"Keith(Southend)" wrote in message
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Ken Cook wrote:
On 24 Dec, 14:13, "George Booth" wrote:

Wouldn't mind a break before the next lot

George, how could you! You'll be ostracised by the cold-weather
junkies.
Merry Christmas.

Ken


No, I know what George means, it's a right old mess now, so lets have a
break and start again afresh next week :-)

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Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

Ken and Keith

After a week of snow cover it just looks tired. I know it was freshened up a
couple of times but now it's that horrible mixture of frozen snow which has
been through several freeze-thaw cycles and solid ice which is an absolute
pain to walk on with our undulating pavements (the trees you see). With my
high c of g I find it a real challenge to walk along an ice covered pavement
on a hill where the pavement also has a slope towards the road. I noticed
somebody using a trekking pole the other day-good idea. Yesterday I broke
open one of the bags of rock salt which I have kept 'on ice' since the last
glaciation here in the early 1980's. This did the trick and allowed me to
use the curved blade snow clearing tool to create impressive mounds of snow
and ice at the edge of the drive. I still have one bag left - looks as if I
may be using it soon.

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George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk
COL 36055