Weather- January 2010

[annew]

Gote, I like the Reindeer / dog, ummm?

[Anthony Darby]

I see they've cancelled the bonspiel! PC brigade have their heads so far up their arses they can't get the latter in gear!

[Maggi Young]

Some lads were  killed today falling through iced pond..I caught tail end of news report...depending on the timing,  I expect the organisers might have felt it was insensitive to be encouraging hundreds of people onto ice when the police are trying so hard to keep kids off frozen ponds etc.  

[mark smyth]

Bonspiel?

In my local park there are two canal ponds. They are covered in foot prints despite signs up saying thin ice. On Lough Fea guys on quads were driving on the ice Is 10cm of ice safe?

Cyclists on the lake

[mark smyth]

Another video shows a car that fell through the ice.

We dont all speak with a country accent over here.

[Michael J Campbell]

-12C here this morning with freezing fog. I can't get into the greenhouses to check the heaters,doors iced up and frozen solid. Mains water supply also frozen solid. 

[Anthony Darby]

Some lads were  killed today falling through iced pond..I caught tail end of news report...depending on thetiming,  I expect the organisers might have felt it was insensitive to be encouraging hundreds of peopl onto ice when the police are trying so hard to keep kids off frozen ponds etc. 

It's not the thickness of the ice, which is well over the 7" deemed necessary, its the access roads to Scotland's only lake. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/08/bonspiel-scotland-curling-match-cancelled

[Sinchets]

I have just watched CNN World Weather- apart from the fact that is was fascinating to see drivers in Tennessee having trouble driving in an inch of snow- we were stumped to hear that if you want to escape the snow in Europe you need to head to the southern hemisphere. I suppose the 'small part' of  Europe, which is always behind the presenters back isn't really Europe after all! Currently 14C and sunny with gale force winds. 

[ashley]

We dont all speak with a country accent over here.

And what harm if you did

[Richard Green]

The official curling Bonspiel on the Lake of Menteith in Central Scotland may have been cancelled, but my neighbour who is a curling addict tells me that the local clubs are all out there curling away and having their own informal matches anyway !

[mark smyth]

Ashley referring to the terrible accent of the people at Lough Fea. But I dont think people outside of Ireland can tell one accent from the other

Maggi, it was 4 brothers who fell through ice. I missed the tail end just now. I think only one was saved

[gote]

Gote, I like the Reindeer / dog, ummm?

It is  buck (Male goat) actually.
For some reasons Christmas presents were handed out by bucks in Sweden 150 years ago.
However since goats became rare on the farms, the local gnome called 'Tomte' had to take over.
He was a small man in a gray suit and a red cap;  living under the barn. A reindeer was as foreign to him as a zebra would be.
He was definitely not fat. nor did he say Ho ho ho nor did he drink Coca Cola.
Since there was one for every farm there were no logistical problems in handing out the presents.
He was very helpful to nice farmers but could be nasty to lazy grooms.
Cheers
Göte


 

[Anthony Darby]

The official curling Bonspiel on the Lake of Menteith in Central Scotland may have been cancelled, but my neighbour who is a curling addict tells me that the local clubs are all out there curling away and having their own informal matches anyway !

Exactly. We've seen TV footage of the curlers on the Lake of Menteith so their's no problem with the ice. It's just the travelling to and from that's the perceived problem. A balmy -1^oC here today. Here's a pic of Freddo, a 9' tall snowman in a garden at the start of our street. He is 2 weeks old today.

[Ragged Robin]

Fredo is a great character Anthony, is he in your garden?  Looks like he might well come to life

[Ragged Robin]

Gote, I particularly like your photo of your summer house