How not to drive in the snow.

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Mercedes. Steep hill. Snow. Let the entertainment begin. :-)07

https://twitter.com/MrJasonAlex/status/1353370223706042369
 
My bike is strictly grounded! There is a serious lack of friction out there.
The worst position Ive ever been in was turning off a well salted Queensway in Brum onto a side road that climbed a steep hill and, at one point, it was touch and go whether I was going to make the top of the hill or slide backwards into the main route. The horrible thing was - the further up the hill I got the more disastrous it would be if I lost it!
It always amazes me when driving in heavy snow in the dark and there is someone tailgating. They overtake and then realise why you were going slow - because its scary!
 
rick said:
My bike is strictly grounded! There is a serious lack of friction out there.
The worst position Ive ever been in was turning off a well salted Queensway in Brum onto a side road that climbed a steep hill and, at one point, it was touch and go whether I was going to make the top of the hill or slide backwards into the main route. The horrible thing was - the further up the hill I got the more disastrous it would be if I lost it!
It always amazes me when driving in heavy snow in the dark and there is someone tailgating. They overtake and then realise why you were going slow - because its scary!
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In the dark, going to visit some friends we once continued on a straight road past a left turn, not realising that our route hadn't been gritted - the gritters had turned left. We were on and off patches of black ice with the car sliding through almost 180 degree arcs. I still don't know how my ex managed to keep it on the road. Fortunately the friends house was quite close to the junction and apparently we were both totally whitefaced when he opened the door.

Drivers tailgating in fog do exactly the same thing Rick!
 
This incident was in our nearest large town, Wycombe, it's built in a valley with very steep hills on both sides. I don't think the reappearance of large numbers of performance RWD cars has helped things generally. There are a lot of BMW's and Mercedes on the roads now, crewed by people who are not used to snow, but who are used to being heavy on the pedal. I just got rid of my RWD Lexus recently, but I used to put 60kg of ballast in the boot when it snowed to get a bit of extra traction. The drive up to our garage is on a slope and person we bought the house from once managed to slide backward down it and take out the double gates at the bottom.

Apparently it was bad enough up in rural Leicestershire for my sister in law to get stuck in the snow for 3 hours!, but that could just be my mother in law exaggerating.
 
Thank God, we only had a very light snowfall on Saturday night/Sunday morning. There was an inch or two on the ground. It was slow to thaw, but was fine by Monday morning. The roads were deadly though on Sunday, because it had first rained heavily early on Saturday evening, then froze hard and then snowed on top. I stayed home on Sunday, but was able to get to check my mum and to work on Monday.
 
Brilliant sunshine and ground frozen solid here. Perfect winters day. Chicken drinkers frozen, only the second time in 11 years.
They really need cleaning out but bird flu restrictions mean I can’t let them out while I clean.
 
Our Tesco delivery on Saturday, estimated to arrive around 5.30pm, didn't. Phone call at 6 pm - Sorry, we'll be late - we're in a ditch at Kinloch. Sounded a bit shaken! Not surprised - the road is twisty with lochs on both sides - they were lucky to be only in a ditch. They arrived about 8 pm, nothing broken - either them or our goods.
 
Hen-Gen said:
Brilliant sunshine and ground frozen solid here. Perfect winters day. Chicken drinkers frozen, only the second time in 11 years.
They really need cleaning out but bird flu restrictions mean I can’t let them out while I clean.
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Are people bothering up there, Hen-Gen? We've been keeping ours in but when OH drives to the shop he sees other people's hens running about, even in the road sometimes.
 
They are Diane. I frightened people by telling them here that if the coronavirus and the avian flu got into the same person then they could swap genetic material and create a virulent and dangerous strain. Made it up but it’s the only way of getting compliance with the regulations.
 
It's not likely to change until after the winter migrants have flown home, unfortunately. The last time we had a "flockdown" it wasn't lifted until May. :-)06
 
This link will take you to the latest information.
If you scroll down to the section headed Further Information you can click on your area of the UK.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/avian-influenza-bird-flu-national-prevention-zone-declared
 
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