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  1. SO true about Southend! My standard guess for BBC coverage is Thanet haha. Yep absolutely, delay to vaccine, missed target ("begs the question - why weren't we prepared for snow?" etc etc), potential knock-on effects on loosening of restrictions...the list goes on. I don't think I'll be able to resist seeing if we're right - I'll be watching!!
  2. Good call. Just been out to fill them up myself, and some more seeds are coming in the delivery this morning!
  3. Another tradition I just remembered - not that I'm at school anymore! - was obsessively checking the school website and local radio station websites, and frantically texting all my friends to try and establish whether school was open or not. I remember quite often all of the sites would crash because there was so much traffic! Most of the snow days we got off school, but I remember one devastating day in the January 2010 snow week (of met office red warning fame!!) where we were the only school in all of Wokingham to open, and in our school, mine was the only year group to have to go in! Year 11 I think, so my GCSE year. They had dug out thin paths in the 20cm or so of snow and we trudged around in single file, heading to lessons (mostly with cover teachers as our usual teachers couldn't drive in!) who put on DVDs. So pointless, but luckily it all froze again overnight and they were forced to shut for a few more days!
  4. Great posts @Azazel - think I'll steal the bacon sandwiches idea and quite possibly the roast too! Love the Beacon Hill story! My sledging spot was a fairly modest hill going down alongside some steps (with metal railings) into a field - I still wince when I think about going down on my sledge backwards, picking up speed, and coming within a whisker of smashing into the metal! I think that would have been January 2010, though possibly February or December 2009. Good point @damianslaw - I reckon snow will get the top spot on news coverage but they'll inevitably find a way to link it to covid - police break up sledging / snowball fights...vaccination appointments cancelled...etc.
  5. Thanks everyone for the replies, and to @Paul for sharing on Twitter and in the other thread! Some really nice, fun and interesting traditions to read about! @saintkip totally agree about watching the snow by the fire with red wine, and the tradition of a hangover - it's especially harsh in the bright white of snowy surroundings!! I laughed out loud at "Result." hahaha. @Frosty the Snowman completely agree about youtube videos, totally forgot about doing that! Looking up Highlands homes is the kind of thing I could get into, too... As for Christmas decorations, I insisted we left our lights up outside this year - they're fairly harmless soft yellow lights, and I wanted to brighten up lockdown a bit, and was also kind of hoping for snow - looks like it will happen! @Team Squirrel great call on the soup - I've decided to do the same tomorrow! Will have a look through my Covent Garden book now Snow lanterns sound incredible, definitely stealing that idea too! And thanks for the book recommendation, looks good!! @Cakie tennis ball is a great tip! I always get a video of the slab of ice being smashed on the patio as well. All of these posts have reminded me of a few more things... Looking through my old weather scrapbook covering February 2009-December 2010 - screenshots of forecasts, weather warnings etc. Have just found it and I can't believe how dated it all looks!!! So exciting though. YouTube videos of old snow events as Frosty said. I love this one especially - Trafalgar Square Feb 2009, the chimes of Big Ben are so atmospheric! Putting a bottle or two of prosecco and some beers outside in the snow - very insta friendly haha Keep them coming, it's building up my excitement even more!
  6. Hello everyone! Disclaimer - this is my first post and I am conscious that it might be against the rules to start a new topic for something like this, but I thought I'd give it a go... Mods, please move/delete as you see fit Now that it seems we can all feel confident that proper cold is on the way, with decent snow opportunities likely to appear all over the place, I thought it would be fun to share some of our traditions that we may have ahead of cold and snow arriving. That is of course assuming that you all have traditions - I certainly have a few... I first started reading these forums (fairly non-stop) after the snowfalls of 2 and 5 February 2009, which from memory each resulted in about 10cm of snow here, just outside Reading. The first fall was very dry, powdery snow, and the second was more sticky. That week was the first significant snow I can remember seeing in my lifetime (I was 15 at the time) and I was hooked from then! I remember desperately scouring the forums (as a lurker) for possible future snow opportunities, and luckily I did not have long to wait... Overnight going into December 18 2009 saw another 10cm fall (dates and depths are just from memory so might be a bit out) of powdery snow, which was the last day of term before Christmas when I was in year 11. The night the snow arrived - 17 December 2009 - I watched a Simpsons episode called Skinner's Sense of Snow (a quick google shows it was first aired on 17 December 2000 - what a coincidence!), in which snow causes lots of school closures on the last day of term before Christmas (apart from Springfield Elementary!). I thought it was the perfect episode for the occasion, and the tradition has now stuck - I'll watch it the night before any major snow event is predicted to take place! Unbelievably, we got a 15cm fall of sticky snow on 21 December 2009, and then about 25-30cm of perfect snow on 5 January 2010! For me, Feb 2009 - January 2010 was the pinnacle - obviously December 2010 and Feb/March 2018 were amazing and cold, but the snowfalls were definitely less impressive here specifically. We also had a very decent fall of about 12cm in January 2013. I'm hoping that February 2021 will be memorable for both cold and snow! So anyway, here are some of my traditions pre-cold spell / pre-snow. Watching the Simpsons episode Skinner's Sense of Snow the night before snow arrives (as detailed above) Watching Groundhog Day a couple of days before cold sets in Enjoying BBC News coverage of various correspondents standing around the country by motorways, piles of grit etc as the snow starts to fall Lamp post watching for evening/overnight falls (the best kind!!) Meanwhile having about 1 million tabs open with radars, forums, forecasts, news etc (similar to my General Elections night - is my nerd nature shining through??) Late night/early morning snowy walks - because let's face it I probably won't be sleeping and it's so pretty and quiet! A few days in advance, chopping up lots of wood for the log burner (that's today's job!) Making a big lasagne (Delia's classic recipe - 4 hours in the oven, incredible) just at the start of the cold spell Ordering a domino's (winter survival deal!) at some point during the cold spell Lots of red wine, scented candles and nice hot baths Of course the standard snowman building, sledging (although not this year ) etc Scrapbooking! My phone is currently crammed full with forecast and chart and forum screenshots, which I plan to make into some kind of scrapbook Some kind of video compilation of all the snowy pictures and videos Feeding the birds constantly and breaking up the ice in the bird bath I'd love to hear yours, so please do reply to this and share them! Looking forward to hearing all about them! Quozzle
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