Preparing for winter II

rosieben

Eenymeeny wrote: »

... I have mentioned before that we keep a candle burning all Christmas day to remind us of absent friends that can't be with us for some reason on the day. I find that it helps a lot.:grouphug:

I think that's a wonderful tradition Eeny

alec_eiffel

Even we've had snow on the Fylde coast! It's our first winter here and I was stupidly excited to see the beach - but with snow on it! The town was pretty quiet, DH and I went to a few shops and thought about stocking up on a few things but we didn't need anything - have loads of bread, milk and breadmaking stuff so we didn't bother (famous last words eh). Hope it's not too bad for everyone else, I'm just knocked out by the novelty of seeing snow instead of sand. Must remember, don't eat yellow snow.

sb44

I'm addicted to the forum for our region on the Netweather site.

People in our county keep updating every few minutes describing how much snow they are or are not getting.

I can't get off there.

I go and make a cuppa, come back and they have moved on a few pages.

annie123

sb44 wrote: »

I'm addicted to the forum for our region on the Netweather site.

People in our county keep updating every few minutes describing how much snow they are or are not getting.

I can't get off there.

I go and make a cuppa, come back and they have moved on a few pages.

Its very addictive, spent most of last winter on it and so far most of today! must go and do something useful, DH is off work today and will think I spend all day on the comp.....well I do but dont want him to know that:D

sb44

annie123 wrote: »

Its very addictive, spent most of last winter on it and so far most of today! must go and do something useful, DH is off work today and will think I spend all day on the comp.....well I do but dont want him to know that:D

I know what you mean, I still have to go and start the washing up from breakfast and lunchtime.

Oh well, at least I went and swept the snow off the pavement from the drive so that hopefully we can get away for Christmas tomorrow.

Fruball

Despite being really poorly still, I have just made birdcakes with the kids - just various fats, oats and seeds and put them outside along with some warmish water so hopefully that will keep them going until morning.

I know they are desperate because I saw a blackbird on my remaining crabapples.... and i have never seen birds eat those here - shows he must have been desperate

Hope none of my neighbours saw me I was in dressing gown and my big wellies I feel better knowing that a bird might make it thru the night now

mardatha

Went up to Edinburgh to buy some flannelette sheets. Shops all heaving, carparks full of ice and mad women drivers, and a mad man driver came out of a side street and just missed us cos we swerved across the road. Got the sheets and they are thick and soft.
When we got in, the thermometer at the front door said -6, and that was at 3 in the afternoon :eek:

Charis

rosieben wrote: »

I remember the winter of 63, my friend and I walked 4 miles through the woods to get to school, it took us nearly 4 hours and we missed a maths test!

So do I but I can't now believe that I walked a mile and a half each way every day in deep snow (school was only shut on the occasions that the boiler couldn't cope, which was not often enough). I had only one pair of lace up shoes (no boots) worn with long, white, nylon socks, and we were not allowed to wear trousers. I'd almost forgotten the chapped thighs :eek: and the corner near the sweet shop, where the east wind lay in wait every evening to bully us the rest of the way home. The only veg, apart from tinned peas and tinned spaghetti* were frozen, not that anyone had a freezer, it was how they came off the fields. Brussels sprouts mainly, all blackened and slimy (yuk).

*Yes, in my youth tinned spaghetti was regarded as a vegetable

marmiterulesok

Frugal wrote: »

Despite being really poorly still, I have just made birdcakes with the kids - just various fats, oats and seeds and put them outside along with some warmish water so hopefully that will keep them going until morning.

I know they are desperate because I saw a blackbird on my remaining crabapples.... and i have never seen birds eat those here - shows he must have been desperate

Hope none of my neighbours saw me I was in dressing gown and my big wellies I feel better knowing that a bird might make it thru the night now

Well done on making the birdcakes and also putting out water.

I just wanted to remind to any folk feeding the birds to please put out water,as most/all sources might be frozen.

sb44

Piers Corbyn on Sky News at the minute, saying when they have said we would get snow, 9 times out of 10 it has been true.

He says there will be a lot more snow to come between now and January.