Bring On The Weekend!

It's crunchie day at last and it's been a long week with Debbie on the last leg of working her notice, it's not been easy, it never is in that situation. It seems some people there have been acting like they're up for arseole of the year award, while others will be genuinely sad to see her go.

I've just spoken to her on the phone, she's just back from dinner at KFC and sounds really chirpy, I can see us having quite a few large ones tonight!

Just in case I don't get chance to post over the weekend, may I wish everyone all the best for Halloween, have a drink for me and watch what you're doing with the those broom sticks!

Paul

No Salt Required

I've not posted a snowy picture for a few days, so here's one from Lapland showing the road conditions, no problem for Santa but I wouldn't rate the chances of most drivers from the UK under age of say 30 who have never driven on proper snow before.

They don't seem to bother gritting in Lapland, the snow falls and they just get on with it, no traffic chaos or pap pap paping going on. Maybe we should send all our gritter drivers to the Bahamas over winter and see what happens over here ...lol...

Picture source : www.tiehallinto.fi/alk/english/kelikamerat/kamera-LE.html

Bare Trees

The trees at work are looking a bit bare now with all the wind recently. More strong winds are expected today but will probably affect the west more than here. Our gardener was hard at work this morning clearing all the leaves from the car park and preparing the flower beds for winter before the frosts set in. We almost had a frost here this morning, I know others locally were scraping their cars before coming into work, we must have escaped by a degree or two.

It's nice to know I'm not the only one addicted to snow, Gemmak has issued an advanced weather warning today, frequent outbreaks of the word 'snow' are expected as we go through winter ..lol..

Looking around the websphere this morning, I've noticed more snow in Norway and in Lapland especially, winter really is getting the snow on the road ....... sorry ...... I'll get me coat.

New Trousers

Why did no-one point out that I've been walking around with the price tag swinging from the back of my new trousers all day?

Passing of a Legend

Well I just can't believe it, John Peel dies at the age of 65.

He was probably one of the most respected DJ's of all time and will be missed by many people the world over. It only seems like yesterday we heard his voice on the TV series Life Of Grime. I can't say I was a regular listener to his radio show but I've got all the respect in the world for this guy and it's so sad to hear the news of his passing today.

It's been snowing in Lapland again over the weekend and very nice it looks too :-)

Picture source: www.saariselka.fi/eng/webcamera.html 

Chopper Copper

That certainly was a little spooky having the South Yorkshire Police helicopter hovering above our house for a few minutes on Saturday, I'm not sure who or what they were after, probably some maniac driver heading into town.

Luckily we were waiting arround to set off to Blackpool and had the camera at the ready. I've started keeping my camera with me now, taking it to work just in case a photo opportunity arises, although it doesn't get all that exiting outside our office window. We're re-locating next year, the work on the new site is set to start next month and I can't wait for the new place to be ready. It's much closer to home and has open fields to the rear so I'll be able to take plenty of pictures, it's also a little higher and is more prone to snow, magic!

Looking at the weather outlook this morning, it doesn't look like we're going to be seeing snow any time soon, not even in Scotland so I'll be looking to Europe, green with envy..lol.. Wet and windy seems to be the order of the day for most of this week, settling down for the weekend with maybe the first frosts of the autumn.

This is the blog police! We know you've been banging on about snow for a month so put the keyboard down and come out with your hands up! 

Thanks For Linking!

A big thank you to Life As We Know It and It's All Greek To Me for linking to me

Under Attack

We had a virus attack at work yesterday, it seems to have infected many of the computers but didn't touch mine for some reason, maybe it's because I'm using Firefox or maybe I just got lucky. I've noticed when checking site visit statistics that more and more people seem to be changing to Firefox and with Google reportedly working on a browser, it looks like the monopoly of Internet Explorer could be almost over.

Another thing I've noticed is the craze that is Blog Explosion, I've never known so many people sign up for anything in such a short space of time and I can see why. No-one would admit to being a counter watcher but I'm pretty sure we all are and since signing up myself, my site visits have rocketed as have the visits to Debbie's site Buttercup and our shared site Snowbabies.

So, if you arrived here via Blog Explosion and you've read this far down, have half a credit on me!

Norway - Finse

Now that's what I call snow!

Picture source: www.bt.no/kamera/article.jhtml?articleID=24451

Cairngorm again....

Cairngorm had some more snow later yesterday and I've been patiently sitting here waiting for some more that was expected today but it hasn't materialized as yet. I think it might be akin to the phrase "a watched kettle never boils", if only I was Jedi material then I could wave my arms about and say "a snowstorm will do fine".

Picture source: Cairngorm webcams (from cairngormmountain.com )

Not Quite A Jedi

:: how jedi are you? ::

Pinched from rd1701.me.uk.

Cairngorm!

At last! Cairngorm has had another sprinkling of snow this morning although I think it's already starting to melt. If only that darn low pressure could have been a little bit further to the east as first suggested a week ago, then it could have been a different story.

Source: cairngormmountain.com  

Austria

I thought I'd have a change from Norway, although they have had yet more snow in Longyearbyen, I'm not jealous, honest! Todays shot is from Planneraim in Austria which until this weekend, didn't even have any snow on the mountains in the background.

Source : http://www.webcam.at/  

New Boots

It's been a mighty busy weekend travelling over to Manchester on Saturday and touring the Peak District on Sunday. I've picked up a couple of books about the Peak District which I've yet to read properly but they have some stunning photographs and lots of suggested routes to travel around by car. We also both got ourselves a pair of walking boots from Bakewell, not that we're going to be walking for miles on end but they will keep our feet comfy and warm when we're out and about in the snow.

I've had a quick check on the snow front this morning and it looks like the Cairngorms could see some snow this week with wintry showers forecast for today and snow for the rest of the week. There's less than nine weeks to go now until I finally get to marry my wonderful fiancee, Debbie and I really want it to be special when we drive up through Scotland surrounded by snowy hills and mountains.

Tins Not Required

The forecast cold weather for next week seems to be slipping away today, hey ho, not to worry, it'll probably slip back on track again later. I thought I'd better say something as I've been quoted at CrabAppleLane and I wouldn't want everyone to rush out and stock up with tinned food every time I thought there might be a possible cold snap. I'm not insured for pantry shelves collapsing under the weight of all these tins.

Norway at Dusk

I seem to be obsessed with Norway at the moment, maybe it's because that's where the snow is..lol.. Anyway, this one's from Longyearbyen and I love the glow from the lights on the snow as the cold evening sets in.

Source: www.snsk.no

Stupid Gates

The first real bite of winter is forecast to hit us next week, probably just feeling colder here in Yorkshire with any snow likely be confined to Scotland but not just in the mountains. The six day forecast at Snowforecast.com shows where snow is expected to fall.

It's been dark arriving at work this week and being first here, by a long way, I have to open the main gates which can be a bit of a challenge at the best of times, trying to get the two padlocks off in all weathers. This morning, having got the locks off, the gates still wouldn't open so I slip into Hong Kong Phooey mode and try a well placed kick which achieves nothing apart from a stubbed toe. Giving in, I leap over the gate, well not so much leap as struggle, then lift up the offending bolt. The gates are taller than me and it won't be long before I've got to do this in frosty conditions with the tops of the gates slippery and the landing area prone to a sudden 'flat on arse' attack.

Norway

This is another webcam from Norway, but this time it's Alesund. Yesterday morning the valley had no lying snow at all and today the beautiful scenery wouldn't look out of place in the Arctic.

Source: www.nilu.no/onlinebilder/zeppelin/zeppelin.jpg