Preparing for winter II

dandy-candy

Frugal wrote: »

Not as far south as you!!! I am not too far from Reading in Berkshire. Lived for a while in Cambridge and the snow there was wahayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!! But its getting like that down here now too :eek:

Love the snow... well. love looking out of the windows at it, but DDs like to go out in it :eek: so I am preparing myself for freezing myself silly with them making snowmen and suchlike :cool:

Ooo i'm in NW London - go out of doors and flap madly in a NE direction please - I WANT SNOW!!!!

Eenymeeny

It is nice but I'm already thinking of changing plans for tomorrow if it's still lying. C'mon you lot who haven't prepared, this is your final wake up call...you know it makes sense:) oh, and let's be careful out there:grouphug:

fuddle

haha. My cupboards are briming, my house is as warm as it's going to get. I'm prepared but the car is not. Sob! I have failed. Caught out!

Fruball

fuddle wrote: »

eeek no winter car pack yet. What an idiot. I walk but DH drives. I've a panic on now. Must make him wear his thermals tomorrow at least. Hopefully not too bad. It's stopped snowing here for now at least. Off to search throough the thread to see what is appropriate for a winter pack

Food - cereal bars, chocolate etc
Drink - anything!
Warmth - blanket, hat, gloves, extra socks
torch
high vis jacket/band/anything!
cigs if he smokes

optional -
spade - to dig out of snow
salt/sand/grit to put under tyres to get a grip or pieces of old carpet

That covers the basics I think

HTH

Eenymeeny

Ah, there, there, fuddle don't worry, I'm sure that we'll wake up in the morning and it will have melted. Then you'll have time to sort it won't you? As long has you have chocolate to take with you on a journey you'll be fine:)

Fruball

AND don't forget to keep your car kit IN the car, not in the boot... if you get stuck, you might not be able to get to the boot

The passenger side footwell is the best place to store essentials

Confuzzled

Thriftkitten wrote: »

I'm very jealous, I WANT SOME SNOW(stamps feet and sulks)

well if it's any consolation it stopped shortly after but the stuff on the grass and roads hasn't melted... if i hadn't *just* run out of dry ice i'd have packaged some up and sent it to you

i suspect there will be more soon though tomorrow's forcast is looking favourable for it...

Eenymeeny

Frugal wrote: »

AND don't forget to keep your car kit IN the car, not in the boot... if you get stuck, you might not be able to get to the boot

The passenger side footwell is the best place to store essentials

Good idea and remember to check your tyres...OH mentioned a couple of weeks ago that the tread was down on two of them. Thanks to reading this thread I suggested that we got them changed. I'm so pleased now that we did. This is one time when I'm glad that we spent money. You can't take chances with tyres...

Confuzzled

zarazara wrote: »

I musnt forget matches next time i go shopping. got candles and coal and logs.

i was so pleased with myself on my last shopping trip that i finally managed to remember to buy matches... it's the little things that catch us out isn't it?

mrsr

So glad it's not snowing here i hate it,its very cold but no snow:j