[Ben Dixon]

Had a LOT of snow overnight last night.  To move my car which was cleared last night would require a shovel, I must have had about 12" fall last night 

Cheers

Ben

[Matt Henderson]

I got through town to work ok.  But then went to the garage to get my new tyres fitted.  They hadn't cleared their yard when I got there.  I'm pretty sure the focus bellied out before I actually tried to stop it.    Oh well I'll just wait for their phonecall to tell me its ready! 

Ben - have you considered cross country skis, ski into Kintore and then drive from there. 

[Hamish Young]

Stuck - no. Not enough snow or ice here.

Frozen private water supply oh yes indeedy 

H 

[Noel Kelly]

Had a LOT of snow overnight last night.  To move my car which was cleared last night would require a shovel, I must have had about 12" fall last night 

Cheers

Ben

12 inches hmmm had about 4 inches at mine which is less than a mile from your house.
Think im starting to see how you catch so many 2+lbrs on the don...that we never see pics of....

[Mike Barrio]

Not stuck ..... but interesting weather









Cheers
Mike

[Jim Eddie]

I made it in to Aberdeen but the roads were the worst so far this year, and we had 9ft of snow last night   

Despite what they are trying to portray on TV seems to be a distinct lack of ploughs / gritters out. Most of the trouble in aberdeen is the volume of traffic, it just needs one car to get stuck or a bump for chaos to ensue 

Maybe some one will come up with the idea to build a bypass round Aberdeen  No thats never going to happen , is it ?

 

Jim

[Ben Dixon]

O.K, measured it, just about 8" before I cleared it to go out and get some logs.  Needed the shovel to move it, parked up in deep snow next to the house last night in an attempt to keep car out of the wind / cold as batteries not the best right now.  Went as far as Inverurie and wouldn't want to go much further really, be fun tomorrow if the forecasted temperatures are correct.

Ben

[Matt Henderson]

Got the car from the garage. And not one white road to test out the new tyres on!

[Ben Dixon]

Go try the one between Kintore & Fintray!!

[Mike Barrio]

Go try the one between Kintore & Fintray!!

    

[Iain Goolager]

I'm stuck - in a s**t job!

Roads are poor - hear that there's a broken down snow plough at the Bridge of Dee, wont be with a damaged blade 'cos the fluggers are never down!

We had 98.76mm of snowfall last night and my igloo is coming along fine  -do I need planning permission?

bleak time of year for the working man.

[Barry Robertson]

Well i am well and truely stuck , no flights for 3 days now and not looking good for the next week or so, doubt i will get home on friday!







 

[Ben Dixon]

I'm stuck - in a s**t job!

Roads are poor - hear that there's a broken down snow plough at the Bridge of Dee, wont be with a damaged blade 'cos the fluggers are never down!

We had 98.76mm of snowfall last night and my igloo is coming along fine  -do I need planning permission?

bleak time of year for the working man.

Know what you mean about the ploughs, if there's been more than one down my road then it's been gritting with bloody snow.  98.76mm Iain are they Irish / European mm or regular Scottish ones 

Baz,

Is that your flybox under that pile of snowballs?  Looks shit out there mate!!

Ben

[Matt Henderson]

I think I've only seen one gritter\snow plough since the snow started last week!

[Hamish Young]

We had 98.76mm of snowfall last night and my igloo is coming along fine  -do I need planning permission?

Only if the footprint is greater than 121.75mm in radius, so you should be fine Iain  
That is unless you went for the deluxe ice conservatory, in which case you could be on a slippery slope with the planners  
The ice sculpture is right out  

H  

[Barry Robertson]

Know what you mean about the ploughs, if there's been more than one down my road then it's been gritting with bloody snow.  98.76mm Iain are they Irish / European mm or regular Scottish ones 

Baz,

Is that your flybox under that pile of snowballs?  Looks shit out there mate!!

Ben

Is not too bad here Ben, plenty peace and quiet and the fly box is bulging!
Your true it does look shit there, the office looks better and it has a heater 

[Iain Goolager]

Kintore to Blackie crud again this morning!
Had another 98.76mm of Italian flakes again last night 

BRRRRRRRR

[Ben Dixon]

Kintore to Blackie crud again this morning!
Had another 98.76mm of Italian flakes again last night 

BRRRRRRRR

Yes, B977 is a bit crap.  Had to go out to get fags, milk and an evening express to light the stove with earlier on.  Road up past the golf club looks like it could be fun in my truck.  Better not go out playing as was ordered to stay home today by work. 

Ben

[Kevin Muir]

Yep, I am also stuck at home.

My car refuses to climb anything over a 1 in 10000000 slope if there is any sign of snow, the way it is reacting to the snow, it almost looks like it must be alergic to the stuff.

Almost cost me a new drivers door today,  I very nearly altered its appearance with my walking boot this morning after an hour trying to get up the hill to the village then on to Aberdeen. 

I was very tempted to give it a good kicking.

Need to get better tyres sorted or narrower rims and narrower profile tyres.

Kev.

[Irvine Ross]

No not stuck, the joys of working from home . Just fed up shovelling tonnes of the stuff every morning so we have room to park and turn two cars. 

Herself made the journey to and from Aberdeen yesterday in her Golf with winter tyres no bother. Mind you she didn't have to go during the busy traffic period.

Be of good cheer, the snow is easing off today, but the cold looks like sticking with us for another week.

Irvine

[Mike Barrio]

Currently minus 12 in Inverurie according to my car and the roads are "tricky"

Just went down to give Bri a lift, but the train is stuck at Dyce ..... frozen points or something near Inverurie?

Cheers
Mike

[Ben Dixon]

Currently minus 12 in Inverurie

That would explain why I have ice on the inside of my double glazing here then 

Not sure how cold it is here on the hill, will go check in a bit.

Ben

[John Reid]

Just went from Oldmeldrum to Pitmedden and it showed -17. Cleared the drive when I got home and it was really nice weather to be working in.  There is something nice about a really dry cold night, kinda reminds me of Canada.

Winter tyres are the way forward!

[Matt Henderson]

You're right John. It's ace when it's cold and dry like this. Much better than cool and damp. Looking forward to Canada at Christmas time.

[Noel Kelly]

Been shovelling as well and agreed John its a nice night for a bit of manual labour. Few large mugs of mulled wine has helped as well
Granted I am not travelling far on back roads but so far the allroad has been a trooper. 4 wheel drive and adjustable ride height has been proving excellent. Dont have winter tyres but no problems so far. Its gonna be sliiiiiiddddyyyy in the morning.