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Hours and Hours of heavy snow....

Might take my laptop home tonight.
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I'm off tomorrow. If it was going to work it would be in the car. Fresh snow with road tyres and no traction control is something I'll leave to the heroes and nutters.

Riding in falling snow is really weird. It's very easy to get disorientated.
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No sign of any snow forecast down here at the moment.. Just fecking cold.
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Given that D6s chain is likely to seize any day soon that may well be how he ends up riding into work.
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It's snowing here. Not that I care, I'm still in bed
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I went in the car. Was quite thick with snow around where I live. But nothing in Hinckley. In fact by Lichfield it was barely a sprinkle.

It at least means I can now take home the wine I've had under my desk at work.
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I'm travelling up on the tiger at 5pm from London to stoke should be interesting.

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R1ckster wrote:I'm travelling up on the tiger at 5pm from London to stoke Image should be interesting.

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R1ckster wrote:I'm travelling up on the tiger at 5pm from London to stoke Image should be interesting.

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I did the school run in the Disco this morning. Every warning light came on a few days ago ABS, Traction control, hill descent and didn't trust the wife with it. Forgotten how much fun driving in the snow could be without all the electrickity.
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Oh....how pretty.
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Bloody hate snow and ice! Kiwi give us back our summer

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Car for me this week. Too much snow and ice about for the bike.
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I'm back on the push bike today, the weather here is just crap and wet today..
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The roads aren't too bad. Some of the side roads are still icy and there's a fair bit of snow about but the main roads are clear.

The worst apart about using the roads is the shitty spray - it covers everything.
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Rossgo wrote:Bloody hate snow and ice! Kiwi give us back our summer

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Nah, get f*cked, (finger) (lol) you guys couldn’t handle our summer!

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