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  • elantan
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    sadly some dont have a choice ... some however are just stupid
  • beanielou
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    ZTD wrote: »
    So...just seen a news report with some people stuck on the A66.

    In this weather.

    When it has been telegraphed for weeks.

    There's just no helping some people.

    Well it could maybe be an emmergency...........
    Is that near you?
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  • ZTD
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    elantan wrote: »
    sadly some dont have a choice ... some however are just stupid
    beanielou wrote: »
    Well it could maybe be an emmergency...........

    Well the particular story of this couple was they were from York, visiting his friends in Penrith.

    No food in the car. Presumably nothing else either, as snacks are the first thing to bring when expecting trouble.
    beanielou wrote: »
    Is that near you?

    Not especially near. What makes it so :doh: is that it has permanent gates installed to close it, as it's closed due to weather so often.

    And just checking...it's closed right now... :doh:
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  • beanielou
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    Ah ok.
    Like up near Glenshee further north from here.
    Snow gates & often closed.
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  • ZTD
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Ah ok.
    Like up near Glenshee further north from here.
    Snow gates & often closed.

    I've just checked near there too, and a number of roads are closed there. It's almost like there's something happening all over the country which is making travel difficult...

    I've started looking at the "proper" beast from the east videos. Some very entertaining ones, but some with people who are amazingly poor at coping with snow.

    The glee from this bloke is amusing though...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYygwPZYBb8&feature=youtu.be

    Wind is getting up outside. As in from blizzard force to howling. I imagine some people will be glad of the ice as it will glue their roof down...
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  • beanielou
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    Wind has dropped.
    More snow lying than I thought.
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  • ZTD
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Wind has dropped.
    More snow lying than I thought.

    Wind has dropped here as well. Snow coming down like || rather than ==...
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  • Karmacat
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    That's very graphic, Z, I like it :)
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,955 Ambassador
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    I like it too.
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    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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  • ZTD wrote: »
    Wind has dropped here as well. Snow coming down like || rather than ==...

    We had several horizontal blizzards yesterday. Today we have the thaw.
    Thank goodness
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