SNOW

HOPE AND GLORY · Post by **HOPE AND GLORY** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:21 am

Weather watch please in Burnley
snowing like mad in Gt manchester

RocketLawnChair · Post by **RocketLawnChair** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:25 am

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.

cutsy123 · Post by **cutsy123** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:30 am

Light snow in rosegrove and i mean light

RocketLawnChair · Post by **RocketLawnChair** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:35 am

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..

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:39 am

This "just outside The Grove" lad will be at the turf no matter what
amount of white stuff descends from the heavens.

Loyalclaret · Post by **Loyalclaret** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:42 am

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

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:49 am

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.

martin_p · Post by **martin_p** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:54 am

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.

Jimmymaccer · Post by **Jimmymaccer** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:58 am

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.....

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:00 am

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.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:10 am

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.

RammyClaret61 · Post by **RammyClaret61** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:15 am

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:18 am

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

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:19 am

Beat me to it rammy.

Let’s hope them southern jessies find it unbearable.

UnderSeige · Post by **UnderSeige** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:21 am

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.

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:28 am

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

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:34 am

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.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:35 am

Snowing up here at the moment.

BFCmaj · Post by **BFCmaj** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:36 am

KING IN THE NORTH!

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:18 am

Just this minute started over the turf. Starting to look alpine. Love playing this time of year.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:29 am

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 .

RalphCoatesComb · Post by **RalphCoatesComb** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:35 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Just this minute started over the turf. Starting to look alpine. Love playing this time of year.

Orange ball time?

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:42 am

They're more like pink now.

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 12:29 pm

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.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 2:03 pm

Accy Stanley off.

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:32 am

Paul Waine wrote:Hi John, were you at the Bournemouth game - without a shirt?

Enjoy the game today.

UTC

No sorry, not me Paul.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:45 am

Heavy snow down here in Oxfordshire now.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:52 am

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

AngleseyClaret · Post by **AngleseyClaret** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:55 am

Just starting to rain here on the Isle of Anglesey. Only seen snow once in 30 years but today it could snow apparently.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:23 am

RalphCoatesComb wrote:Orange ball time?

It’s there Ralph! Slap bang in th middle of the picture in post #22.

Yes! Got one!!!

Tribesmen · Post by **Tribesmen** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:58 am

Hummmm lots of snow here in Galway , it's something we don't see that often for sure .

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 9:27 am

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...

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 9:29 am

The ice is the big problem.

Croydon Claret · Post by **Croydon Claret** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:44 am

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

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 12:02 pm

It's almost like the gritting people were caught by surprise with this one.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 12:05 pm

Sidney1st wrote:It's almost like the gritting people were caught by surprise with this one.

Again?

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 12:48 pm

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.

BleedingClaret · Post by **BleedingClaret** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:48 pm

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!

CnBtruntru · Post by **CnBtruntru** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:07 pm

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

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:13 pm

A white out in Nelson ?

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:14 pm

We can winter good.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:16 pm

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.

CnBtruntru · Post by **CnBtruntru** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:16 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:We can winter good.

Only in Britain would they waste grit on the green belt

duncandisorderly · Post by **duncandisorderly** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:19 pm

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.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:48 pm

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

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:03 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:A white out in Nelson ?

Not at this time of the night..

BleedingClaret · Post by **BleedingClaret** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:22 pm

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!

BleedingClaret · Post by **BleedingClaret** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:25 pm

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.

BleedingClaret · Post by **BleedingClaret** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 12:01 am

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.