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Len · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:10 pm Post subject: Weather forecast, Snow.

Well, weather forecasters have predicted that for us lot here in the North West of England, chances are,we may get some snow sometime mid week.
We haven�t had any decent snow in the North West for ages, must be due to global warming or something. We had a bit of snow on Christmas day 2005 which was nice as at the time it was Christmas day. hehe

If it�s going to be a good do, then I�ll put some pics up. But then again, you know what weather forecasters are like, they always get it wrong. cry

Phyl · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:05 am Post subject:

Hi Len
You may get snow and we are at long last basking in sunshine though the North Island is getting downpours It sure is funny weather we are all having. Confused

Though you are in the last month of winter aren't you?

Are you near Cumbria? We have friends there Smile

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Roy · Active Member Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 60

Its been 18c here today, sun shinning and a nice gentle sea breeze.

Kind of nice really, in fact just about perfect .

Len · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject:

It�s was around minus 5`c this morning when I set off to work at 6.55am. All the parked cars in the street were covered in frost and I had to go out with a small plastic watering can containing warm water so as to de-ice my windscreen. They say it�s to be the same tonight, lovely. Smile

hehe
To be honest thou, it�s been quite mild these last few years, apart from the occasional mini freeze that we�ve had. I myself don�t mind a bit of cold or freshly laid snow, there�s something surreal about it.

Not long now before spring and if the weather is right I�ll probably chuck my tent in the car and end up in North Yorkshire at small village called Malham. I go to Malham quite often as it�s my favourite place to go walking, the scenery is fabulous, especially around spring.
When I do go, I mainly go at weekends, Friday- Sunday weather permitting etc. Another plus about it is that its only an hours drive from my home here in Lancashire.
Try doing a google image search for Malham and see what comes up.

Phyl · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:18 am Post subject:

Hi Len,
Brrrr.. Don't remnd me. We Have ghastly winter to come. Will look upi your favourite tramping place on google. My son loves the ice and snow too as he is a mountaineer.internationally qualified montain and ski guide,too scary for me thankyou.
Also nice to meet you Roy . I see you live in Hobart , Sort of similiar to Timaru weather though we can get it hotter than 18 degrees occasionally.
I have read about you in Unanderra posts and had a giggle about some of the things you wrote.
Anyway I'm off to google your tramping spot Len,Will write down the name so I don't forget it.
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Roy · Active Member Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 60

Nice to meet you too Phyl.

I gather you were connected to hostel management. I dont think I was Mr Hoppers favourite guest although I was very good friends with his son Roger.

As for the weather, it can get up to 40 degrees now and again here but probably averages 26 or so at this time of year.

Len

I recall going to Mallam sometime in my long lost past. Are there potholes up there? if there are then I probably went with the school potholing club.

Len · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:37 pm Post subject:

No snow yet but apparently everywhere else is getting it but not here. Sad

Roy · Active Member Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 60

Len we camped.

The cave was very wet as I remember but not wet enough to need diving gear.

Len · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:03 pm Post subject:

There�s a very popular cave at Ingleton �White Scar Cave�. It�s in the Yorkshire dales and not too far from Malham. I�ve never been myself but have passed by several times. I found this site and there are many other sites about it on google.

http://www.whitescarcave.co.uk/frame.htm

Smile

Phyl · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:25 pm Post subject:

Hi Roy ,
See you are on line ,what's the weather like in Hobart today, One of my son 's is in Sydney. The other in NZ. Funnily enough the one in Sydney is NZ born and the one in OZ is NZ born. Smile

Anyway have a great day and hope the sun is shining.

Hope Len it's not too cold where you are.
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Len · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject:

Phyl · Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:43 am Post subject:

Hi Len,
I can sure relate to what you are saying. The same happens here. Last year we had some unseasonal snow in our village and in Timaru .No power for us for 36 hours and boy, did we freeze .Some parts were out of power for about three weeks especially farms but they did have some heating with fireplaces .We just froze because we were reliant on electricity. Hope your winter is not an indication of what's ahead,again for us. cry

Some years we may get a few flakes and light covering but not like the last dump.It was still on the ground in parts of our place two weeks later.BBrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!!!! Hope you have a lovely Spring. without the water restrictions.We have those too.
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Roy · Active Member Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 60

We have water restrictions at the moment .

No washing the car with a hose , only a bucket,

Watering the garden only on odds and even days,

The thing is we have plenty of water in the lakes and councils admit that there isnt a shortage but they like to keep the pressure up in the mains in case of bush fires. That is a good point but surely it only applys when we have bush fires. Maybe they are just conditioning us for the future.

As for electricity, we have about 90% hydro power and some wind turbines, we also have a back up gas fired station that is only used for times of drought. Power cuts or outages are rare and I cant remember any industrial action causing shut downs ever. Matter of fact Im thinking of switching to aircon/heat pump as it appears to be cheaper than oil heating and cleaner.

Len · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:41 pm Post subject:

You surprised me there Phyl, I didn�t know you got snow in New Zealand.

There�s me thinking we had something special over here. Smile

Phyl · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject:

We sure do get snow in NZ Len. Have you not heard of our beautiful Southern Alps and the magnificent Mt. Cook .I will have to send you a photo. Mt Cook is dangerous too. Many climbers have lost their lives on the mountain. If you go to www.mtcook.com you will see the lovely snow and ice caves etc... Will have to find a nice photo of Mt Cook. Southern Alps Guiding is my son's business and there is also a photo of him at the bottom of the page there. Charlie Hobbs his name. www.mtcook.com is his website . This really is a beautiful country though I miss the lovely scenery of Australia. Smile

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