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Who’s coming sledging?

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  • April 3, 2012 at 11:07 am #15479
    Gkam84

    So after a week of record temperatures here on Deeside, smashing anywhere else in the country, we find ourselves under at least a foot of snow in my village, but further up the road there are drifts piling snow 7 feet high

    Just a couple of pictures for you and i haven’t even finished editing my trail video run on the Contour Roam in the sun yet :”(

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  • April 3, 2012 at 6:34 pm #672711
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    Gkam84

    Thats not including the roads
    Thats not including the roads that were closed all day because of power lines down, around 3000 homes still without 😕

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17601709

    Thats the report from 10 miles down the road where all the news companies seem to be reporting from because it was where the records were broken

    April 3, 2012 at 6:23 pm #672709
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    giff77

    That’s nuts gkam. All I had
    That’s nuts gkam. All I had to deal with this morning was freezing rain. Near lost it a couple of times but managed to hild my line. Dry roads on way home but a wind chill of -8, at least I had a tailwind for a good chunk of the way. 30mph on the home straight 😀 @Raleigh – wind’s good for training 😉 welcome to Scotland, enjoy your stay mate. -it’s meant to improve at end of the week.

    April 3, 2012 at 5:11 pm #672707
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    Gkam84

    At least your roads would
    At least your roads would have been clear Raleigh, i woke up this morning to almost every local route being closed, here is just a snapshot of what the police said at lunch time minus a couple of roads that weren’t near me

    The following are the latest road conditions, as of 12pm on Tuesday 3 April 2012.

    The following roads are CLOSED:

    A939 Cockbridge-Tomintoul road – snow gates 17 and 18 closed
    A939 Gairnshiel-Corgarff
    B974 Banchory-Fettercairn, road is heavily affected by snow
    A93 Glenshee-Braemar – snow gate 16 closed
    A941 Dufftown-Rhynie

    There are trees on the following roads:

    B976 Ballogie-Dinnet, near Finzean
    B9077 South Deeside Road, at Bridge of Feugh

    The following road is NOT ADVISABLE:

    A97 Huntly-Strathdon, at Strathdon-Logie Coldstone is single track

    Road now clear:

    A93 Banchory-Aboyne (west of Kincardine O’Neill).

    April 3, 2012 at 4:42 pm #672705
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    Raleigh

    My training camp in Edinburgh
    My training camp in Edinburgh has been ruined!

    Snow, rain, sleet, hail!

    WINDWINDWIND…

    :”(

    April 3, 2012 at 4:25 pm #672703
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    Gkam84

    I was going to put Royal
    I was going to put Royal Deeside, but i didn’t want to sound posh 😀

    Sideburn, Funny you should mention kayaking, i’m a fully qualified instructor for that, Rock Scrambling and Abseiling, So yeah, but even when it was 24 degrees last week, the river was flowing with ice water from the hills, slightly to cold for my liking 🙂

    April 3, 2012 at 2:20 pm #672701
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    Simon_MacMichael

    notfastenough wrote:I’ll

    notfastenough wrote:
    I’ll assume there is a Deeside in Scotland then, because in Deeside North Wales (where I work), there isn’t snow in sight.

    Yup and the River Dee in Scotland is longer than the one in Wales 😉

    Maybe Gkam and I should be referring to *Royal* Deeside to avoid confusion (although that doesn’t quite extend to Aberdeen itself) 👿

    April 3, 2012 at 1:47 pm #672699
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    giff77

    It’s heading your way Dave.
    It’s heading your way Dave. Don’t worry 👿 meanwhile, I’ve had to dig out my winter gear arghhh

    April 3, 2012 at 1:40 pm #672697
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    dave atkinson

    that’s mental. still summer
    that’s mental. still summer down here…

    April 3, 2012 at 1:26 pm #672695
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    notfastenough

    I’ll assume there is a
    I’ll assume there is a Deeside in Scotland then, because in Deeside North Wales (where I work), there isn’t snow in sight.

    April 3, 2012 at 1:03 pm #672693
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    Simon_MacMichael

    Snow on Deeside, one of my
    Snow on Deeside, one of my very earliest memories , that 😀

    Don’t remember much in the way of record-breaking temperatures during the first six years of my life I spent there, mind 😕

    April 3, 2012 at 12:31 pm #672691
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    SideBurn

    28 too old? You wait ’til you
    28 too old? You wait ’til you are as old as me! You are never too old to sledge it just hurts more when you crash! Sun bathing last week, sledging (or not) this. What about next week? A drop or two of rain? Any good at kayaking?

    April 3, 2012 at 11:58 am #672689
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    Gkam84

    I feel at 28 i’m a bit old to
    I feel at 28 i’m a bit old to go sledging, but i’m going to use one of my free passes to the local Hilton hotel and using their gym and pool for a few hours, only just got this years fitness training going on full last week, cant let it slip already 👿

    April 3, 2012 at 11:21 am #672687
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    trikeman

    Sacre-blurrrr!
    What the hell
    Sacre-blurrrr!

    What the hell is going on with the weather? :O

    Hope the sledging goes well – unblieveable.

    Trikeman. 😉

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