Revolver Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I made it!I toiled through mountains of snow and ice, up the great (ilkeston road) hill...I had only my thoughts for company, urging me on.For those who wish to follow me, I shall tell you but one thing.It's f**king hard to ride a bike up a hill over ice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoby Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I made it!I toiled through mountains of snow and ice, up the great (ilkeston road) hill...I had only my thoughts for company, urging me on.For those who wish to follow me, I shall tell you but one thing.It's f**king hard to ride a bike up a hill over ice!Haha!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Shrewsbury Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Pisst off because i hit a car thismorning, just coming outter my street, f**king snow.Still having to come to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr ailsbury Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Snows starting to melt a bit here now just shit icy snow now!Car slammed into a traffic light and knocked it over last night, didn't see it happen but the road was closed off for a fair while and everything around where the lights were was black and singed so obviously a fire there :|pretty pissed off because I got to college this morning and there was literally 4 people in my class lol might as well have stayed at home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smo™ Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 It's snowing heavily on the Island at the moment - I left work early to drive the Rex home while the sun was out (for all of about 3 minutes) and I'm seriously glad I did. There will be a lot of accidents today. The drive home was nothing short of f*cking scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLeacock™ Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 all snows gone here, rained and melted. Gutted... Suppose this is the 4th time we had snow this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I had a nightmare drive yesterday morning. Some of the roads round my house are pretty busy but hadn't been gritted. It seems that if loads of cars drive on un-gritted snow, it turns to ice. So I had to drive around 2 miles on sheet ice which was horrible. I was going at 5mph (no joke, I was looking at the speedo) and started to slide off the camber of the road into a parked car. It was like that scene with the bulldozer in Austin Powers - it was happening so slowly but I could really do much at all. I ended up missing the car by a couple of inches. Scary stuff.Yesterday afternoon I drove out into the Peaks and went snowboarding, then rode my XC bike in the snow in the dark. On the tops of the hills there was loads - we were jumping off stuff into waist-deep snow and making snow holes to hide in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffacakes Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I would have hated to be driving yesterday.Last night round about 1, where all the cars tyres had been was just a sheet of black ice. We were sliding 20+ metres down the road...Its just started sleeting now, but theres still snow on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Ha yeah, the other thing that was kind of amusing - I went to park on a steep hill next to my friend's house and (VERY slowly) reversed parked into quite a small space. Handbrake on, engine off, sliding backwards because the back two wheels didn't have enough grip to hold the car! Ended up leaving it in gear, and thankfully by the time I had to leave the snow had melted a bit so I (just) had enough grip to get out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 (edited) leaving my parking space in winch, i managed to wheelspin on the spot to 55mph no handbrake. got to 4th gear then got scared of making my engine go bangthis was yesterday btw Edited February 3, 2009 by Ash-Kennard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan S Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Funny for you???We have this sh*t every winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergy Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 5cm of snow and the whole of england grinds to a hault. f**king get a grip man you should come north scotland and see what we go to work in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 had blizzard conditions here last night! So Iolo and myself thought it was the perfect time to go on an expedition to Stoodley pike (pike). I don't think jeans and trainers were meant for crawling through 4ft drifts and bogs, but we made it up. It was soooo windy!, you had to look at the floor because the snow would hurt your face otherwise. We got back at 11pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 5cm of snow and the whole of england grinds to a hault. f**king get a grip man you should come north scotland and see what we go to work in.its probably more the fact that we are not accustomed to the wanky conditions of the north. im sure you guys have snow chains or studded tyres for conditions, we get snow down here maybe for 3 day max a year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Most of the snow's gone where I am.Apparently we're getting loads more in a few days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
531joshua Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Most of the snow's gone where I am.Apparently we're getting loads more in a few days?Rain got rid of most of it where i am, people are saying there's worse yet though, although checking the BBC weather forecast for my area it doesn't mention snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLeacock™ Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Rain got rid of most of it where i am, people are saying there's worse yet though, although checking the BBC weather forecast for my area it doesn't mention snow Yeah exactly the same for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Beach Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Yer our sleat/rain got rid of most of ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 we got more on friday and saturday, errr yay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I'm moving house on Friday. If it's snowy I'm gonna screw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason222 Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I find it funny how big of a deal you brits make out of a dusting of snow And car accidents! LOL!We're getting 6 inches tonight. We've got about 20-24 inches on the ground already...this winter hasn't been too bad. Last year there were times when we had over 40 inches built up.My english professor was talking to our class today about how people in oxford were having a terrible time with the snow. A student said "They make a big deal over an inch of snow, while we have snow difts the size of houses" LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffacakes Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Were not used to your sub zero temperatures, and ice roadsI agree with you though, its so shit how everything stops when we get a few inches of snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocktrials Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Were not used to your sub zero temperatures, and ice roadsI agree with you though, its so shit how everything stops when we get a few inches of snow But its good when it stops....hardly any cars, nice day, having fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Quinn Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I think every day where there is more than an inch and a half of snow should be made into a national holiday. Who gives a shit that our economy's been unproductive over the past couple of days and all that crap, it wasn't exactly booming when it wasn't snowing anyways Everyone should just enjoy it for once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I find it funny how big of a deal you brits make out of a dusting of snow And car accidents! LOL!I was thinking about this the other day. It seems stupid at first but when you think about, it makes sense. We have some gritter trucks but they only ever get used for a couple of days a year (sometimes not at all?), so it doesn't make sense to invest in loads and loads of trucks. When it snows properly (about once every 10 years, if that), there aren't enough gritter trucks, or the staff to drive them. Plus because they don't grit every day (like they must do in Canada), the gritter workers probably aren't used to it and therefore it takes them longer to do the roads. Meaning half the roads don't get gritted, but they're still fairly busy with drivers, so we end up with icy roads. British drivers rarely have to drive on ice, so they don't know about how to control a car when it slides. Therefore everyone is really cautious and slow, except for wreckless people who are the ones crashing. Most people here drive to work. If they can't make it by car for the reasons above, there aren't too many alternatives. Then add in the novelty factor, and you can see why people would rather stay at home and build snowmen Apparently it's not just Britain that has this problem - parts of France/Germany have the same level of bunking off when it snows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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