Page 1 of 1
SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:21 am
by HOPE AND GLORY
Weather watch please in Burnley
snowing like mad in Gt manchester

Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:25 am
by RocketLawnChair
I am currently working in Bolton. It’s snowing but it’s no more than a dusting and it’s on and off. Hardly weather warning stuff tbh.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:30 am
by cutsy123
Light snow in rosegrove and i mean light
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:35 am
by RocketLawnChair
cutsy123 wrote:Light snow in rosegrove and i mean light
These big city pussies might panic cutsy123. Us Grove lads will just put a jacket on..
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:39 am
by Funkydrummer
This "just outside The Grove" lad will be at the turf no matter what
amount of white stuff descends from the heavens.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:42 am
by Loyalclaret
I’m walking distance to the ground and there’s no snow, either in the air or on the ground. Cars, drives and paths look icey though!
Still warm in bed

Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:49 am
by JohnMac
I was stood at the door in my underpants with a brew whilst waiting for the cat to come in at 5am this morning. It was a bit mild but nothing to get too excited about.
I think the addition of a vest will be good enough today and providing we are allowed to walk to the match like adults and accept responsibilty for our own two feet then it should be okay.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:54 am
by martin_p
JohnMac wrote:I was stood at the door in my underpants with a brew whilst waiting for the cat to come in at 5am this morning. It was a bit mild but nothing to get too excited about.
I think the addition of a vest will be good enough today and providing we are allowed to walk to the match like adults and accept responsibilty for our own two feet then it should be okay.
I was planning to wear shorts.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:58 am
by Jimmymaccer
Isle of Man Clarets grounded.........snowed heavily yesterday, cars stranded and my flight this morning cancelled.......so sadly I won’t be able to throw a bag of cement at André! ......
Hopefully clear by Tuesday so I can get there for the Stoke game.....
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:00 am
by bfcjg
There was some reports of a white powdery cloud near the Dunkenhalgh however it has been confirmed that some of the Watford team had allegedly sneezed.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:10 am
by ClaretTony
Some snow to come later but even at the top of Manchester Road there has been none since Thursday night - thermals at the ready though.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:15 am
by RammyClaret61
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:18 am
by JohnMac
martin_p wrote:I was planning to wear shorts.
I have just re-read my post and wish to assure everyone I will remember to put my trousers on before leaving the house

Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:19 am
by bobinho
Beat me to it rammy.
Let’s hope them southern jessies find it unbearable.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:21 am
by UnderSeige
I can remember once when the match was cancelled due to ice around the walkways in and around the ground. The conditions were similar to today. However, this must have been at least ten years ago.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:28 am
by Paul Waine
JohnMac wrote:I was stood at the door in my underpants with a brew whilst waiting for the cat to come in at 5am this morning. It was a bit mild but nothing to get too excited about.
I think the addition of a vest will be good enough today and providing we are allowed to walk to the match like adults and accept responsibilty for our own two feet then it should be okay.
Hi John, were you at the Bournemouth game - without a shirt?
Enjoy the game today.
UTC
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:34 am
by dermotdermot
Does anyone know the bloke who turned up wearing shorts and flip flops at Bournemouth the other week? It was a cold night. I had a few layers on. I don’t know how he did it. I presumed at the time that he thought it ‘apt’ as he was by the seaside.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:35 am
by Lancasterclaret
Snowing up here at the moment.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:36 am
by BFCmaj
KING IN THE NORTH!
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:18 am
by cricketfieldclarets
Just this minute started over the turf. Starting to look alpine. Love playing this time of year.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:29 am
by Wile E Coyote
JohnMac wrote:I was stood at the door in my underpants with a brew whilst waiting for the cat to come in at 5am this morning. It was a bit mild but nothing to get too excited about.
I think the addition of a vest will be good enough today and providing we are allowed to walk to the match like adults and accept responsibilty for our own two feet then it should be okay.
my elderly neighbour Elsie is awaiting the return of her cat too, I shall suggest the "Underpants" method to her, see if it works .
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:35 am
by RalphCoatesComb
cricketfieldclarets wrote:Just this minute started over the turf. Starting to look alpine. Love playing this time of year.
Orange ball time?

Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:42 am
by dougcollins
They're more like pink now.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 12:29 pm
by hampsteadclaret
Snowing hard in Manchester now..one train cancelled, one train delayed... making me miss the Burnley train at Victoria..

it's not looking like a good day.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 2:03 pm
by ElectroClaret
Accy Stanley off.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:32 am
by JohnMac
Paul Waine wrote:Hi John, were you at the Bournemouth game - without a shirt?
Enjoy the game today.
UTC
No sorry, not me Paul.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:45 am
by Sidney1st
Heavy snow down here in Oxfordshire now.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:52 am
by wilks_bfc
We got the announcement on Friday that, due to the expected weather & potential driving conditions, the junior football games scheduled to be played at the soccer dome today were cancelled.
Just woke up and looked outside and there’s been no additional fall since last night
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:55 am
by AngleseyClaret
Just starting to rain here on the Isle of Anglesey. Only seen snow once in 30 years but today it could snow apparently.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:23 am
by bobinho
RalphCoatesComb wrote:Orange ball time?

It’s there Ralph! Slap bang in th middle of the picture in post #22.
Yes! Got one!!!
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:58 am
by Tribesmen
Hummmm lots of snow here in Galway , it's something we don't see that often for sure .
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 9:27 am
by Sidney1st
I've just sat and watched 2 lorries struggle to get off some icy patches and the slip road that goes up onto the A34 south bound by Didcot is just one big ice sheet today.
The number of people driving around with no lights on, only partially cleared windows and snow piled up on their bonnets and roofs is just ridiculous.
It appears the worst drivers always go out in the snow...
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 9:29 am
by tim_noone
The ice is the big problem.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:44 am
by Croydon Claret
M6 is appalling. Travelling back home from game yesterday and it's not been gritted from Cheshire to well past Birmingham. Avoid if you were thinking of travelling
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 12:02 pm
by Sidney1st
It's almost like the gritting people were caught by surprise with this one.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 12:05 pm
by tim_noone
Sidney1st wrote:It's almost like the gritting people were caught by surprise with this one.
Again?

Re: SNOW
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 12:48 pm
by Sidney1st
Yup.
Queues of 45-60 mins on the A34 north near the M40 junction.
I know why, it's because of the hills going towards Oxford and vehicles will be struggling to get up them, probably been some accidents too as a result.
I was meant to go and pick my boys up from Newbury today, but cancelled after seeing the state of the roads on my way out of Didcot.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:48 pm
by BleedingClaret
How about this, next door neighbors granddaughter has just arrived in the last half hour from Australia, never been to England and never seen snow, which she was hoping for and 5 minutes after she arrived it’s a complete white out in Nelson and she was out in the garden in awe!
Re: SNOW
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:07 pm
by CnBtruntru
bobinho wrote:It’s there Ralph! Slap bang in th middle of the picture in post #22.
Yes! Got one!!!
I still wouldn't find it

Re: SNOW
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:13 pm
by Funkydrummer
A white out in Nelson ?

Re: SNOW
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:14 pm
by Imploding Turtle
We can winter good.

Re: SNOW
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:16 pm
by Bin Ont Turf
Funkydrummer wrote:A white out in Nelson ?

It's stretching it a lot in the snow sense as well (it'll be all gone by dinnertime tomorrow).
Although if you're from Australia and haven't seen it before, then I'm sure it's quite magical.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:16 pm
by CnBtruntru
Imploding Turtle wrote:We can winter good.

Only in Britain would they waste grit on the green belt

Re: SNOW
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:19 pm
by duncandisorderly
BleedingClaret wrote:How about this, next door neighbors granddaughter has just arrived in the last half hour from Australia, never been to England and never seen snow, which she was hoping for and 5 minutes after she arrived it’s a complete white out in Nelson and she was out in the garden in awe!
Wait til you tell her none of the wildlife wants to kill her, her mind will be blown.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:48 pm
by Dyched
duncandisorderly wrote:Wait til you tell her none of the wildlife wants to kill her, her mind will be blown.
What blows my mind is, you can go in you're garden to plant a few new shrubs, then BAM you're a gonna. Wowza
Re: SNOW
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:03 pm
by conyoviejo
Funkydrummer wrote:A white out in Nelson ?

Not at this time of the night..

Re: SNOW
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:22 pm
by BleedingClaret
duncandisorderly wrote:Wait til you tell her none of the wildlife wants to kill her, her mind will be blown.
She’s 18 and has been warned about the local beasts
So she’ll have been told to be wary of me!
Re: SNOW
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:25 pm
by BleedingClaret
conyoviejo wrote:Not at this time of the night..

Yes can be a little scary, walked home, with the missus, after a night out in Barrowford, through Nelson centre, blackout that night.
Re: SNOW
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 12:01 am
by BleedingClaret
Bin Ont Turf wrote:It's stretching it a lot in the snow sense as well (it'll be all gone by dinnertime tomorrow).
Although if you're from Australia and haven't seen it before, then I'm sure it's quite magical.
Covered everything in site in under 10 minutes, and big thick flakes coming down profusely for half an hour.
That's a white out to me even if its not quite Alaskan.
Magical to my kids, and me too.