muddymickey

I work on Bird Hall Lane, not far away. Live down Matlock way though, so the journey home later is going to be even more interesting than the journey in this morning

Proper snow now in Stockport

Nice covering here now, MetO forecast still for heavy snow all tonight and up till midday tomorrow, when it drops to light snow until tomorrow evening. Commute across Peak District will be fun tomorrow

Are people familiar with UKsnowmap ? Here: http://uksnowmap.com/ Essentially you tweet your location, rate the current snowfall out of 10 (0=nothing, 10=total whiteout), and include the hashtag #uksnow . This site searches Twitter for info and generates a map of where snow is falling. Apologies if everyone already knows about it!

Thanks! I'll try and repress my inner child and act like the grown up I am supposed to be. But...yay.

Hi all Long time lurker, rare poster... I live near Matlock, on edge of Peak District at approx 300m, and travel across Peak District via Buxton to Stockport every morning. The MetO forecast is looking pretty tasty, heavy snow from approx 9pm tonight until middle of tomorrow. Am I right to be getting excited ??

Another winter visitor doing the annual sign-in....:wave: I live on the edge of the Derbyshire Peak District, about 850ft up. I have a 40 mile comute across the Peak District to work in Stockport, about half of my journey being over 1000ft, peaking at either 1450 or 1650ft depending which route I take. I usualy start off around 6am when it's still nice and cold. I monitor the level of activity on here for my signal to switch to winter tyres - and they've gone on this weekend Not quite sure what the concensus is yet for the week ahead, I'm suspecting some decent frosts, and some falling snow on higher parts of the journey, but little settling. Does that sound about right ? I'm settling in for the winter ride on here anyway. I've learnt my lesson over the last 2-3 winters not to get too excited - been several occasions when I've told my work colleagues about impending snowmageddon, only to find the models go boom a day or two before... Anyway, I enjoy reading the posts on here, a lot of it is over my head, but I get the gist. Keep it up!

Newbie here, so you may all know about this already, but in case you don't: http://uksnowmap.com/#/

I'm hoping for another commute to work like this one, a couple of years ago ...but am hoping not to repeat this stupidity:

Thanks. Middleton by Wirksworth for me OK, newbie here, but I thought I'd add a short video clip I took in April this year...was stuck there along with many other for best part of 2 hours as visibility was zero.

Hi PM Just joined the other day, and I notice we may live in the same village.... I tend to read these forums during winter as the weather tends to affect my daily commute to Stockport somewhat - if we do live in the same village I expect you understand my issues Despite that, I always wish for lots of snow! I don't have much weather knowledge, just find this all interesting.

Just noticed your details - I think we may live in the same village...

Snap ! I've been silently lurking these forums in the run up to winter for the last couple of years, I too thought I'd break cover. Like Snowy782 I have no clue what all the charts mean, but I find it interesting reading all the posts on here, and I gradually pick things up over time. I live in a village on the edge of the Derbyshire Peak District, approx altitude of 900ft. High enough to get some decent winter weather. I love snowy weather, but it's unfortunate that I have to commute 40-odd miles across the Peak District every day, setting out around 6am on uncleared rural roads. Have been doing so for around 15 years now, I think 2010 was the worst I can remember - very challenging road driving conditions. Despite that, I still look forward to snow... Hence my interest in reading these winter weather discussions, so I've got a good indication of what lies ahead ! Anyway, back to the lurking.