[Roxy]

We had 4inches yesterday to add to what we already had and had another 4 last night.  Some wonderful drifts.  Off work, schools all closed.  Everyone seems to be out sledging

[goosepimple]

Yup, same here Roxy about half hour south of Edinburgh and half hour north of Anke - we've about 10inches here now and it's non-stop big fat flakes, never halted, 2 accidents on our road so they've shut it, all the usual CHAOS - isn't that the word they love at this time of year. 
 
Traffic CHAOS, Commuter CHAOS, Schools CHAOS, Chaotic CHAOS    CHAOS CHAOS CHAOS 
 
 

[NigelsLiveoutLover]

Scottish Borders
Been pretty snowed in for 4 days
Grandchildren need their .best sledge but it is here with us and they are a few miles away.
Over the knees and deeper as it is drifting .
Annoying that a few miles away there are no problems.

[Fleecewife]

We are in the middle of the south of Scotland, west of the Borders, and there's little problem here.  It has been snowing all day, on top of old snow, but there's only a few inches lying.   We'll see how the school bus manages on the hill      It seems very cold though - until you compare it to Lostlambs in Canada 

[Rosemary]

Nothing here except sleet and stong winds. 

[HappyHippy]

We've had about 4 inches fall over the course of the day, but it is windy so it's blowing around a bit.
The main roads are all fine apparently - but they're 3 miles away from our road  The snow is still coming down, fairly heavily (or maybe it's just because it's getting dark?) so doesn't look like the kids will be at school tomorrow either 

At least we got the farrowing pens finished and all 3 pigs are in them 

[Mel Rice]

Here on the eastern edge of Germany we have about 6/8 ins and its snowing at the moment. Its also very cold highs of -8/9 (normal for here).....We had UK type snow last week so all the papers are full of snowmen pics....its normally to cold/dry to make snow-balls or snowmen.

[Big Benny Shep]

just been to my highest field to make sure all the sheep have come down, got the quad stuck up to  the handle bars, got off to pull it out and its up to my belly button!


Im 6 foot 1!

[lachlanandmarcus]

Here on the eastern edge of Germany we have about 6/8 ins and its snowing at the moment. Its also very cold highs of -8/9 (normal for here).....We had UK type snow last week so all the papers are full of snowmen pics....its normally to cold/dry to make snow-balls or snowmen.

That's really funny, I never thought of Uk being 'snowman snow land' - I knew there must be some advantage to our damp climate!

[shetlandpaul]

nothing up here

[Lesley Silvester]

We've just had some light flurries in Shropshire today and the temperature is slightly above 0C.  Not enough to make a noticeable difference but better than below zero.

[SallyintNorth]

We had several inches yesterday and a cold easterly obligingly drifting it up against all the walls and dyke backs.      Couldn't get the gate open into one field - well, I could've fetched a shovel, but I just climbed through with the cake for the hoggs on my back.  Couldn't find a path through the drifts, so found a clear(ish) ridge on which to feed them and sent the collies to bring the hoggs to me.  Skip is an old hand, knew where to run to stay out of the drifts.  Dot is having to learn this one - she kept disappearing then launching herself up and out again - very funny to watch  but it spooked the hoggs so they went scattering and some of them ended up ear-deep too.    Never mind, at that stage it was still powdery soft so they could clamber out without too much difficulty, and didn't get too wet in the process.

Our electricity went off at dinnertime (before I'd finished cooking myself a hot meal) and didn't come back on till mid-evening.  Thankfully I'd just boiled a kettle when it went off, and our multi-fuel stove has a flat top so I can heat water - or soup - on it. 

BH went out for cake for pigs and sheep, and a hot meal for himself; when he returned he said the fields were green only a few miles west of us.

I span by candlelight until I ran out of rolags, thoroughly enjoying the feeling that this must be how it was for our ancestors, couldn't see well enough to make more rolags (blending two fibres, needed more light to see when it's well-blended) after which we did Suduko by candlelight.  Must get some more lamp oil for my hurricane lamp in case it happens again...

[tizaala]

Flat top woodburners are great for emergency cooking, two layers of tin foil , a chicken breast with some butter, garlic and herbs and a squeese of lemon , fold the foil into a parcell and place on top of the woodburner, your veg can boil on there as well.

[goosepimple]

We've been having off and on electrics too, nice and cosy here in the mill though, we watched the Tales from the Green Valley dvd last night - it's predecessor to Victorian Farm and it's in Tudor times, very nice, funny how we all go back to basics in smallholding - our day to day isn't hugely different, just warmer with better clothing     
 
If you haven't seen that dvd it's worth getting off amazon, especially if you're having one of those phases where you are questioning your lifestyle 

[Victorian Farmer]

fantastic will get the DVD will need to watch it every week to question my life style ,We ha vent had it that bad .About a foot the wood burner in the shed is on full time so the hens are all OK ,Iv booked the saw mill for Saturday to cut the trees for the new building ,dont think it will happen but it will be the end of the cold spell this week end  .....................