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Massive gap in the showers stretching right across the country with my location just at the southerly point so unless something changes with the entry point of what’s leaving the North Sea it looks like a cold but dry afternoon of outside jobs for me coming up.

The first rule of Sod’s law is that everything which will give Landan and the sarf east the lions share of interesting weather will occur.

Maybe, we missed the heaviest of the showers last time around, certainly compared to yourselves and down into the Peaks so possibly we will be favoured today. its certainly coming down heavy at the moment.

-1.5c, a gale force wind and blowing snow. says something about this winter that we’ve waited almost 5 years for anything approaching blizzard conditions and then we get two serious attempts at it in the same month. its still a hell of a long way to go to beat the conditions at the beginning of the month but it’s giving it a good try.

The sun tried to come out about 15 minutes ago but it’s been pretty well constant falling and blowing snow for the last hour and it’s having no trouble sticking.

Getting heavier here now.

Just been out to clear the snow off the car and move it to the top of the drive and it’s damn cold in that wind. Falling snow is not to heavy but blowing about and sticking instantly to anything it hits including the main road so it bodes we’ll for anyone who ends up under a streamer.

Last time was some of the strongest winds i’ve seen here for years, can’t see it being that bad but strong easterlies always seem to hammer us up here. nice to see falling snow blowing about.

Cheers, we try and please. good luck later.

It’ll probably get rough on the roads across the tops later i’d imagine. Pretty well everyone going to see something from this though and it looks like your part of the country is going to get some substantial snow later today and overnight.

Dry at the moment but we’ve got a slight covering of snow from overnight and the radar shows the showers within touching distance of this side of the Pennines. The wind is the biggest issue at the moment though, maybe not just as violent as last time out but very gusty all the same.

Neither am I, I haven’t been and so are mine, hopefully in that order.

We got about 6 inches of snow during the afternoon from that set up along with a fair bit of drifting.

True, there was one in the station pulling carriages but Flying Scotsman seemed to be the centre of attraction. back to weather though and why are the BBC regional weather forecasts so bland and uninspiring. is it the graphics, is it the presenter or is it just the fact that they aren’t convinced that anything remotely interesting is going to happen. personally i’m not bothered about any more snow this season but after missing the worst of it last time around I think that i’m going to get a bit of a dumping this weekend.

Flying Scotsman was at Rawtenstall station on Saturday when I called into the well known German supermarket near there. certainly a lot of people about then but no doubt tomorrow’s snow will keep it quieter.

I don’t want snow this time, a cold dry sunny weekend will suit me to get some outside jobs done.

I wanted spring warmth and not a return to winter cold but if it offers a rest bite from constant rain then i’ll take it.

We get snow in April most years up here, usually only in showers and short lived affairs but it’s a long slog from October/November through to April and when the longer daylight hours arrive I just want the warmth to arrive with it.

any chance some warmth and sunshine, I must be getting old but this has seemed like a long winter.

Looks like a West is best sort of day. here it’s snowy lightly with the slightest of a covering but for those of you seeing the heavier stuff.....enjoy.

Wet sleety snow falling. i never thought i’d think this but.

I think i’ll move up there, looks nice especially the cliff that looks like a Dolphin half under water. it even has an eye

For you first time this winter I want to be far enough north to miss it but Di Ox showed it crossing me. oh the irony

Everyone to their own I suppose but tofu, what a waste of salt and pepper. meanwhile back to the weather, this is one snow over high ground event I want to miss out on but no doubt it’ll dump itself IMBY.

Well that was another wide of the mark forecast on behalf of Carol and the BBC. not a flake here, just plenty of heavy rain and a rapid melting of what snow we had last week. Roll on summer and in the meantime i’ll file it the the same pile as all of the other let downs of this winter.