Still snowed in in Dundee
 

On 30/11/2010 20:58, Trevor Harley wrote:


After three hours the car is free and down by Lundie church hall, so IF
there isn't too much more snow and IF I can get up to the Coupar Angus
road I'm quite confident of at least getting to Kingsway Tesco tomorrow
and stocking up on red wine and bird food. (Please tell me Tesco is
still open ... I never thought I'd look so much forward to shopping!)

As far as I know Kingsway Tesco is open - not that I can get near it.
I'm only about 100 yards from a main road but that might as well be 10
miles. Supposedly there is a snow plough scheduled for tomorrow morning
before the binmen try an get up the street. I suspect neither turn up
and we'll try and dig out ourselves again later. It's really horrible
thick wet snow which is now freezing. Even just getting about 8 inches
off the car roof took major effort!

Still very few cars on the roads and even they slide to a halt every
time a big snow shower comes through.

Still snowed in in Dundee
 

On 2010-11-30 23:04:07 +0000, Alan Greig said:
On 30/11/2010 20:58, Trevor Harley wrote:

After three hours the car is free and down by Lundie church hall, so IF
there isn't too much more snow and IF I can get up to the Coupar Angus
road I'm quite confident of at least getting to Kingsway Tesco tomorrow
and stocking up on red wine and bird food. (Please tell me Tesco is
still open ... I never thought I'd look so much forward to shopping!)
As far as I know Kingsway Tesco is open - not that I can get near it.
I'm only about 100 yards from a main road but that might as well be 10
miles. Supposedly there is a snow plough scheduled for tomorrow morning
before the binmen try an get up the street. I suspect neither turn up
and we'll try and dig out ourselves again later. It's really horrible
thick wet snow which is now freezing. Even just getting about 8 inches
off the car roof took major effort!
Still very few cars on the roads and even they slide to a halt every
time a big snow shower comes through.

I think, paradoxically, it CAN be easier to get out in the country.
Clean snow, much more space to manoeuvre, and if I skid I don't have to
worry about smashing into my neighbour.

My plan for later tomorrow morning is either to go to Kingsway or
Riverside via Kingsway, both via Birkhill and the A923. I'm optimistic.
I hope so because I'm almost out of organic sultanas for my blackies.

--

Trevor
Almost free in Lundie, near Dundee
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/

Still snowed in in Dundee
 

I'm only about 100 yards from a main road but that might as
well be 10 miles. Supposedly there is a snow plough scheduled
for tomorrow morning before the binmen try an get up the
street. I suspect neither turn up and we'll try and dig out
ourselves again later. It's really horrible thick wet snow
which is now freezing. Even just getting about 8 inches off
the car roof took major effort!

I think, paradoxically, it CAN be easier to get out in the
country. Clean snow, much more space to manoeuvre, and if I
skid I don't have to worry about smashing into my neighbour.
Trevor

I'm like Alan. I am supposed to have been in Edinburgh two days
ago. The main road is clear of snow, but although neighbours
with 4x4/fwd/snow tyres have been able to get out and in again,
I haven't a hope (rwd/ordinary tyres) of getting up the slight
slope. No hope of a plough; it's garden bins, not household
bins, tomorrow so they will almost certainly not bother.

No new snow overnight last night.

Anne
Fochabers, Moray

Still snowed in in Dundee
 

On 2010-11-30 23:04:07 +0000, Alan Greig said:
On 30/11/2010 20:58, Trevor Harley wrote:
After three hours the car is free and down by Lundie church hall, so IF
there isn't too much more snow and IF I can get up to the Coupar Angus
road I'm quite confident of at least getting to Kingsway Tesco tomorrow
and stocking up on red wine and bird food. (Please tell me Tesco is
still open ... I never thought I'd look so much forward to shopping!)
As far as I know Kingsway Tesco is open - not that I can get near it.
I'm only about 100 yards from a main road but that might as well be 10
miles. Supposedly there is a snow plough scheduled for tomorrow morning
before the binmen try an get up the street. I suspect neither turn up
and we'll try and dig out ourselves again later. It's really horrible
thick wet snow which is now freezing. Even just getting about 8 inches
off the car roof took major effort!
Still very few cars on the roads and even they slide to a halt every
time a big snow shower comes through.


More snow overnight, now 37 cm of level snow, life grinding to a halt.

We're going to try a supermarket run today, but it's snowing again.

--

Trevor
Stuck in Lundie, near Dundee
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/

Still snowed in in Dundee
 

On 2010-11-30 12:25:32 +0000, "Anne Burgess"
said:

Try this URL:That's better. Impressive gallery!

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. I've added more today at:

http://gallery.me.com/trevor.harley#100169

Watch those icicles grow day by day.

We're still stuck today. Dug the car out again but got stuck in a drift
one way, dug ourselves out, and couldn't make it up the hill. The
outside world is still cut off from Lundie. Apparently things are
nearly as bad in the Big City (a.k.a. Dundee).

--

Trevor
Immobile in Lundie, near Dundee
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/