Snow!

[Trog]

Fairly frequent squalls drifting in of the North Sea on a force 8 gale

Winter is here at last

[Man from Del Monte]

a little scattering in Kendal earlier today but sunny now

[circle]

Nothing in the South Midlands but the lovely sunshine has just been replaced with blanket greyness.

edit - ten minutes later. It's snowing

2nd edit - All the cloud has headed off towards south Wales and left us with the sun again.

[ZootHornRollo]

I don't think Preston's seen snow since the last ice age. My father used to live in Chorley - don't think there was snow on the ground ever.

apart from Xmas 2005 or whenever it was, you're probably bout right there

[southernsoftie]

I don't think Preston's seen snow since the last ice age. My father used to live in Chorley - don't think there was snow on the ground ever.

I have it on authority from a Chorleyan that there has been snowfall there today.

[Splatcher]

I have it on authority from a Chorleyan that there has been snowfall there today.

Must have been my dad keeping the snow away then. That means Burnley's probably pretty safe this year.

[MorganW]

Coming down nice and heavy in Harrogate.

[Al Fowler]

Coming down nice and heavy in Harrogate.

Dont rub it in!

[MorganW]

Dont rub it in!

Stopped now; just the occasional flake.

[Splatcher]

Coming down nice and heavy in Harrogate.

A long time ago I was driving back from my then in-laws in Harrogate to my then home in Todmorden with the first Mrs Splatcher. The snow came down heavier & heavier, & by the time we got to Hebden Bridge everything ground to a halt as a bus got stuck on the hill going west out of town. We parked up in about 8 inches of snow & walked up the hill to my mum's house in Heptonstall. That was the night Halifax police station was filled with stranded motorists overnight. Tell the younger generation that, & they won't believe you. We lived in a shoebox at th'edge o't' canal. Mind you, Tod's still pretty much like that. Gravel for breakfast -delicious.