Annual weather panic!!!!!

One could be forgiven for thinking we live in the middle of the Sahara desert. ::)
Right folks, ‘watch my lips’ we live in the United Kingdom. London lies at a latitude of approximately 52 degrees. A nautical mile is approximately one minute of latitude so London is 3060 Nautical miles from the equator, which equates to about 3521 statute miles. It is winter and we usually get snow between the months of January to February. The white stuff falling from the sky is called “SNOW” I repeat, “SNOW.” :-?
Get over it! :) ;D

Not aimed at anyone on here just a general :P observation.

Not much, but the kids were hoping for a day off, me too ;D

"Where are you going?" says one snowflake to another.

"Greenland. I can live there for a long, long time. What about you?"

"I'm going to the UK, I love stirring up a bit of blind f**king panic." :-/

If we lived in the middle of the Sahara we would know what the weather was going to do day on day. Here in the UK it's let's say...variable? and it's the variableness of it that makes it difficult to predict and react!

Not aimed at anyone on here just a general observation. ;)

"There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing."

Sir Rannulph Fiennes

I remember the times when we used to get proper snow, feet and feet of it. Now all we get is the odd snowflake which brings the country to a halt. That's because we've forgotten how to deal with it including driving on it.

Its global warming I tell you! ;D ;D

I remember the time when we had seasons
Now it just rains all year round, only the temperature of the rain changes.


Pesky global warming
I wish it would hurry up and warm us up ;)

I have driven cars in 4 foot of snow without any insurmountable problems.
It also helps that I come from north of the M4 and I am an advanced car driver (company insurance
requirement)
Key elements of driving in snow & ice
* Slow down (allow more time / space for yourself & other drivers)
* Use 2nd gear to move off - gives more control
* Use your gearbox to slow down (try to avoid using your brakes - except for small control dabbs)
* Try maintain steady speeds (so that you can keep going when it going gets tougher - hills e.t.c.
* If you have a front wheel drive car you can "tack" up hills quite easily
* Control your clutch more delicately - it pays dividends
* Do things slowly - every movement will be exaggerated by snow & ice
I hope the above helps less experienced snow & ice drivers

Bring on the snow....

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Originally Posted by Jon_W

Bring on the snow....

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Snow chains at the ready....
Bring it on!