A cold wet winter

[UncleEbenezer]

Radio news reporting there's a strong La Nina event in the Pacific, which is likely to mean a cold, wet winter here in Blighty.



I hope Fools are well-stockpiled with internal warmth and cheer. Must pick up another medicinal bottle or two.

[AleisterCrowley]

If it's very cold, it will be snowy rather than wet
I fancy a decent blizzard or several. Last decent winter was about ten years ago IIRC (09-10 or 10-11, or both?)
Obviously it depends on where you live. My friends up in the hills (Welsh border) seem to get snow every year

[sg31]

We had a lot of snow in north Worcestershire about 3-4 years ago. 14 inches of snow in one fall which stayed on the ground for a couple of weeks. There were also a few lesser falls of snow.

OK it's not that much compared to historical records but it's more than most years.

The last 2 winters have had snow flurries but nothing of note.

[AleisterCrowley]

My mum (south Shropshire) sent me some photos of the garden under a lot of snow a few years ago - probably the same snowfall

[bungeejumper]

My mum (south Shropshire) sent me some photos of the garden under a lot of snow a few years ago - probably the same snowfall

Big one down here in West Wilts as well, probably Feb 2018. We are in a position that collects a lot of incoming weather, and it was nearly a week before we achieved strike-through to our nearest main road. But that was nothing compared with a previous winter (2014?), when our daughter arrived in her new BMW Z4 and realised that there was more to driving a rear wheel drive sports car in deep snow than she'd been led to believe.

BJ

[AleisterCrowley]

I like a good bit of snow as long as
(a) I can get to the pub (preferably one with open fires)
(b) The beer can still get to the pub OK , or they have a well stocked cellar

[bungeejumper]

I like a good bit of snow as long as
(a) I can get to the pub (preferably one with open fires)
(b) The beer can still get to the pub OK , or they have a well stocked cellar

Memories of getting snowed into a pub in the Brecon Beacons. Roaring fire, endless stocks of Old Peculier, no plod to call closing time. Don't think I ever want to see another pint of Peculier, though.

BJ

[Itsallaguess]

Radio news reporting there's a strong La Nina event in the Pacific, which is likely to mean a cold, wet winter here in Blighty.

I hope Fools are well-stockpiled with internal warmth and cheer. Must pick up another medicinal bottle or two.

As someone who doesn't really enjoy the colder, darker months at all, my single saving grace from this altogether rotten year is that even if the winter only passes half as quick as the summer did, then it'll be March before we know it..

It's not much to hold on to, but right now, I'll take it...

Cheers,

Itsallaguess

[AleisterCrowley]

2020 has been pretty dire. If it were a beer, it would be John Smith's Smooth (or Bud Light)

[Mike4]

2020 has been pretty dire. If it were a beer, it would be John Smith's Smooth (or Bud Light)

Surely those two are to beer, what Mothers Pride is to bread!

[Mike4]

My mum (south Shropshire) sent me some photos of the garden under a lot of snow a few years ago - probably the same snowfall

Big one down here in West Wilts as well, probably Feb 2018.

Close, but could have been March rather than Feb. We certainly had snow very late that winter over this side of Wiltshire!

Here is a photo of my boat as I arrived home after bell ringing, at 11.30pm on 18th March 2018 (according to the photo image info).






Although I've just found this too, a frozen canal on 2nd March, so the snow could easily have started a few days earlier in Feb. i lurve taking colour photos like this, that look as though they were taken in black and white...

[AleisterCrowley]

I have a similar one (less snow) of the Kennet & Avon near me - I moved in Sept 2018 so we must have had some snow winter 18/19

[Leothebear]

Yes it's all very pretty. Sadly though when we get a couple of inches settling, civilization comes to an end. Supermarkets run out of food, garages out of fuel etc etc. A glimpse of the house of cards we've created for ourselves.

[Nimrod103]

A bigger worry to me, is that prolonged cold spells in the UK are usually associated with static anti-cyclones, causing generally still, low wind conditions. And we have become very dependent on wind generated electricity.

[bungeejumper]

And we have become very dependent on wind generated electricity.

So there's a use for Boris after all?

BJ

[XFool]

Although I've just found this too, a frozen canal on 2nd March, so the snow could easily have started a few days earlier in Feb. i lurve taking colour photos like this, that look as though they were taken in black and white...

One query. Why is that most distant barge apparently levitating at one end?

[Mike4]

One query. Why is that most distant barge apparently levitating at one end?

I can't see any barges, only four narrowboats.

[Watis]

Although I've just found this too, a frozen canal on 2nd March, so the snow could easily have started a few days earlier in Feb. i lurve taking colour photos like this, that look as though they were taken in black and white...

One query. Why is that most distant barge apparently levitating at one end?

Just to note that 2nd March 2018 was the day that the 'Beast from the East' delivered snow across the country.

Watis

[XFool]

One query. Why is that most distant barge apparently levitating at one end?

Just to note that 2nd March 2018 was the day that the 'Beast from the East' delivered snow across the country.

Watis

What? It is being raised out of the water by the weight of snow at one end? Wasn't it snowing at the other end?

Baffled...


It's a barge where I came from!

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/barge

barge
(bɑːʳdʒ )

1. COUNTABLE NOUN [oft by NOUN]
A barge is a long, narrow boat with a flat bottom. Barges are used for carrying heavy loads, especially on canals.
Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge.

Synonyms: canal boat, lighter, narrow boat, scow

[AleisterCrowley]

If it's > 7ft across it's a barge !