On Monday, 6 February 2017 13:13:20 UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
On Monday, February 6, 2017 at 12:59:47 PM UTC, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Sunday, 5 February 2017 20:22:12 UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
Still not enough snow for skiing at Cairngorm.http://www.cairngormmountain.org/lifts-pistes/ They've only had sufficient snow on a handful (literally) of days this year. A bit here https://weather.com/en-GB/unitedking...otland-weather

They'll be keeping their fingers crossed for a good Easter.

Meanwhile, back in Cornwall a reasonable day with just a couple of brief showers & sunny spells, good visibility and much calmer sea conditions - especially on the south coast. Swell down to 6-8' even out at Sevenstones..

Around Marazion piles of weed washed up after the 1st big sea of the winter.

I lived at the foot of an hill on a farm years ago. We found an old car boot or bonnert lid from the days when those things were curved and used it quite successfully on a frosted grass slope to frighten ourselves severely enough to last us a year or so.

We used to go cardboard sledging down the grassier parts of the dunes. Pleased to see the activity still exists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OPR_MJUkUI

Beats me why they have to close when there is no snow. Sliding down grassy slopes was a major event every summer holiday in the 1960's.

On Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 8:22:12 PM UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
Still not enough snow for skiing at Cairngorm.http://www.cairngormmountain.org/lifts-pistes/ They've only had sufficient snow on a handful (literally) of days this year. A bit here https://weather.com/en-GB/unitedking...otland-weather

They'll be keeping their fingers crossed for a good Easter.

Meanwhile, back in Cornwall a reasonable day with just a couple of brief showers & sunny spells, good visibility and much calmer sea conditions - especially on the south coast. Swell down to 6-8' even out at Sevenstones.

Around Marazion piles of weed washed up after the 1st big sea of the winter.

Graham
Penzance

I think 1989 was possibly worse? A dominant European high left Scotland very mild, a conveyor belt of rain off the Atlantic went on for weeks though I think the weather finally turned at the end of March around Easter. Many Alpine resorts were decimated that year, too, and I think it hastened the development of artificial snow-making.

http://www.ecn.ac.uk/iccuk/indicators/15.htm

On Monday, 6 February 2017 22:09:28 UTC, Scott W wrote:
On Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 8:22:12 PM UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
Still not enough snow for skiing at Cairngorm.http://www.cairngormmountain.org/lifts-pistes/ They've only had sufficient snow on a handful (literally) of days this year. A bit here https://weather.com/en-GB/unitedking...otland-weather

They'll be keeping their fingers crossed for a good Easter.

Meanwhile, back in Cornwall a reasonable day with just a couple of brief showers & sunny spells, good visibility and much calmer sea conditions - especially on the south coast. Swell down to 6-8' even out at Sevenstones.

Around Marazion piles of weed washed up after the 1st big sea of the winter.

Graham
Penzance

I think 1989 was possibly worse? A dominant European high left Scotland very mild, a conveyor belt of rain off the Atlantic went on for weeks though I think the weather finally turned at the end of March around Easter. Many Alpine resorts were decimated that year, too, and I think it hastened the development of artificial snow-making.

http://www.ecn.ac.uk/iccuk/indicators/15.htm

American f lier

Just looking at who else tells porkies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahON9ckvBpc

But I digest.

So all this bull**** comes about due to fine, cold weather and everyone goes kerplonk. Because?

Because people wouldn't go to the expense of luxury exotic holidays if they only had to wear jeans and jerseys to ride cardboard boxes down the local hill?