Fimbulwinter

[glenatron]

The Met Office have promised us our very own British Snowpocalypse and so far it seems to be delivering- I've only been home an hour or so and my footprints are just the shallowest dimples in the snow.

The ponies were quite chilly but cheerful, Zorro's mane and ears were coated in snow.

Professor snowy-ears.

I doubt there will be much driving going on over the next few days. I'm kind of set to work from home but there may also be limits on that as we'll probably be walking to the ponies' house as well. Being at a high point in the local geography the chances are that we'll have as much snow as anyone.

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[skiesfirepaved.livejournal.com]

Can you send some my way please? Just snow, that is, I'd like to stay clear of Ragnarök for now. If it snows heavily I can leave work early. This is win.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

I'd love to. We have plenty now. We just measured five inches outside the door. Real inches, not boy inches.

The Met Office suggests you will be the sunniest part of the country for the rest of the week...

[life-of-tom.livejournal.com]

Expecting a sarcastic (and possibly accurate) response from Trudi about soft Britains being unable to deal with snow, any second now.

Enjoy yourself in the snow, before you tire of it. Hope the house is warm enough.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Thanks to our stove it just may be. I'm pretty glad we're in walking distance of the ponies though. In fact, if we had a toboggan we'd almost be in tobogganing distance, which would be much faster on the downhill...

[stu-the-elder.livejournal.com]

Soft Britons, sure, they'd have problems. As far as I know, though, most Britons aren't made of marshmallows. Soldier on, stiff upper lip, and all that.. mostly due to icicles in the beard..

[life-of-tom.livejournal.com]

Soldier on. This'd be just a normal winter by Canadian standards.

I did say to someone the other day that most headlines about the snow could be replaced with the phrase 'britain experiences mild Canadian winter, wusses out spectacularly in comparison.'

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

In fairness, Cananadia does own snowploughs. And shovels.

[gnapp.livejournal.com]

And winter tyres, I bet.

A few years ago, Stockholm got two decimeters of snow in the beginning of November, before anyone was prepared, and the whole region stood still. Cars slid off roads, lorries were stuck on tiny uphill slopes, trains stood still, people were unable to get home from work, and everything was chaotic. When the same weather happens in mid-January, people just shrug, and everything is normal.

[(Anonymous)]

You know, that is actually very reassuring :)

[penella22.livejournal.com]

Wishing you candles and lighters and marshmallows. Oh, and bread.

You've already got the fire. :]

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Also at least 12" of snow and it's still falling. We're right in the heart of it this time around...