U.K. ice and frost

[Skywatcher]

Hope everyone is keeping safe and warm in these freezing temperatures when I was walking the dogs last night not very far it was -4 to -9
Lots of layers and thermals is the trick
Keep safe out on our roads very icey I imagine (as I personally don’t drive )

[Ghastly Whisper]

Fair to say it is a bit chilly...

[Pune]

We've had freezing fog here in Stratford most of the day, it's lifted now but I wouldn't be surprised to see it return this evening, it's still -3 at the moment.

[Dave934]

Minus 5 this morning when I went to work at Mildenhall....if it gets any colder I might consider putting the heater on...
Dave.

[H.A.Bucken]

Backend of last week my bedroom temperature was +6C so spent a few quids giving it 10 minutes of 2kws before getting up. Central heating? Luxury (I don't have). This morning it's drizzling in the south Lakes- consequently feels twice as cold though outside it's been above freezing for over 24hrs.
Roger

[chrism8]

+8 in the Cornish Rivera, 13 deg inside with no heating on.

[C24]

I’m sitting with my back up against a very hot radiator and remembering :

Winter of 1946/47

The cold snap was felt across Europe, but the UK suffered the worst, and the country came to a standstill. Between January 1947 and March 1947, snow fell somewhere in the UK for 55 straight days. The snow was the main issue, but temperatures hit -21C across the UK.

Going back in history :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

1963 was not too warm either!

[raptor9]

I was 5 in 1947. I remember birds walking into our house because it was so cold outside!!. Outside loos were not much fun then either!!!.

[Condor68]

It was horrific up here as well raptor9 in1947.Even though I was still on the parents To Do list,just.As to the recent weather ,our wee corner just north of Dundee has not been too bad .Bit of chill , couple days of showers and a few mildly strong windy days.Before I retired it nearly always seemed to be a selection of bitterly cold,rain/sleet/snow and loads of windy days.Especially at the top of a ladder.

[Condor68]

Apologies for old yellow face should have been at end.

[Condor68]

I’m sitting with my back up against a very hot radiator and remembering :

Winter of 1946/47

The cold snap was felt across Europe, but the UK suffered the worst, and the country came to a standstill. Between January 1947 and March 1947, snow fell somewhere in the UK for 55 straight days. The snow was the main issue, but temperatures hit -21C across the UK.

Going back in history :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

1963 was not too warm either!

in 1963 C24 my grandmother died and my mother went up to make sure grandad was ok at weekends.He stayed on a croft about 15 miles from here by road and it was only light snow when we left one weekend ,woke up on Sat to three feet of snow .Grandfather had to deal with sheep and I went with him at 5 on a dark morning .Mother went loopy when we got back at lunchtime but he said he did it when he was a kid with his dad. I was 11 usual leaky waterproofs and only the two Collies to find the sheep.Dont remember how it happened but I was left with GG While mum got out on tractor.Spent a week doing that night and day.It was hunt eat sleep hunt eat sleep.We obviously didnt get them all but everytime you got a struggle where the dog indicated ,it was like getting a VC.
Cant remember feeling cold or wet just a typical kid trying to help,but I am proud of that one.
His stories about being caught leaving the farms to enlist in both wars and being put back on the land would make a good book but I would reckon a lot of you fairly rural members would have similar stories. On a visit after he retired to Arbroath he gave me money to put a bet for him on and and have a pint with my pals before my Mechanics and tech/drawing o levels.Even told me the Pub we 15 year olds were using and left us with the winnings.

A totally hard winter Clothing unlike we have now but better than previous generations but I am proud of what we did .If everyone of you sent me a bottle of whisky and i was drinking it I couldn remotely think my 10 year old grandson could cope with that Helf and Safety couldnt yet here me and thousands are.

[H.A.Bucken]

2001 when cheap railtickets were on offer (confidence-building after a spate of accidents on the rails) I decided to take my skis back up north again giving the French Alps a break after a series of lack-luster winters. Passport had expired too. I'd just got my first "brick" and from Oxenholme station I rang friends in the business in Fort William and Aviemore for snow reports before buying my tickets ('advance' if I remember). FW, not good; Aviemore, patchy, but should be snowing within the week so I got my tickets for Aviemore- first visit in about 23 years.
Foot and mouth broke out in Cumbria, uum, reindeer in Rothiemurchus. Anyway.
Plan was for a cross Glasgow transfer allowing for a comfort break (didn't know of JDWs then) before departing Queen's Street stn. When I came out of a pub I was confronted by a few flakes of snow; by the time we passed Killiecrankie it was degging it down and two hours after arrival in Aviemore tv news was that N. Scotland was cut off from the rest of Britain. Temperature dropped, not a breath of wind and 12T skies. The snow on the station platform was still powder after a week and I enjoyed a few days of the best skiing ever.
On return day a guy was filming the Cairngorms from the station platform oblivious of the con-trails above so I tapped him on the shoulder and pointed. It was a KC-135 gassing what looked like single engined fighters. There were at least six chicks variously painting the sky with their trails.
Skiing days are over unfortunately; arthritis has set in, but the memories are there.
Roger "I skied outof Raise 2700".

[Blackcat1]

2001 when cheap railtickets were on offer (confidence-building after a spate of accidents on the rails) I decided to take my skis back up north again giving the French Alps a break after a series of lack-luster winters. Passport had expired too. I'd just got my first "brick" and from Oxenholme station I rang friends in the business in Fort William and Aviemore for snow reports before buying my tickets ('advance' if I remember). FW, not good; Aviemore, patchy, but should be snowing within the week so I got my tickets for Aviemore- first visit in about 23 years.
Foot and mouth broke out in Cumbria, uum, reindeer in Rothiemurchus. Anyway.
Plan was for a cross Glasgow transfer allowing for a comfort break (didn't know of JDWs then) before departing Queen's Street stn. When I came out of a pub I was confronted by a few flakes of snow; by the time we passed Killiecrankie it was degging it down and two hours after arrival in Aviemore tv news was that N. Scotland was cut off from the rest of Britain. Temperature dropped, not a breath of wind and 12T skies. The snow on the station platform was still powder after a week and I enjoyed a few days of the best skiing ever.
On return day a guy was filming the Cairngorms from the station platform oblivious of the con-trails above so I tapped him on the shoulder and pointed. It was a KC-135 gassing what looked like single engined fighters. There were at least six chicks variously painting the sky with their trails.
Skiing days are over unfortunately; arthritis has set in, but the memories are there.
Roger "I skied outof Raise 2700".

Arthritis !! I sympathise!

[H.A.Bucken]

Cheers Gareth. Can't play my Gibson guitars either- can't block chords anymore and the strumming hand, wrist to be precise is very painful.
R.

[raptor9]

Had to stop modelling. Fingers..... But at 82 if that's the worst I get....

[Blackcat1]

Had to stop modelling. Fingers..... But at 82 if that's the worst I get....

I've got it in a lot of places , neck, back , shoulder & gout is absolute agony! its a bleeding nightmare and I'm only in my early 40s. My Mam suffers terrible with it too and I'm her carer! It can be difficult , roll on Spring & Summer! If we get one in the UK!!