I know most of your eyes stare south of the M4, but things are now
pretty miserable in east Scotland.

This is the 26th day of snow lying. After another 5 cm yesterday, the
snow depth is back up to 14 cm in my garden. Yesterday's maximum was a
balmy -0.4, last night's minimum -6.2C; this is now the 97th hour of
frost. December average so far is -1.6C.

I'm going to try to get out today, but I'll probably be the only turkey
that's made the shops. One Amazon parcel made it on Saturday, but I
doubt if any will today.


--

Trevor
Fed up in Lundie, near Dundee
Weather through www.trevorharley.com

On Dec 20, 9:24*am, Trevor Harley wrote:
I know most of your eyes stare south of the M4, but things are now
pretty miserable in east Scotland.

This is the 26th day of snow lying. After another 5 cm yesterday, the
snow depth is back up to 14 cm in my garden. Yesterday's maximum was a
balmy -0.4, last night's minimum -6.2C; this is now the 97th hour of
frost. December average so far is -1.6C.

I'm going to try to get out today, but I'll probably be the only turkey
that's made the shops. One Amazon parcel made it on Saturday, but I
doubt if any will today.

--

Trevor
Fed up in Lundie, near Dundee
Weather throughwww.trevorharley.com

Hi Trevor,

Down here I wouldn't know anything about what's going on in your area
if it wasn't for your posts.

The national(ha ha) media are only interested if it affects London and
the South-East. Hence last nights blanket coverage of delays at
Heathrow. Oh, but I was aware that Amazon etc are having problems.
No mail here since Thursday and I'm in the middle of a city that has
hardly had any snow. This country really is utter crap and getting
worse.

I'm rambling.

Steve R.
Swansea

In message
,
" writes
On Dec 20, 9:24*am, Trevor Harley wrote:
I know most of your eyes stare south of the M4, but things are now
pretty miserable in east Scotland.

This is the 26th day of snow lying. After another 5 cm yesterday, the
snow depth is back up to 14 cm in my garden. Yesterday's maximum was a
balmy -0.4, last night's minimum -6.2C; this is now the 97th hour of
frost. December average so far is -1.6C.

I'm going to try to get out today, but I'll probably be the only turkey
that's made the shops. One Amazon parcel made it on Saturday, but I
doubt if any will today.

--

Trevor
Fed up in Lundie, near Dundee
Weather throughwww.trevorharley.com

Hi Trevor,

Down here I wouldn't know anything about what's going on in your area
if it wasn't for your posts.

The national(ha ha) media are only interested if it affects London and
the South-East. Hence last nights blanket coverage of delays at
Heathrow. Oh, but I was aware that Amazon etc are having problems.
No mail here since Thursday and I'm in the middle of a city that has
hardly had any snow. This country really is utter crap and getting
worse.

I'm rambling.

Steve R.
Swansea

Postman arrived here in Porthcawl a few minutes ago - the first ordinary
post since Thursday - offered him a cuppa but he reckoned if he stopped
no he'd never get going again, poor fella.

Cheers
James
--
James Brown

On 2010-12-20 09:45:40 +0000, James Brown
said:

In message
,
" writes
On Dec 20, 9:24*am, Trevor Harley wrote:
I know most of your eyes stare south of the M4, but things are now
pretty miserable in east Scotland.

This is the 26th day of snow lying. After another 5 cm yesterday, the
snow depth is back up to 14 cm in my garden. Yesterday's maximum was a
balmy -0.4, last night's minimum -6.2C; this is now the 97th hour of
frost. December average so far is -1.6C.

I'm going to try to get out today, but I'll probably be the only turkey
that's made the shops. One Amazon parcel made it on Saturday, but I
doubt if any will today.

--

Trevor
Fed up in Lundie, near Dundee
Weather throughwww.trevorharley.com

Hi Trevor,

Down here I wouldn't know anything about what's going on in your area
if it wasn't for your posts.

The national(ha ha) media are only interested if it affects London and
the South-East. Hence last nights blanket coverage of delays at
Heathrow. Oh, but I was aware that Amazon etc are having problems.
No mail here since Thursday and I'm in the middle of a city that has
hardly had any snow. This country really is utter crap and getting
worse.

I'm rambling.

Steve R.
Swansea

Postman arrived here in Porthcawl a few minutes ago - the first
ordinary post since Thursday - offered him a cuppa but he reckoned if
he stopped no he'd never get going again, poor fella.

Cheers
James


Thanks for the comments. My postie certainly deserves his Christmas tip
for trying. He's always cheerful too.

--

Trevor
More optimistic in Lundie, near Dundee
Weather through www.trevorharley.com

On 20/12/2010 10:13, Trevor Harley wrote:

Thanks for the comments. My postie certainly deserves his Christmas tip
for trying. He's always cheerful too.


Last week's news was that it was not possible to carry out home
deliveries in Scotland (all of?) for the supermarkets and other online
delivery companies had also stopped taking orders as thier 'delivery
partners' would not longer deliver...
Seems it is just the trusty, but much maligned, Royal Mail service that
still manages to keep going in all weather...

R.

It sure does, our postie here in Aberdeenshire, hasn't missed a day.
We've not seen a courier for a fortnight.
It's a shame that it will be Angela Merkal's head on the stamps
before long. Bloody Torys


..
Seems it is just the trusty, but much maligned, Royal Mail service that
still manages to keep going in all weather...

R.

On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:30:31 +0000, Jolly Roger wrote:

Seems it is just the trusty, but much maligned, Royal Mail service that
still manages to keep going in all weather...

Yep, I think in the whole of the current cold period we have only had
one missed delivery by Royal Mail. We odered something on Wednesday
last week with "next day delivery" not here yet. HDN, UPS & UK Mail
vans have all been seen in the interveneing period (UPS daily at
their normal time), so the local vans are still out and about, no
reason not to be TBH the roads are more or less clear of the thick
ice that formed on them early last week. The council in their infinte
wisdom took one of out local gritters away to do Penrith and the one
remaining one broke meaning that no rock salt was put on the fresh
snow before packed down and froze solid when the cold fronts came
through.

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.