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20 minutes ago it started to sleet, now my 'office' is white over. The flakes are massive and the sky looks full ... certainly wasn't forecast.

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FWIW, I have 10 times that in my garden :grin:
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looks nice. would have liked it like that at the weekend
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FWIW, I have 10 times that in my garden
Yes but you live right up there beyond the wall :wink:
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Might be late into work in the morning then :-bd
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Flippin' heck! :((
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Took the fargo in today thinking it would only be slush. Did a scencic route home and ended up in about 3" of freshies in the woods near home. Fat bike commute tomorrow!
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Not even frosty in Chester :roll:

I want snow :o
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We just had flash rainstorms....

This resulting in wet kit for the ride home, deep joy!
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And its snowmegeddon in Sligo currently:-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbkOwoZLey0
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My garden

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and looking towards the Gorms

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Looks lovely ScotRoutes,

Looks a nice place to live indeed
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FLV wrote:Looks lovely ScotRoutes,

Looks a nice place to live indeed
I concur
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The other end of the village from Scotroutes.... it is a nice place to live for sure.
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ScotRoutes wrote:My garden

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Your photo is on bbc news!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30815573
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And the Daily Fail!!
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Thats close to Dec 2010 depths!
Enjoy
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Plenty snow in the peak today too
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Plenty in the lakes too. Especially high up, mostly pretty soft until 550m then some is consolidated. Was very windy yesterday with serious amount of new snow in the wind.

What's it like in Wales now? I've plans to head over in the next few days
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What's it like in Wales now? I've plans to head over in the next few days
Here, there's nowt below 400m then after that the higher you go the more there is ... although everything is pretty rideable even high up.
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s8tannorm wrote:
What's it like in Wales now? I've plans to head over in the next few days
Here, there's nowt below 400m then after that the higher you go the more there is ... although everything is pretty rideable even high up.

thanks stu
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View from the Gorms this afternoon.
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Should hopefully get out on the bike tomorrow again.
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When the snow is that bad whats it like trying to ride a non-fatbike bike?
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benp1 wrote:When the snow is that bad whats it like trying to ride a non-fatbike bike?
When it's deep, so you cut through it, it's very very tiring! That's if you can make progress...if on your normal single speed geared for standard off road japes, it's even more tiring!
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benp1 wrote:When the snow is that bad whats it like trying to ride a non-fatbike bike?
Very much dependant on the snow.
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