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Blowing a gale and the odd sleet shower followed by sunshine. No chance of putting Triggy up or getting him sorted this weekend.

Rob

just had a quick blast off snow ------ but it stopped just as quick .

get them out in it the kids are to soft these days .

winters were proper when we were kids -------- deep snow windows froze on inside & huge icycles .

Our weather isn't too bad here now - it has been windy though so we had an forced postponement to our trip. we were due to go to Ireland on Friday but the ferry was not able to sail so it was postponed until tomorrow. Off at 7am tomorrow and we will be in the highest village in Ireland ( roundwood) I'm told by MIL to bring plenty of clothes etc as is freezing. We are taking camper as kids want to camp and we think it will be warmer in 'Wendy' with the heaters on than in MIL non central heated house ! We are also planning a couple of days on a site in the North of Ireland so it might be warmer there. wish us luck! Nina x

ps Ann/Gerald don't go buying anything new in the week I'm away!!!    

It's very windy here and we have had a few snow flurrys but not a lot and we had hail stones yesterday.

Hope those who are away on the 1st Pennine owners club meet of the year are all ok.  We didn't go due to other commitments and it's a bit of a trek from us. Quite glad now that we stayed at home , it's the high winds that would worry me,

"What's your weather like"

Our has been atrocious though it is warmer now and just a massive melt. But this afternoon we got caught in a town about 12 miles away after a horrendous shower of sleet and hail that laid a 3 inch coating of ice everywhere.

We had gone to pick up no1 daughter and grandson to visit no2 daughter about 60 miles away. So we turned back, phoned our apologies dropped No1 and chip off and started back home. We found NO traction on one hill so went back for a cup of tea and started out by a different route an hour later.

Two hours later we sat and recovered over a cup of tea, homesafe after what is normally a 20 minute journey, and recounted the idiot motorists we had experienced today. Like the Ford Focus towing a Compass caravan who insisted on following us for several miles a few feet from our rear bumper despite the solid slow moving traffic in front of us.

At one point he vanished, obviously because of a lack of traction but unfortunately he got going again and was soon up my back. Eventually he overtook on a bad bend and further up the road his caravan slid off on to the verge pulling the car with it. That ended their holiday.

Then there was 4 wheel drive man who could go faster than us lesser mortals and he eventually passed on a very bad spot causing oncoming cars to have to avoid him. Unfortunately he forgot that 4 wheel drive keeps you moving longer and faster than 2 wheels but it is stopping that is important and that is no better. He lost it completely on a bend and took a section of fence and hedge out and ended up in the field with steam gushing from his radiator. 

when people complain about people towing caravans in the summer I think that they are just spoil sports but a friend set off with his family for a trip north with his van on thursday  even though the forcast was for terrible weather. I think this behaviour as well as tailgating in bad weather just piles on the £££ to everyones insurance premiums.

Or am I just a killjoy.as we never really get much bad snow down here

Quote: Originally posted by Jan P on 24/3/2008We had a lot of weather on the pennine rally. We pitched in a gale, closely followed by hail, sleet more gales and four inches of snow. However we had a great time and were much warmer than expected. As an added bonus we all packed up in the dry this morning (well it was dry at 11 hope Lisa etc got packed up before it rained).

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