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nothing here  and the route to Manchester Airport looking good for a 3.15 am start. Just hope the plane is in the right place.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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A good 6 inches here. I think I might have to ski down the high street, just because I can 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Do any local snowheads fancy a ski somewhere maybe rivington pike or something, its a longshot i know but i wanna do something!!!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I feel quite cheated. Not a single flake here. I realise we had a nice deluge 2 weeks ago but that's mostly gone now. Boooooooo...
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queen bodecia, Now you know how we felt on the other side of the Pennines 2 weeks ago, seriously we had a little dusting and that was it!!!
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Ricklovesthepowder, which is precisely what we had on Thursday. You win this time. 
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Heavy snow all morning here.
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I'm very impressed. We live in a residential "no through road" that ends in the sea. Could hardly be a less important highway or byway but there's just been a plough down the road. There wasn't really enough snow to bother with a plough, but "they" clearly had a contingency plan and have put it into action.
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pam w, i went and picked anna up this morning from her night shift and the main roads round here had not been ploughed. Still got through fine with care. Snow started to fall again now actually. I passed the trafford centre this morning and my god, on what will be the busiest day of the year for the place no preperation had been down for what i could see. Roads, paths covered in snow, that place will be a hell hole today!!!
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Strange that Manchester is only 50 miles away yet the weather can be so different either side of the Pennines. Two weeks ago we had over a foot of snow, today the roles have been reversed.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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queen bodecia, It is often the case. The Pennines shelter either side, i have been on the manchester side in the summer in torrential rain, and cool temps, get in the car, up over the top of the M62 and down into Yourkshire and often not a cloud in the sky. 2 weeks ago the weather was coming from the East, so everyone on your side was getting pelted with snow, the weather system was blocked by the high Pennines and we got nothing, roles reversed today thankfully!!!
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Finally we have snow in Oxford - about 6" since 9:00 . Looks like I might get to use the board for the second time this year on a local hill (last time in Jan - got some very odd looks on the bus)
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You know it makes sense.
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Started snowing here in S.Warwkshire about 8am. And hasn't stopped since! Main roads are chaos: everyone crawling around at 10mph. Much quicker to get anywhere using the backroads: which may have about 6" of snow on them but no traffic.
Somehow BBC have been forecasting snow "showers", but its been continuous.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I'm in Hoddesdon Herts and it started about 11am and hasn't stopped since, at one point we could barely see the house across the street, got about 4 inches and it isn't stopping.......
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Been snowing on and off since end of July here it just doesnt make the news 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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It's been snowing lightly for several hours here in Milton Keynes so there is a good covering over everything.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnniiiiicccccccc
We live in a small village just outside Hertford, single track road and no chance of cars in or out. Fortunately my wife did the weekly shop this morning before it started, so we are okay. Plus we are both off work on Monday as well, so hopefully it will have gone by Tuesday!!!!!
Got to take the dog for a walk over the fields, might try my new saloppettes out
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Timbobaggins, drive through it in a low gear...simple.
Unless your a teacher then you are allowed to be off cause your car will never get through the snow
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drive through it in a low gear...
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drive through what in a low gear?
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Don't understand why Wandsworth Council haven't done any gritting whatsoever.  The hordes of Christmas shoppers in my neighbourhood are spending more time on their ar$es than on their feet.
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I suppose precipitation is often very localised but it's not so obvious when it's rain. Certainly in the mountains there's often a big difference in depth of snow between two quite close places (not taking into account the obvious differences due to drifting).
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| Hurtle wrote: |
| Don't understand why Wandsworth Council haven't done any gritting whatsoever. The hordes of Christmas shoppers in my neighbourhood are spending more time on their ar$es than on their feet. |
Wandsworth roads are ... challenging. I've had the back end of the Audi (Quattro) step out big time twice today whilst pulling out of junctions. Traction control and ABS have been working overtime. Very, very slippy.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I had my first ski if the season today in some little park up in Oldham way. I will upload the video later on , nothing special but still fun for an hour!!!
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Ishay, a hill in Oxford? Where? I was reduced to the famous Val de Kidlington meadows.
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You know it makes sense.
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Nineveh maybe it was South Park, up Headington Road? Moderately hilly. Has been good for a bit of a sledge in the past.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Well here we go, i dont have any ski poles but still had a good day out in the local hills and parks etc. Was a last minute decision but worth it, felt great to get out on skis for the first time this season even though the hill was short!!!
View My Video
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Took eldest sledging in Newbold Common Park this afternoon. After three runs he decided it was too cold so we adjourned to the pub for hot chocolate (and Old Hooky  ). After warming up, he realised his ski gear was in the car, so went back out for a few runs skiing. Conditions were 6" of powder (slightly tracked out) over a grassy frozen base. After about half-a-dozen runs, he was getting a bit tired with the walking back up and realised why resorts provide lifts! But skiing came out as a big preference over sledging. Got back to find youngest was complaining about being left at home - no doubt this is tomorrow's task...
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Ricklovesthepowder, nice little slope!
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| wigan wrote: |
| Ricklovesthepowder, nice little slope! |
It was ok, nothing special but just got me out for a bit! The conditions were not great, only about 2 inches up in Oldham which was a bit of a shock really! As soon as i had gone down a few times i was scrubbing the snow off the surface s i left it for the other kids to enjoy!!! Im off out somewhere tomorrow, can you recommend anywhere with a bit of a steeper and longer slope?
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Arrived back from Florida this morning .
Wrong Airport ..
Eventually home (in the UK) c. 10 hours late .
Only three more flights and I'll be home for Xmas  ... or not
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I have bad memories of that place, one of my mates snapped his wrist and the other dislocated his shoulder there. I would rather just go to some hill somewhere and ski fresh snow.
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Snowing again here - coating on the A15 up to the Humber Bridge, c'mon, we've had our share here - don't want to be greedy and take someone else's too  .
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