David just took a proper measurement.

We have 7.5 inches of snow

Ophelia

On 12/3/06 14:37, in article
, "Ophelia"
wrote:


David just took a proper measurement.

We have 7.5 inches of snow

Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even
*seen* 7.5 inches of snow! It's turned very much colder here, so I won't be
surprised if we do have snow. What we have at present is a real "Dartmoor
clag"!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 12/3/06 14:37, in article
, "Ophelia"
wrote:


David just took a proper measurement.

We have 7.5 inches of snow

Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even
*seen* 7.5 inches of snow! It's turned very much colder here, so I
won't be
surprised if we do have snow. What we have at present is a real
"Dartmoor
clag"!

I can't ever remember seeing this kind of snow here either! We went to
the resto we usually go for Sunday lunch and we had to be dug out. We
have a 4x4 too!!!

On 12/3/06 15:18, in article
, "Ophelia"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even
*seen* 7.5 inches of snow! It's turned very much colder here, so I
won't be
surprised if we do have snow. What we have at present is a real
"Dartmoor
clag"!

I can't ever remember seeing this kind of snow here either! We went to
the resto we usually go for Sunday lunch and we had to be dug out. We
have a 4x4 too!!!


What a drama! That's the weather to light a big log fire, get out the books
and put the feet up.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 12/3/06 15:18, in article
, "Ophelia"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
id...
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Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've
even
*seen* 7.5 inches of snow! It's turned very much colder here, so I
won't be
surprised if we do have snow. What we have at present is a real
"Dartmoor
clag"!

I can't ever remember seeing this kind of snow here either! We went
to
the resto we usually go for Sunday lunch and we had to be dug out.
We
have a 4x4 too!!!


What a drama! That's the weather to light a big log fire, get out the
books
and put the feet up.

Well, if we had a fireplace I would love to do just that) I am in a
Scottish New Town and we don't have that option)

On 12/3/06 17:20, in article
, "Ophelia"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
id...
snip What a drama! That's the weather to light a big log fire, get out
the
books
and put the feet up.

Well, if we had a fireplace I would love to do just that) I am in a
Scottish New Town and we don't have that option)

Sorry - tactless of me. I'm a real 'fireplace' person so my natural
instinct is to think of log (or coal) fires on damp and cold days. Every
house I've ever lived in, I light a fire in the grate as the first thing I
do on moving in. There must be some pagan Celt in me somewhere!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 12/3/06 17:20, in article
, "Ophelia"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
id...
snip What a drama! That's the weather to light a big log fire,
get out
the
books
and put the feet up.

Well, if we had a fireplace I would love to do just that) I am
in a
Scottish New Town and we don't have that option)

Sorry - tactless of me. I'm a real 'fireplace' person so my natural
instinct is to think of log (or coal) fires on damp and cold days.
Every
house I've ever lived in, I light a fire in the grate as the first
thing I
do on moving in. There must be some pagan Celt in me somewhere!

Well I always did this until I moved here

Sacha writes
On 12/3/06 14:37, in article
k, "Ophelia"
wrote:


David just took a proper measurement.

We have 7.5 inches of snow

Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even
*seen* 7.5 inches of snow!

Not even in your youth? I can remember walking up to the higher parts of
town with the snow well above my knees, and that was when I was in my
teens.
--
Kay

On 12/3/06 18:03, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes
On 12/3/06 14:37, in article
, "Ophelia"
wrote:


David just took a proper measurement.

We have 7.5 inches of snow

Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even
*seen* 7.5 inches of snow!

Not even in your youth? I can remember walking up to the higher parts of
town with the snow well above my knees, and that was when I was in my
teens.

Yes, David's reminded me of that, as you'll see in my reply. I really had
wiped it from the memory banks! When we couldn't play games - which we did
every single afternoon other than Saturdays (watching or playing in matches)
and Sundays - the normal form of exercise was to make us take a walk up the
hills to or towards, the Beacon. From what I recall of that winter, none of
us went anywhere. We couldn't play hockey or lacrosse, we couldn't walk up
the Malvern hills, we couldn't do *anything* and went nearly stir crazy. It
does make me think that today's young (creak, groan of ancient granny speak)
would find it a blissful excuse to sit in front of the telly or play some
whizzy game. We didn't see tv at all during term unless it was something
suitably educational and relevant to what we were studying in e.g. English
or History. Being a voracious reader then and now, I found it a wonderful
time to bury myself in a book and get as close to the faint heat the ancient
radiators pumped out as I could.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

Sacha writes
On 12/3/06 18:03, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes
On 12/3/06 14:37, in article
, "Ophelia"
wrote:


David just took a proper measurement.

We have 7.5 inches of snow

Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even
*seen* 7.5 inches of snow!

Not even in your youth? I can remember walking up to the higher parts of
town with the snow well above my knees, and that was when I was in my
teens.

Yes, David's reminded me of that, as you'll see in my reply. I really had
wiped it from the memory banks!

Yes, but I wasn't thinking of 1963 - this one was a couple of years
later. You must have done an awful lot of wiping from memory banks! ;-)


--
Kay

On 12/3/06 20:16, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes
On 12/3/06 18:03, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes
On 12/3/06 14:37, in article
, "Ophelia"
wrote:


David just took a proper measurement.

We have 7.5 inches of snow

Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even
*seen* 7.5 inches of snow!

Not even in your youth? I can remember walking up to the higher parts of
town with the snow well above my knees, and that was when I was in my
teens.

Yes, David's reminded me of that, as you'll see in my reply. I really had
wiped it from the memory banks!

Yes, but I wasn't thinking of 1963 - this one was a couple of years
later. You must have done an awful lot of wiping from memory banks! ;-)

I wasn¹t there a couple of years later!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

In message , Ophelia
writes

David just took a proper measurement.

We have 7.5 inches of snow

Blimey O, I have only just seen this. Have you got plenty of single
malt ?
--
June Hughes

"June Hughes" wrote in message
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In message , Ophelia
writes

David just took a proper measurement.

We have 7.5 inches of snow

Blimey O, I have only just seen this. Have you got plenty of single
malt ?

We do.. but more to the point we have lots of gin too))