No, but I’ll get some and post them. They are on the top of each rear quarter, nowhere else. The whole car was covered.
It’s beginning to look alot like…
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-12! -12 is forecast for Thursday!!!
Here’s some advice about driving in snow and icy conditions I’ve found and am sharing with you lot:
weather.metoffice.gov.uk
Here’s some advice about driving in snow and icy conditions I’ve found and am sharing with you lot:
Travelling in heavy snow and ice
When snow or icy roads are forecast you should adjust your driving to suit the conditions and take extra care.
weather.metoffice.gov.uk
Considering the UK is often decried as being the worst in Europe for our pathetic response of public transport to a bit of snow…I thought it was ironic that I’ve been receiving alerts from Eurostar, Deutsche Bahn and SJ (Swedish rail) about the weather affecting their services.
Still don’t know if my trains are directly affected yet, as the alert doesn’t show that far ahead, but…
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Still don’t know if my trains are directly affected yet, as the alert doesn’t show that far ahead, but…
- This morning‘s / tomorrow morning’s Eurostar to Paris/Brussels/Amsterdam are cancelled
- Sleeper between Hamburg & Stockholm are subject to weather-related delays
- Last night’s & tonight’s sleeper train from Stockholm to Narvik were both cancelled due to poor weather conditions about half way along the route
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- Eurostar was 40 minutes late arriving in Brussels because of a tiny amount of snow (reminds me of the UK excuses)
- This meant my connection was missed to Cologne, and the next one is too late to connect to my sleeper from Hamburg to Sweden
- Luckily, the sleeper to the arctic circle has also been cancelled due to too much snow, so I’ve just spent 4 hours replanning everything
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The train tracks look remarkably clear. Thanks for these photos; can’t wait to see some more. Enjoy your trip.
Fingers crossed there are no more changes to the schedule and you’re not waiting around unnecessarily.Considering the UK is often decried as being the worst in Europe for our pathetic response of public transport to a bit of snow…I thought it was ironic that I’ve been receiving alerts from Eurostar, Deutsche Bahn and SJ (Swedish rail) about the weather affecting their services.
Still don’t know if my trains are directly affected yet, as the alert doesn’t show that far ahead, but…
Luckily I’ve got fully-flexible tickets, but I assuming space on the running sleepers will be severely limited.
- This morning‘s / tomorrow morning’s Eurostar to Paris/Brussels/Amsterdam are cancelled
- Sleeper between Hamburg & Stockholm are subject to weather-related delays
- Last night’s & tonight’s sleeper train from Stockholm to Narvik were both cancelled due to poor weather conditions about half way along the route
Edited to add:
- Eurostar was 40 minutes late arriving in Brussels because of a tiny amount of snow (reminds me of the UK excuses)
- This meant my connection was missed to Cologne, and the next one is too late to connect to my sleeper from Hamburg to Sweden
- Luckily, the sleeper to the arctic circle has also been cancelled due to too much snow, so I’ve just spent 4 hours replanning everything
The UK is expecting more snow later today and through into Friday:
uk.news.yahoo.com
Storm Goretti: Red warning alerts sent to phones as UK faces snow 'weather bomb'
The Met Office has issued a 'danger to life' risk in the Scilly Isles and parts of Cornwall as the UK faces up to 30cm of snow.
My summer tires are still hanging on in there! Luckily the route to college is all well gritted. And Oxfordshire has not been hit too hard. I always make sure I am not in a rush at all in these conditions.
Although some of smaller roads/car parks can be lively with traction control off!
I am sure my Z wished it was missing out on this weather, I am going to do a proper scrub and wash of the underside fairly regularly in these conditions
Although some of smaller roads/car parks can be lively with traction control off!
I am sure my Z wished it was missing out on this weather, I am going to do a proper scrub and wash of the underside fairly regularly in these conditions
Beautiful! It’s snowing here, at the moment. The snow makes everything look gorgeous.
Are you staying in Hamburg or taking an overnight train onwards? Looking forward to the next stunning photos.
There are Normal (summer) tyres, all season tyres and winter tyres. If you need to get about it's all about the tyres, winter being the best option for snow as they provide better traction.
Not a single flake of snow on the West Cumbrian Coast yet, and long may it continue. Baltic cold but still able to ride my motorbike to and from work 
Things went titsup after I posted those photos, and I spent hours in Hamburg station waiting for the sleeper to Stockholm…which ended up being 2 hours late, and arrives in Stockholm 4 hours late.
I also woke up this morning to a text from the train company telling me my 3rd night train going north from Stockholm has now been cancelled…so am considering whether I can be bothered rebooking my hotels, activities and retirement train reservations all over again...or just turn around in Stockholm and head home
My boudoir for the night…
An early start meant I just about managed to catch a (moving) photo of some actual snow in Malmo…
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There's a fishpond somewhere over there!
Just come in from digging my car out. Next door neighbour set off for work this morning and got stuck just down the road, he's had to leave his car there and walk back! About 8 inches here on the flat ground, but it had blown up deeper around things.
The White Stuff is all down here!!!Not a single flake of snow on the West Cumbrian Coast yet, and long may it continue. Baltic cold but still able to ride my motorbike to and from work
I know these cancellations are frustrating but you’ve gone so far…a final push to the Finish Line for all the gorgeous snow will be worth itThings went titsup after I posted those photos, and I spent hours in Hamburg station waiting for the sleeper to Stockholm…which ended up being 2 hours late, and arrives in Stockholm 4 hours late.
I also woke up this morning to a text from the train company telling me my 3rd night train going north from Stockholm has now been cancelled…so am considering whether I can be bothered rebooking my hotels, activities and retirement train reservations all over again...or just turn around in Stockholm and head home
My boudoir for the night…
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An early start meant I just about managed to catch a (moving) photo of some actual snow in Malmo…
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It’s quite bad here, too, Ken. Gorgeous, though.
And long may that continue.