Saw all the mayhem on the news about the Southerners getting stuck in the snow !!!!
What snow? There was less than 1" on the roads on the reports I saw.
In the North, we wouldn't break out a 4x4 unless there was about 4" on the roads, 1" isn't a snowfall to us, it's a light dusting !!
Apocalypse (S)now !!!
Ok, I'm standing by for the abuse.
John
i use to have a scooter which i rode in snow.
was a suzuki burgman 400 and because the rear foot panels were low and came out so far you could use them to lean the scooter over and slide around.
still got a picture of it parked up in heavy snow on the a331 hogs back.
never crashed on it in the snow it just seem to love it.
It's true. We saw the pictures of a 'light dusting' of snow and that people we trapped in their cars for hours on end!
Then we compared it with images on the telly of the real stuff that fell in Brittany and northern France where they were well prepared for it and there was little, if any, drama.
Better weather forecasting, more interest in what goes on around them, better planning. Simple.
For example minx. The French transportation authorities denied lorries access to ferries at the UK ports so they would not spill out on to French roads causing a problem. On the French side, the same happened. The Gendarmes directed them in to the Aires (service/picnic areas) to keep them off the roads and in a safe haven where they could be looked after properly. Nothing worse than jackknifed HGV's blocking off the routes.
In certain regions of France, every motorist either has snow chains which can be fitted to tyres or a second set of winter tyres. I think it may be compulsory in some places.
How true, flower :thumbup:
I listened to an interview with Cheryl Baker who got caught out picking her girls up from school in the 4x4. She admitted to there being no blankets in the car and she was only wearing trainers (well, not only trainers if you get my drift). A harrowing experience by all accounts.
:laughabove::laughabove: gotta love the French sense of humour...
You write the French accent very well.
simply letting down your tyres to about 10 psi is ample in the uk given the amount of snow we have.
in canada the snow chains dont come out till there is about a foot of snow everywhere
And the same old losers will probably get a huge bonus out of the public purse (your Council Tax) for not spending so much :grin:
Touche GNV lol yeah but he's a Geordie.... :-) and they wear t-shirts in the middle of winter so a light dusting to them is a major snowfall to everyone else!
Are image tags turned off by any chance?
Was just going to post our "light dusting" in Devon...Folks don't realise a lot of Dartmoor is above 300 metres and some of it at 600 metres.
lol.. there's a lot to say about living in God's country Exmoor and Dartmoor being 2 of them.