Cold weather alert from met office

Trying to snow here. Will be doing the Horses slightly earlier today just in case and will leave them with plenty of haylage. I don't think it will be too bad at all, Horses are up a steep hill though so when it snows its a pain, my Fiat 500 just can't quite do it!
 
Our outdoor school is not frozen at the moment so should be able to ride after work , not too much ice around at the weekend so hacking went as normal.
 
Oh how I will chuckle to myself IF the snowmageddon they are forecasting actually comes to fruition LOL.

We have a big coat wrapped round our yard tap but it still froze solid last night, BUT - the ground is dry - Yipeeeeee
 
It was -6°C when I set off for work this morning; the air is too dry and cold for snow. At least the dry cold is easy to stand, and there is no wind, not even a light breeze: -6°C and calm and dry is much more comfortable than 2°C damp and windy.
 
Cheshire here and have woken up to a snowy winter wonderland!! Not had snow like this for years! Mine live out at the mo with access to a shelter. Will be interesting to see if they've used it - they usually stay out regardless of how horrendous the weather is!
 
We’ve got 4 inches of snow and I’m supposed to be picking the horse up from the vet in a few hours. Not going anywhere with a trailer in this!
 
Well all roads blocked near me, and cant get through to my yard as numbers not recognised ! Hope someone notices Ive not been up this morning as horses in ! Several inches in Kent and still snowing, apparently a snow plough is stuck on the main A2, aren't we pathetic in bad weather ?
 
Had some here in Warwickshire overnight and it's been flurries through the day. Checked field just now and more issues with water buckets freezing over than anything else (will chuck some apples in to bob around tomorrow). I'm told there's more incoming, but it seems pretty tame so far.

However, attempted to smear horse's hooves with stockholm tar to avoid the snow balling up and...well...a fidgety impatient horse with gloopy black tar does not mix well! Looked like a bit of a murder scene...
 
We've had some pretty chilly weather in Surrey- definitely colder that we're used to!

I had to de-frost the car last night after being at the yard for an hour and a half brrrrr.

Started snowing while I was lunging which made it a bit difficult to actually see what was going on, but didn't really stick!

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Ed just wanted to lick the snow!
 
Beast from the east??

More like tiny wonder from the tundra.

Bit of snow this morning (2-3 cm) mostly gone now. And I'm in an amber warning area :rolleyes3:
 
Snow was blowing around in circles in the air when I went out at 12h40, and where it touched the ground or a car, it stayed, but only as a light dusting.

By the time I came out of the physio's surgery, the snow had stopped, but it's still parky out, at -2°C.
 
Have to report home made snow chains an epic fail.

But right now Snowmaggedon looks more like a nice day at Klosters. Tomorrow promises to be a bit more hardcore. Horse supremely chilled.
 
The weather forecasters in Ireland are being so dramatic about it. They're frightening the elderly. People are even stocking up on food. There's no bread left in the shops! It's ridiculous.
 
Snuffles said:
Well all roads blocked near me, and cant get through to my yard as numbers not recognised ! Hope someone notices Ive not been up this morning as horses in ! Several inches in Kent and still snowing, apparently a snow plough is stuck on the main A2, aren't we pathetic in bad weather ?
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Yep, was stuck on famous Brenley Corner.

Morning was real fun, schools are closed (kids happy :D), nursery is open but I couldn't get there as traffic has been avoiding blocked main road and successfully blocking little roads.
Waiting for promised -5... that will create some fun.

 
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mule said:
The weather forecasters in Ireland are being so dramatic about it. They're frightening the elderly. People are even stocking up on food. There's no bread left in the shops! It's ridiculous.
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Panic buying emptied the shelves of Essex a few days ago, according to what I saw on the Intarwebs...
 
We've not had much of this weather band, but are forecast snow all day tomorrow and all day Friday. Whether it will come to pass or not I don't know, but I'm seriously considering rigging the Welsh for the first time this winter!
 
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