The Weather

[Adster]

Im in Hinckley and it's chucking it down with snow here.

[Raj]

22 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

Personally don’t think the taxpayer should be forking out to have sand chucked about every now and again

You do come out with some complete bo11ox now and again!!🤣🤣

[Bellend Sebastian]

A fox just had a wander around our garden in the snow, quite the charming winter scene. 

 

Usually it's rats we see so definitely an improvement on that

[Trav Le Bleu]

50 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

Personally don’t think the taxpayer should be forking out to have sand chucked about every now and again

Well that's where you're going wrong. Should use shovel, not a fork.

[Trav Le Bleu]

22 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

A fox just had a wander around our garden in the snow, quite the charming winter scene. 

 

Usually it's rats we see so definitely an improvement on that

You sure? There's some big rats around these days.

[Grebfromgrebland]

Snows clearing up round here already.

[Sly]

I overlook a nature reserve where I live.

 

The road and everything I can see in front of me (pond, trees etc) looks no worse than it do at 21:00 last night. It sees that massive blast we got was the worst of it. 
 

I can imagine when you get onto roads that actually see traffic and a gritting vehicle, it’s easier to get around. 

[ozleicester]

On 07/01/2026 at 18:39, Samilktray said:

My missus was adamant our boiler had broke a few weeks before Christmas, so she called an emergency plumber out whilst I was at work

She'd knocked the off switch with the toaster.

 we called a plumber out to our hot water system a couple weeks ago... said couldnt see a plumber issue,  he called his elec mate... came out, checked..Discovered the granddaughter had turned the switch off in the house  

[nnfox]

I'm finding these weather warnings, approximately 100% of the time, are over-egged and it turns out to be never as bad as predicted.

[Raj]

Snows about half an inch and turning to slush..I might risk my life and goto work....pray for me...

[Footballwipe]

1 hour ago, nnfox said:

I'm finding these weather warnings, approximately 100% of the time, are over-egged and it turns out to be never as bad as predicted.

But isn't it a no win situation? You underplay it or don't go big when you think something might happen, it DOES end up happening and then people whine that they didn't get warned.

 

Maybe we should be pleased that we were warned it might be bad, but it turned out not to be 100% of the time.

[The Year Of The Fox]

Can’t get out of Coalville 

[ramboacdc]

3 minutes ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

Can’t get out of Coalville 

Dont worry. It took me 20 years but I eventually moved ou...oh you mean because of the weather. 

 

What roads are knackered? Or is it just all of them?

[The Year Of The Fox]

6 minutes ago, ramboacdc said:

Dont worry. It took me 20 years but I eventually moved ou...oh you mean because of the weather. 

 

What roads are knackered? Or is it just all of them?

All of them

 

Cant get out towards Ashby

 

Cant get out towards Loughborough/Shepshed

Nor m1

 

 

 

[DennisNedry]

No snow here (Leics/Northants border) this morning. Ground was too wet for it to settle.

 

Weather warnings almost always over egg stuff. 

[Samilktray]

Fvck sake I’m at work 

[moore_94]

Managed to get off my estate in Ashby (with some wheel spinning getting onto the main road) just to find a lorry and cars blocking the road

 

Turned round and now back in bed  my boss can’t even get off his drive and he lives closer to work than I do

Edited 9 January by moore_94

[Raj]

5 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

Fvck sake I’m at work 

Bet thats what your colleagues at work are thinking!!

[goose2010]

just had to drop my daughter at the grand parents in Hinckley, roads are fine just slushy. 

 

Hopefully it warms up and goes before tonight as if it does then the roads will be horrendous if it freezes. 

[nnfox]

1 hour ago, Footballwipe said:

But isn't it a no win situation? You underplay it or don't go big when you think something might happen, it DOES end up happening and then people whine that they didn't get warned.

 

Maybe we should be pleased that we were warned it might be bad, but it turned out not to be 100% of the time.

The thing is, people will start ignoring the warnings, that's when it gets dangerous.  It wouldn't be so bad if they were right 50% of the time.  Nobody expects them to get it right all the time.

 

 

[Muzzy_no7]

12 hours ago, Samilktray said:

Personally don’t think the taxpayer should be forking out to have sand chucked about every now and again

Gotta be on the wind up here surely 😂

[Samilktray]

6 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Gotta be on the wind up here surely 😂

Just wanted a day off really pal

[Muzzy_no7]

As usual the LE9/LE10 area hasn’t really got much snowfall compared to other areas with more elevation or not being ‘down wind’.

 

Its at that annoying phase already. 

[Stuntman_Mike]

Yeah the snow is quite bad around NWL.

 

Walked from Thringstone to Coalville to save any possible car drama. 

[Tommy G]

27 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

As usual the LE9/LE10 area hasn’t really got much snowfall compared to other areas with more elevation or not being ‘down wind’.

 

Its at that annoying phase already. 

Managed to shut my sons school annoyingly #snowflakes