On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:43:43 -0000, Nigel Paice wrote:

snow which suddenly turned into hard hitting hail of 7-10cm

Sorry to scare you all... I meant millimeters!!

Phew, 10cm hail is base ball sized and does serious damage.

Mind you 10mm isn't very nice to be caught out in but it's not likely to
smash windscreens and dent body work...

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Cheers
Dave.