[Rob Brownfield]

Trying to find out what the weather is doing in Banchory just now, but I thought it might be useful for everyone to let others know whats happening on the roads.

I am in town and parts of Union Street look wet but are infact bottle smooth and slippy. Some of the side roads are causing an issue with some drivers spinning up and polishing the road surface.

[Jim Eddie]

Aberdeen to Peterhead not the best , snow drifting off the feilds in places , OK at the moment but I can see it getting bad as the night go's on.

 

Jim

[Mike Barrio]

Inverurie is getting "interesting", especially on the side roads, with plenty of that fine ball bearing type snow on top of ice ........

Quite windy as well.

Cheers
Mike

[Barry Robertson]

Due to the mad forecasts, i am now getting picked up at 4-15 am tomorrow morning for my check in at bond
Lets hope it keeps snowing 

[Jim Eddie]

Our CHC flights were cancelled this afternoon Baz

 

Jim

[Ben Dixon]

Grim in Bachory, side roads are poor but main road not too bad.  Once out of Banchory roads are white but there are being attempts made to clear them.  All passable but not great.  COuld be intersting tomorrow.

Ben

[PDScott]

Someone switched the lights out in Peterhead around 2.30 and we had a total white-out for around 30 minutes. It took my wife around an hour to make the journey back from Fraserburgh (around 17 miles) Even then she had some idiots overtaking her!
Drive safely wherever you are
Peter

[Hamish Young]

Only an inch or two of snow here sort of near Beauly, but it's a white out at the moment and it's only going to get worse I'm afraid 

H 

[Mike Barrio]

Only an inch or two of snow here sort of near Beauly, but it's a white out at the moment and it's only going to get worse I'm afraid 

H 

Can you not close a gate or something up North Hamish? ....... and stop it coming down here

Cheers
Mike

[darren78]

All flights from Aberdeen to Scatsa were cancelled today check in tomorrow though, as for the streets in Aberdeen they are a joke my Mrs bus service was cancelled so i ventured out in the car to pick her up most roads in town are snow coverd sheet ice making driving very difficult even the 4x4's were struggling, (note to self if Mrs bus service cancelled again she is walking lol)

[Hamish Young]

Can you not close a gate or something up North Hamish? ....... and stop it coming down here

No matey..... you'll get it worse in Aberdeenshire than this bit of 'near to the sea' Inverness-shire (if in doubt, ask Ben how close we are to the sea  ) and it doesn't worry me one little bit that you'll get more snow than us
Wait a mo.... she who must be obeyed is still working in Aberdeenshire and has to get back here safely.
I'll go speak to the weather gods immediately and organise a change in weather

H 

[Matt Henderson]

Traffic was a bit slow in town.  It's all about avoiding anderson drive and then trying every back street going to get home. The big jams appeared to be going up anderson drive in either direction and also Cragie loanings and Queens road and Albyn. Still looks much better than the grey damp stuff we had earlier in the week.

[Ben Dixon]

(if in doubt, ask Ben how close we are to the sea  )
H 

Bitch!! Now don't you be starting. Rachel is with me on this one 

[Jim Eddie]

Aberdeen - Peterhead road not to good this morning. I'm working from the Peterhead office, our courier who makes  the trip twice daily says its the worst he has seen the road in 16 years.

I had a night out in aberdeen toninght (Hotel room booked) I had planned to get the bus through but all the buses are now cancelled. Oh well it will save me having a hangover tomorrow  :z19

 

Jim

[Rob Brownfield]

2 hours from Glassel to the centre of town this morning.....20 minutes to Peterculter, the rest of the time crawling and avoiding people spinning up on the smallest of inclines, and it seemed Minis were the main culprit! I guess the combination of a hairdressers car and low profile fat tyres does not work on snow..lol

I have to say the Subaru with all weather tyres is a joy in the snow

[gunner100]

This is the site I have been using to get info on the road conditions over the last few weeks. Hope it may be of use to someone.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/northeastscotland/

Lyall

[Mike Barrio]

Well, just back from my last walk down to the post office of the day ....... and it is pretty cold out there

Cheers
Mike

[Barry Robertson]

It was so cold i got cancelled at the helli port 
And i even have a later check in time for tomorrow morning , sweeeeeet 

[Noel Kelly]

Fair dump of snow happening in Kintore tonight. Much more than forecast again  

[John Reid]

Dinging down in Pitmedden as well!  All my snow clearing efforts today have been undone! 

[Ben Dixon]

Just got back from Banchory, anymore snow and the B977 will only be passable to 4x4's and or something with a good bit of ground clearance.  8 - 10" in places on main road.

Got to get back there again tomorrow!!

Ben

[John Reid]

Hope you weren't working till this time Mr D! 

[Mike Barrio]

Just got back from 'Mike's festive taxi run', roads are interesting, but the old Astra is still going strong

Cheers
Mike

[Hamish Young]

According to my little met station it was -12 when I reluctantly got up at 06:30 yesterday to choke a cat (that is not a euphemism for anything else, I genuinely wanted to kill one of our cats yesterday morning... but that's another story) by 10:30 it was -2 and snowing hard.
Then it stopped snowing..... and it got a wee bit nippy again hitting a deeply baltic -15 around 11pm last night.

Today it's been getting milder and milder we have -2, it's very overcast and looks like it's trying very hard to snow indeed. Wish it would make up its damn mind and either start snowing like a bastard or stay freezing cold 
I'd rather have the snow 

H 

[Allan Liddle]

Plenty of the white stuff here in sunny Morayshire.  Sick of it already.

But, if last season is an indication of how good a season can br following a hard winter, then bring it on

Allan