Snow, Transport and the Lack of...

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:16 am

Anyone else having 'fun' with this? Took me 3 hours to do a three-mile car journey yesterday. Now, looking out my window there's thick ice all over the place (not to mention the snow!)

Do I:

-Chance public transport (heard of fights on SE trains station!)
-Chance walking (and risk leg breaks / knee dislocation (which I'm prone to) right before Christmas).
-Go back to bed
-Wait until 8:58 and clamber over the rooftops to the local 'Spoons. (

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sir ratholer · Post by **sir ratholer** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:51 am

I pretty much took the bed option from friday to sunday and then decided I couldn't handle it any more...

It took me 2 hrs to get 30 miles on the M25 last night to get home but from hearing other's stories that was actually a result!

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:21 am

We've not been hit that bad here in Leicester, I've got a 20 mile trip to do Christmas eve to stay with family for a few days, but the weather has'nt stopped me going about my daily routine (so far).

GaryChandler · Post by **GaryChandler** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:50 am

Its fine down here at the moment, got my aldershot basingstoke route to do today so lets hope it aint bad up that way either!

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:04 am

Gary. Basingstoke is terrible. My boss left Reading at 4 p.m. yesterday and to Chineham, just outside Basingstoke at 2.30 a.m. Walked home from work (about 7 miles). Funny how all the RWD BMW's couldn't make it up the hills.

GaryChandler · Post by **GaryChandler** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:14 am

Ok cheers, basingstoke might be off the list then!

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! · Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:22 am

harry2 wrote:Gary. Basingstoke is terrible. My boss left Reading at 4 p.m. yesterday and to Chineham, just outside Basingstoke at 2.30 a.m. Walked home from work (about 7 miles). Funny how all the RWD BMW's couldn't make it up the hills.

Yeah, I had to laugh at the "posher" cars getting stuck in the terribly deep two-inch snow drifts. Both me and my mate have had no problems with our Passats.

CrosbyRules · Post by **CrosbyRules** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:19 pm

horrible here in norwich too, just going on this piss instead

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:46 pm

Its certainly interesting!

Im going camping for 2 nights, tonight! Going to be craaaaaazy!

And a piss up!

sir ratholer · Post by **sir ratholer** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:02 pm

CrosbyRules wrote:horrible here in norwich too, just going on this piss instead

Is it still bad up there?? As me and my gf are coming up tomorrow night to stay with her family for a few days over xmas.

clarkey1984 · Post by **clarkey1984** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:25 pm

Its shite around here, council have done fuck all to the roads really, 1 pass of the gritter on the main roads once a day, and that is it, so unless you are only on the road for that hour after they have gritted then your pretty much fucked, it really is lethal, can't even dare to use the brake pedal as all you do is slide, plus with this thing being very light, and rear wheel drive, i have got stuck places loads of times as it tries to move, but the limited slip diff kicks in and locks the axle, so it then spins both back wheels together, digs a hole and buries itself.

They have not been treating any of the pavements in the town centres here either, and three OAP's fell over yesterday outside shops and now get to spend christmas in hospitial with a broken hip each.

I know its cold and shitty and generally not nice weather to be outside, but the council have really done a piss poor job with the state of the roads this year in my eyes, and as for not treating any pavements in a busy town centre 4 days before christmas, that just aint fucking good enough.

keno · Post by **keno** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:27 pm

Pay council tax and the gritters are no-where to be seen.

aaamusements.co.uk · Post by **aaamusements.co.uk** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:34 pm

Sheet ice on the roads around here this evening. Mind you it is the sticks out here.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:37 pm

lots of sheet ice here too and not a pinch of rocksalt as of yet

not been much in the way of snow mind you.

JG · Post by JG » Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:09 am

Loads of salt around here and I don't think we've had the worst of it. Makes the side of your car turn white. Drove down the M5 yesterday and my washers packed in, not fun when your windscreen is caked in a thick film of salty, sticky, mucky dust.