Take care there are bound to be some awful conditions on the route.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheilz
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Take care there are bound to be some awful conditions on the route.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheilz
where about in Larbert you going this is a typical pic of the side roads today M90 should be ok I think but I come down the A9 I know that is in very good condition at the moment to the M9 cut off stirling services
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Originally Posted by Sheilz
Allanbank Road which is just round the corner from the railway station. Was thinking that perhaps we could drive to Stirling and take a train from there to Larbert that's if the roads off the M90 are poor. Normal route is Abz, Dundee, past Stirling and turn off at Kilsyth/Bonnybridge. Meeting is important and could take months to re-schedule which is a bit of a no no.
where is the A91 ?
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Originally Posted by Sheilz
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Originally Posted by AndyP & Lenore
LOL Thanks Andy. First thought you were being a smartie pants then realised it was a link
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A91 might not be great - it's the hillfoots road, and can get snow quite bad, when Stirling is clear. Few twisties on it too
Looks like people should brace themselves for another onslaught after a brief respite over the weekend. Its still early day for forecasting but the cold looks like it could be with us right up to Christmas Eve, maybe longer.
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Originally Posted by The Dogfather
i seen this as well i just want to get the mini cleand all this snow is doing my head in !!!
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Originally Posted by Sheilz
I have to admit I thought he was taking the mickey too.
Haven't been on for a bit as fed up with my mini's **** tyres and have been a mood with him! Last year I had a wee ford ka that was great in the snow but mini is crap! yes I have runflats and heard they are crap but seriously do I really have to buy new winter shoes for my car?? and does size matter? lol
No you dont.... but you would notice a massive difference. For snow the narrower the tyre the better. Plus if you go for a smaller size its cheaper. Winter tyres are not just for snow they start to out perform summer tyres at temps below 7 DegC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady Mck
thanks Colin..I do love my mini but will have to think about new shoes cos I just cant drive him!
Had to get to Glasgow today from Peebles. Couldn't take M8, closed so thought take train but not running. Eventually went M9 and then A80. A80 some of worst conditions I have ever seen and so uncomfortable, was like driving over cobble stones for 3 hours. Just glad I only have 16" wheels and it isn't lowered.
Took 4.5 hours to get their and 2.5 hours to get back - a great day.
Trigger.
Well no snow in Oban:thumbs up:
Pretty cold this morning minus 4 C
Just back from collecting Ally from work and the temp has risen to plus 4C:thumbs up::thumbs up:
I was not impressed with the RF. Just ordered four new tyres there uniroyal non RF that will be getting fitted Monday. I've been needing tyres on the front for months. I'll sell on the rear that have a good bit of life left in them.
-8 here today.
speaking with our local tyre fitter they sold £7000 worth of winter tyres in two days and this is not a big place
another annoying thing about all this snow.. I've not had my Next (the clothes shop) delivery order a week past friday.:argh::argh:
dont have to but i like mine you could just get normal rubber and they would be better than run flats !!!! no rubber is better than run flats :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady Mck
What is really hacking me off at the moment is folk 'hiding' behind the current conditions!
Yeah there are some folk who are maybe genuinely stuck living in many of the more rural areas but when I look at the number of 'no shows' amongst some of my staff and knowing where they live then no sorry, many folk are simply at it!!
Snow comes down on Monday & I get the call from Karen at 2pm to start preparing to dig my car out, job done. Started off at 9pm and took 1 hour to get to work (Newton Mearns to East Kilbride) on time at 10pm. Turnout for nightshift, less than 30%. (oh & this is in no way to slight those who were stuck on Monday afternoon & evening as gridlock set in big time as this would have been horrendous). Then last night set off at 9pm and got to work in 1/2 an hour, things obviously improving on the roads. Get to work and yes attendance levels have improved but yet again the usual suspects 'hiding' behind the conditions, who live nowhere near the worst affected areas & do not use the roads that have been affected!!
On the way to work last night my exhaust gave up the ghost before the rear silencer and was left precariously suspended by just one bracket. Went to start the Punto this morning at 7am (another late departure as day shift colleagues claimed they struggled to get their cars on the move!) and the battery said feck you matey, it's -16 & I ain't got enough poke to get things going! Magic stuff eh! So out with the jump leads and we get things going again. Easy for me at this point to just head for home and just use this as my excuse at 9pm tonight to waive my attendance at work. But no that just ain't in my makeup. Off to the local garage this morning at 8.30am (well after my bed time) to get things sort of sorted. Exhaust yanked off with small crowbar and a new battery fitted FOC as it was less than a year old and I was told it should certainly have lived longer than it did.
So I'm again ready to get to work again tonight (with one very loud Punto) as some others will still be sitting cosied up in there homes giving it the two fingers!!!
To$$ers!!!!
thats some rant crombers :lol: but no i am with you on this !!! i dont have much coice as its just me and my dad so we have to go places and do are work !!!
Cooncil workers get a lot of stick about snow days etc etc but no sign of that in Abz. On the days when it was really pretty grim up this way our boss delved deep into the kindness of her heart and let those who don't live in the city go home at 4.30pm but only as long as we city dwellers stayed till the bitter end. By the end of last week, she melted a little (the only thing that was melting) to give us permission to minimize visits etc so that we weren't at risk. Woman's a saint :Whistle:
Its quite a dilemma for folk though isnt it? On one hand the coppers are advising folk to avoid travel on the other guilt trips from employers for being off. Another point I think is everyone has different levels of risk taking behaviour. A good example for me was one colleague going to Inverness on Monday while another colleague going to the same meeting turned back at Huntly (which did not impress the senior who'd made it to the meeting). Second person wasn't being lazy, she just lacked the confidence to tackle the glens where as the other one is all over the country on a weekly basis.
I think as long as employers are understanding that lateness is at times unavoidable when the weather's as it is and are prepared to at least pretend to value employees enough to let them go earlier when its appropriate then I think the majority of people would put in the effort.
We chickened out of our trip today though. Think that makes us a right couple of wooses. But have to go to Airdrie on Friday so am hoping the worst affected routes are sorted by then.
LOL on another note last Friday I got a phone call at work from my daughter's form teacher to express his concern that she'd been late for school every morning last week. Asking me if I understood that she was missing important information by missing registration (she along with heck of a lot other pupils) I truthfully told him I really was at a loss about what to say to him! I remembered where I was and fact she still has another five years of school to go otherwise I would have known exactly what to tell him. Numpty! Fifteen min drive to school taking on average of hour and a half.
Agree with you on that Crombers, I've managed to get to Darlington everyday I've tried (70 mile round trip, from a rural area) and there's quite a few who've claimed they are snowed in who live less that 10 miles away.
Fortunately I'm in a position were I can work just as easily from home so I'm staying home as much as I can.
Some excellent points there, for some driving in conditions like this hardly phase them for others it can be a nightmare.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheilz
Have to agree with Sheilz,I have been walking to work(only half an hour away so fine) not only because of my mini's awful RF tyres but as I lack confidence and knowledge on how to drive on these kind of roads..I lost control once of a 4X4 and that was horrible,Just won't take the chance now
Well this is my first winter experience with the Cooper S and have to say I'm quite impressed... was getting through the first few inches with minor problems but then when we had the massive snowfall, I started to struggle getting back into my street as there's steep parts to the road at some points. Last Tuesday I had to get a push from some of my neighbours then got into my drive and that was me untill Friday... worst 4 days of my life!! Mega cabin fever... so every morning, afternoon and night, I was starting the car and letting it heat up/clear the snow and then on the Thursday I decided I'd had enough and attempted to take it out (much to my mums disappointment!!) Thought it would be fine as it's downhill in my street and few neighbours have got 4x4s so had made tracks but only got a few feet to the first corner and was grounded... couldnt go forward or back so few of my neighbours who were out shovelling snow anyway tried to help me but the sump and the splitter were just digging the snow up underneath the car. For being standard cars, they're a lot lower than you think!! so eventually had to get towed by one of the 4x4s in my street back into my drive... was gutted!! But I'm out now thanks for the guy who came round in the digger and cleared it for us and it's great to drive on the roads. Obviously it slides on the patches of ice but doesnt go anywhere near out of control! Really chuffed with the wee thing :-)
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Well, I had to give up going the direct route to the farm to collect the Christmas roasts. If you look a few meters in front of the MINI there's a pile of snow that I'd been ploughing along. I decide that if I'd have carried on I'd probably would have got stuck and needed to dig out :argh:
I had to go the tourist route ;)
WOW paul looks mega deep mate.
Just back in after sun bathing during my lunch time :Whistle:
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Originally Posted by The Gismo Man
Pff... *Throws massive snowball* :laugh::laugh:
Wow, amazing photo.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dogfather
Only a dusting of snow here on the west coast although the night time temp is -12.
Get this, I had to dig my way INTO my own carpark....this is just getting ridiculous and we're only into December! Really thinking about throwing in the towel!!!
What's all this green stuff I can see all over the ground - I am only used to seeing white!!!
What golf course is that Trigger?
Both my courses are still closed.
Cadrona - not sure it is open as it struggles with being waterlogged. It doesn't get a lot of use during winter so not easy to tell if it is open or closed!Quote:
Originally Posted by KenL
More snow last night :thud: another 3 to 4 inches had to be cleared from the drive this morning and I don't think its finished.... :snow: :motoring:
It'll probably turn to rain Craig, supposed to be mild next week but looking like there's a chance of real cold again during the second half of the month.....
We got 1ft of snow last night, so i spent the last 2 hrs clearing the driveway and the cars of snow :frown:
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Nice smiley use Craig!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Craig
Is that the project car?Quote:
Originally Posted by mini-pea