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echodelta21

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    Romford, Essex (previously Biggin Hill, Kent)
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    Flying, drinking and generally having a good time...
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    Easygoing, but winter is meant to be white, dammit!

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  1. Glad I went to bed when I did this morning...just not enough intensity to make it here with any force. Managed (yet) another dusting, but the highest total we got here after almost 4 days of constant dandruff was about 1.5-2cm. Bring on the frontal snow next time is all I can say! Streamers just don't seem to do it for this location. Congrats to those who got pasted...not envious at all
  2. You couldn't make it up....waited to see what the oncoming blob would deliver. And nothing....disappeared on approach. Bed is calling...Good luck fellow SW Essex/Londoners....hope it lays for a few, but yet again it doesn't seem to have the legs to get inland too far in these parts.
  3. My personal opinion (and sure it's dictated by the lack of settled snow here, just as people who currently have boatloads of it will disagree) is that streamers are an absolute lottery and a complete waste of time unless you are one of the favoured few. 4/10 for this spell here, and that's being generous for the shear snowfall longevity given that it's actually produced next to nothing here. Give me frontal snow any day of the week...at least then it's not usually an argument between those that want a ENE vs NE...
  4. Dreaded sound of dripping on the balcony...icicles have all but gone. Still snowing lightly as it has done continously since the start of this event, and has amounted to a grand total of....about 1cm, if I'm generous. Meanwhile, my mother continues to bait me by showing me photos of Biggin Hill
  5. Just on a break from work (C2C driver). Southend at 1900 was beautiful....snow so heavy it sounded like rain (it wasn't!) hitting the windscreen at 65mph. Westcliffe, Chalkwell , Leigh and Benfleet were similar but then started easing off for the rest. Interesting to see snowfall along the entire route...even a patchy covering right up to the platforms at Fenchurch St! Looking at the radar, I'm in for an interesting night until I finish at 0150.
  6. You couldn't make it up...even with what little is falling in the local area, there has been a show shield hole on the radar around Romford for hours
  7. Poor showing here today. Considering the vast amount of snow floating around, just the roofs and cars have a slight covering.
  8. Slightly annoyed waking up briefly at 0600 to see....nothing. The gradual westward movement seems to be continuing and even in Romford it's starting to stick to cars, roofs and greenery...just hope it's got the legs to continue.
  9. Time for bed....although there's a hint of sleet in the heavier bursts here even now. Reports from Mother in Biggin that it's also trying to turn up there too are encouraging. I shall look forward to the morning...Night all and good luck
  10. Light snow in Romford...again. Unless I'm mistaken though...that precip is weakening significantly as it comes back down.
  11. Well, this turned out better than I thought it would. First clue was seeing a Heathrow arrival holding over Romford...unusual given the lack of air traffic. Then I saw the radar.... Please hold together and don't turn to sleet and rain!!!
  12. The flooding didn't close the line...I drove through it twice...albeit at 5mph. What did do the trick, however, was a number of trains knackered by some overhead line problems. Caused merry hell this afternoon and evening, but thankfully I was back home before it all kicked off. It wasn't a boring day to be a driver
  13. Stopped here now....the 0.01mm precipitation is woefully short of the 8in I was hoping would stop me driving the train later today
  14. Lightest of light snow showers in Romford! My first snow in about 2 years. On the plus side, the flakes may be tiny but it's certainly not a wintery mix!
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