What were you up to last night whilst it snowed?... - Page 2

Phil Payne · 05-02-12, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Isimmo

Ghost engine running... Which basically involves rushing about on your own with a loco all night trying not to get stuck.

Or derailed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16883749

BIGGYIN · 05-02-12, 01:11 PM

Seems we were(Merseyside) the only place in the whole country,that didn't have snow.
Looking out the window now,the sun is cracking the flags.(cold though)

yeti · 05-02-12, 03:16 PM

Bugger all last night, but I just finished changing the Renault's gear selector cables. It was nice and staightforward, but there had to be one spring clip that forced me into laying in the gutter in 4 inch of snow. Luckily I'd got my waterproofs on so it was actually rather mild.

Hoyle · 05-02-12, 04:35 PM

We had nothing either up on the N.Wales coast...

...but I made a 180mile round trip last night to go and play in some!

Needless to say I've spent most of today washing the rock salt out of all the nooks and crannies on the CQ!

Emjay · 05-02-12, 04:46 PM

Not much snow this way but cold enough to have a tipple of this

msh · 05-02-12, 04:57 PM

Was the last night coldest in this winter in UK as well? Last night here was around -28c, I'm wondering how cold it was in eastern part of latvia, because usually here is around ~10c warmer than there... At the same time we don't have much snow. From the point of fun, that's not nice - today I tried some quattro winter fun for the first time in my life, and it's not very pleasant when you have poor tyres and roads covered with ice. So I drifted around garages, not much further

msh · 05-02-12, 05:28 PM

Ah, yeah, forgot about this pic, I took it yesterday.

This is what you can see here on rivers and lakes in winter. This is in very heart of Liepāja.

Tonks4x4 · 05-02-12, 07:03 PM

I went out plowing the streets

And a video....

https://fbcdn-video-a.akamaihd.net/c...3acdfddd8edde0

Tim C · 06-02-12, 11:04 AM

None here (as usual).

-9 when I left for work Saturday morning though, coldest I've seen it here!
It was above zero by midday and raining by 5.
Sunday was nothing special and today it's 6 degrees

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Isimmo · 07-02-12, 09:00 PM

Fetched the old girl home again today, bit of burning to the collector shoe-gear but beyond that, it's fine... Really has been a lovely clear, crisp day here, with snow covered Weald and Downland, then a run through the suburbs... Very nice, all on my own, just me, my loco and I...

05-02-12, 01:11 PM	#12
BIGGYIN 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Merseyside Posts: 7,976	We had,none. Seems we were(Merseyside) the only place in the whole country,that didn't have snow. Looking out the window now,the sun is cracking the flags.(cold though) __________________ q90 B2 Type 85 - q90 B2 Type 85-PROJECT-ABY 20vt KARL. Injection is nice but I'd rather be blown

05-02-12, 03:16 PM	#13
yeti Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Derby Posts: 1,166	Bugger all last night, but I just finished changing the Renault's gear selector cables. It was nice and staightforward, but there had to be one spring clip that forced me into laying in the gutter in 4 inch of snow. Luckily I'd got my waterproofs on so it was actually rather mild. __________________ 1990 Coupe Quattro (WTF did I buy that for?) Half a 1983 Coupe FI (long term parts shelf) 2003 Cors-arrrgh More Polos that you'd ever believe No time, no money, all the wrong tools and a workshop that's too far away

05-02-12, 04:35 PM	#14
Hoyle 80q addict Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: North Wales Posts: 840	We had nothing either up on the N.Wales coast... ...but I made a 180mile round trip last night to go and play in some! Needless to say I've spent most of today washing the rock salt out of all the nooks and crannies on the CQ! __________________ My 80 Quattro thread

05-02-12, 07:03 PM	#18
Tonks4x4 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire Posts: 2,607	I went out plowing the streets And a video.... https://fbcdn-video-a.akamaihd.net/c...3acdfddd8edde0 __________________ http://www.tonks4x4.com

06-02-12, 11:04 AM	#19
Tim C Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Poole, Dorset, England Posts: 1,729	None here (as usual). -9 when I left for work Saturday morning though, coldest I've seen it here! It was above zero by midday and raining by 5. Sunday was nothing special and today it's 6 degrees . __________________ quattro RR - crystal silver quattro WR - 1981 Lombard RAC rally recreation (50% share) Nissan Navara - tow car / service vehicle for above A4 2.0T quattro s-line special edition - wife's http://www.flickr.com/photos/37654549@N06/sets/

05-02-12, 04:46 PM	#15
Emjay Man Fettler Extraodinaire Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Up my own arse blowing smoke Posts: 7,417	Not much snow this way but cold enough to have a tipple of this

05-02-12, 04:57 PM	#16
msh 4 ring whore! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Rucava, Latvija Posts: 3,816	Was the last night coldest in this winter in UK as well? Last night here was around -28c, I'm wondering how cold it was in eastern part of latvia, because usually here is around ~10c warmer than there... At the same time we don't have much snow. From the point of fun, that's not nice - today I tried some quattro winter fun for the first time in my life, and it's not very pleasant when you have poor tyres and roads covered with ice. So I drifted around garages, not much further

05-02-12, 05:28 PM	#17
msh 4 ring whore! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Rucava, Latvija Posts: 3,816	Ah, yeah, forgot about this pic, I took it yesterday. This is what you can see here on rivers and lakes in winter. This is in very heart of Liepāja.

07-02-12, 09:00 PM	#20
Isimmo Super Moderator Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sissix-by-the-sea Posts: 15,218	Fetched the old girl home again today, bit of burning to the collector shoe-gear but beyond that, it's fine... Really has been a lovely clear, crisp day here, with snow covered Weald and Downland, then a run through the suburbs... Very nice, all on my own, just me, my loco and I... __________________ 1985 WR quattro, 1985 20vT RallyRep, 1993 MTM ABY S2 Avant. 2010 S3 Sportback.