michael N123
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Bbc is a load of shite now thoYes I looked also with similar results , but the bbc who are normally non commital have given this forecast and....... it's backed up by The Sun
Big freeze coming
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MickMoor
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- Location
- Bonsall, UK
Bring it on. We'vegot two new neighbours. One I'll dig out and help, the other has a four wheel drive because they live in a rural village. I've lived here since 1979, and never needed 4X4. Chains and snow tyres yes, but 4x4? Never.
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spin cycle
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- Location
- north norfolk
my heating engineer isn't going to start our boiler replacement until 16th
my heating engineer isn't going to start our boiler replacement until 16th
He needs a kick up the rear then
MickMoor
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- Location
- Bonsall, UK
He needs a kick up the rear then
Of course he's just sat at home waiting for you to say, "Go!"
A bit like those who come to me in May and say, "Don't you realise how important it is that it is finished for harvest?" What do you think we do for the rest of the year? We look after farmers who can plan.
Guess it depends on whether he just installs or does breakdown and repair, I never book anything this time of year so I can do a boiler swap within 2 days from condemning the old one
Old Boar
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- Location
- West Wales
As long as it does not get as bad as 1963.....
Sussex Martin
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- Location
- Burham Kent
I was 10 years old then and can remember having fun making igloos diving into huge drifts and not going to school but I cannot remember any hardship that must have happened at the time. Our village was cut off for a couple of weeks at least so it was a good job there where plenty of local shops in those days.
Dman2
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- Location
- Durham, UK
Obviously not in an NVZ then
Selectamatic
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- Location
- North Wales
Or 1947...
I enjoyed 1963; I would have been 13 and we had good fun although I expect it was very tough on my father.
Trapping rabbits was one of the things I got up to and did a round each day with traps on a little sledge. Had a panic moment on a sunny day when I couldn't see the gateway out of the field, then realised I couldn't see anything at all. Sun reflecting off the snow had made me snow blind; sat on the sledge for about 30 mins and gradually it came back.
wasted years
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- Location
- Cumbrian born and bread
Frost in Shropshire?
Lagging?
Chasingmytail
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- Location
- Newport, SE Wales
Just a mere 5 degrees for SE Wales and overnight 0 so not a worry for us. Finding it very mild here think it was 13 yesterday and was sweating composting in the veg garden.
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
michael N123
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Noo im in a big muddy patch
Ballygreenan
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- Location
- Tyrone NI
We'll be well prepared in Norn Iron, those who have biomass boilers claiming RHI's will just open their shed doors and let the heat blast out into the open air. Should help keep any frost and snow at bay!
- Location
- TRURO CORNWALL
Re- “Big Freeze” please do not get carried away with this it’s just a normal short sharp arctic blast which by Monday of next week will be all over, but we can expect to see moderate to heavy falls for a time in places as troughs come down in the flow enhancing the showers, so if you have livestock over high ground maybe worth bringing them down, it turns milder after the weekend updates at metjeffuk.com
KMA
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- Location
- Dumfriesshire
According to my Dad there's a big difference between the dry cold the Canadians get and the wet cold we get over here.
I used to work on
-4 put the quartz heaters on at the water troughs,
-7 get me pipe thawing gear ready to go, I have my very own patented (I wish) method of thawing pipes, especially handy for those awkward ones you can't get at, reminds me I need to get the parts to build another one
-12 look out the pick-axe ready to dig down and unfreeze the mains, (not much use when Scottish Water haven't thawed the supply at the reservoir)
I used to work on
-4 put the quartz heaters on at the water troughs,
-7 get me pipe thawing gear ready to go, I have my very own patented (I wish) method of thawing pipes, especially handy for those awkward ones you can't get at, reminds me I need to get the parts to build another one
-12 look out the pick-axe ready to dig down and unfreeze the mains, (not much use when Scottish Water haven't thawed the supply at the reservoir)
We do get our share of frost. Normally cope ok, but that year i think it was -15 for ten days
