]

<!--quoteo(post=146511:date=Fri 8th Jan 2010, 10:47 PM:name=Cavey)-->QUOTE(Cavey @ Fri 8th Jan 2010, 10:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->(oh and get the original, ten year old downpipes off tomorrow [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img] )<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
good luck!
i hope you've been soakin em in plusgas for weeks

[drobinson]

Just a bit of snow up around our ways



BD

[baron]

<!--quoteo(post=146507:date=Fri 8th Jan 2010, 10:36 PM:name=harvey krumpet)-->QUOTE(harvey krumpet @ Fri 8th Jan 2010, 10:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] Yuo have my sympathys. When i was a callow youth i was having a nooner in some Cornish sand dunes with my girlfriend of the time & just as I hit the vinegar strokes I felt a bizarre warm, sensation along the crack of me bum & whipped round to come face to face with a friendly Alsatian having a lick of my wrinkle. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif[/img] Uuuugh. We scarpered quick before the owner turned up. Lovely dogs, Alsatians.... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img]

They have been showing satellite photos of the UK here, completely white. The country looks like an iceberg, astonishing. Spoke to a mate yesterday in Scotland & he reckons he cleared 50 inches of snow off his shed roof to prevent it collapsing. Thats a lot!! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img] I'm feeling a little homesick thinking of the snow we used to have in Aberdeen, not too much though.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If you're feeling a little homesick for Aberdeenshire have a look here. I live 14 miles West of Aberdeen near Drumoak and we haven't seen "+" temperatures for what now feels like weeks, minus 17.5degC on Friday morning.

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[Cavey]

<!--quoteo(post=146516:date=Fri 8th Jan 2010, 11:25 PM:name=TonyDevil)-->QUOTE(TonyDevil @ Fri 8th Jan 2010, 11:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->good luck!
i hope you've been soakin em in plusgas for weeks<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Nuts all came off easy. #2 flange was stuck like a bastard on the inside stud. Took much thumping, levering and waggling to release, but got there in the end. Delkevic downpipes fitted well, although collars seemed a little on the long side. Ride home was cold - it was just starting to snow. Only one wheel spin though [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[marko67]

<!--quoteo(post=146538:date=Sat 9th Jan 2010, 11:36 AM:name=Baron)-->QUOTE(Baron @ Sat 9th Jan 2010, 11:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->If you're feeling a little homesick for Aberdeenshire have a look here. I live 14 miles West of Aberdeen near Drumoak and we haven't seen "+" temperatures for what now feels like weeks, minus 17.5degC on Friday morning.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Cheers Baron, still looks like the coldest place I have ever lived. I bet Bennachie is pretty.

[Guest]

Hi to you slightly chilled ones, like Harvey K we have been seeing the Nasa Pic of the Uk covered in ice and snow. Best of luck to you all in coping with that. Interesting contrast, its 43 or 44 C for us tomorrow, still a 14 year drought in Victoria and very dry country------
cheers Graeme

[Studley Ramrod]

Weeehooo ! It's melting. Temp here has soared to 4 degrees.......still keeps snowing though [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif[/img]



melt, melt, melt, melt, melt, melt, melt !

[dapleb]

tis a ridge atween exmoor and fartmoor Moose. On a clear day you get a good view of both.

Today the snow would roll again so the bigloo was finished....yeah. Noubt has melted ear.

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[geordieguy]

<!--quoteo(post=146688:date=Sun 10th Jan 2010, 05:17 PM:name=dapleb)-->QUOTE(dapleb @ Sun 10th Jan 2010, 05:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Today the snow would roll again so the bigloo was finished.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Thats brilliant, what a Laugh ....... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img]

Well Done [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/good.gif[/img]

[chrislarkin]

<!--quoteo(post=146688:date=Sun 10th Jan 2010, 05:17 PM:name=dapleb)-->QUOTE(dapleb @ Sun 10th Jan 2010, 05:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->tis a ridge atween exmoor and fartmoor Moose. On a clear day you get a good view of both.

Today the snow would roll again so the bigloo was finished....yeah. Noubt has melted ear.

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Is the DRZ inside?

[Big Bird]

<!--quoteo(post=146688:date=Mon 11th Jan 2010, 04:17 AM:name=dapleb)-->QUOTE(dapleb @ Mon 11th Jan 2010, 04:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Today the snow would roll again so the bigloo was finished....yeah.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Great job PK.
Love the snow pics. Takes my mind mind off yet another 37 deg C day.

[TonyDevil]

<!--quoteo(post=146861:date=Wed 13th Jan 2010, 01:34 AM:name=Big Bird)-->QUOTE(Big Bird @ Wed 13th Jan 2010, 01:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Great job PK.
Love the snow pics. Takes my mind mind off yet another 37 deg C day.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
long time no see!
is it a bit warm on the other side?

[Guest]

Took me 4 hours to drive 45 miles today.
I encountered pillocks like this every 100 yards
Why can't they stop one side or the other and let people with man cars (and the foresight to get snow tyres fitted and carry a folding shovel) get past instead of making me get out of my warm dry car to dig them out and push them to get them moving.

[amarko5]

well our snow had dissapeared from the roads on monday and tuesday but freezing temps and a fresh fall on tuesday night and it's back to a whiteout again :-(

[TDMTAM]

<!--quoteo(post=146946:date=Wed 13th Jan 2010, 09:52 PM:name=Hartside Man)-->QUOTE(Hartside Man @ Wed 13th Jan 2010, 09:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->well our snow had dissapeared from the roads on monday and tuesday but freezing temps and a fresh fall on tuesday night and it's back to a whiteout again :-(<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Just looked out the window & its bloody snowing again here [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img]
hough the thaw is supposed to be on its way. This weather has managed to damage my drive way & also the pavment in front of it, also the amount of potholes I have came across & reported is unreal.
TAM