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suomi

Joined: 10 Oct 2006
Posts: 91
Location: Finland

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 09 4:41 am Post subject: Brrrr!! its cold..!!

Well winter is well and truly here,its now down to minus 23!
Its cold...but so beautiful....the air is clear,crisp and dry. You can be outside so long as your moving around its fine.
The sheep have a crisp coating on their fleece! but they love the cold, they prefer to sleep outside evn though they have a shed they can use, difficult keeping the water free from freezing !
the chickens are inside and at a stable plus 4, so they are happy.
Killed 2 cokerels yesterday, brrr that was cold...but had a sauna straight after.....ohhh lovely..
the trees start to make loud cracking sounds when it gets this cold.

we are staying nice and toasty inside with our 2 wood burners.Days are short, sun rises at 9.30 and sets at 14.00, so you do what you can outside the when its dark its time for all thoese inside jobs.
We are enjoying the winter..yiippeeee.
suomi.

Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 6968

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 09 7:53 am Post subject:
Hi. I got up this morning to find a light dusting of snow in the mountain top (900 m high). Winters are generally very mild here. It was only 2 days ago that I was in short sleeves enjoying a 20 C during high noon. I do like a crisp and cold Winter´s day though. Enjoy the Winter.

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 09 8:29 am Post subject:
Sounds lovely - we had a light frost overnight and it's a bright morning. I like a bit of snow, but we aren't really geared up for it here.

gil
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Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 18415

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 09 12:33 pm Post subject:
Sounds grand, suomi. Cold snap stopped sometime last night, and at daybreak it was raining with traces of snow.

kevin.vinke

Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 1304
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 09 12:34 pm Post subject:

-7 this morning. Just the sort of waether I like for cutting wood for the burners

Still having trouble getting across to the kids that the reasons they were cold sitting at the breakfast table is they were wearing T-Shirts!!!
Unfortunately we have a huge stairwell in the house which is impossible to heat and the concept that they should keep the doors to their rooms etc closed so they heat up still hasn´t got through.
Looking forward to the snow now

boisdevie1

Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 3897
Location: Lancaster

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 09 1:08 pm Post subject:
Up at 5.10 this am and at work for 6. Bloody freezing. Nice now though.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46185
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 09 1:24 pm Post subject:
hello again warm here bout 10c the noises of cold are ace ,i like the sound of wind packed snow underski at -25c ,the tinkle of frozen waterfalls as they slowly slide down is nice . i dont like hearing running water behind what i am front pointing up:lol: the gentle crackle of a fire is great keep warm ,enjoy Last edited by dpack on Mon Dec 14, 09 2:55 pm; edited 1 time in total

Clara

Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Posts: 268
Location: the green green grass of wales

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 09 2:51 pm Post subject:
First snow here too, 1000m in the south of spain. An amazingly terrifying lightening storm on top of the house last night and now blue skies.

AnneandMike

Joined: 21 Jun 2006
Posts: 890
Location: Over the hill and soon to be far away

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 09 7:08 pm Post subject:
Hey Suomi, let's have some pictures. It would cheer me up. 4C raining and totally grotty here in Yorkshire.

LynneA

Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Posts: 4893
Location: London N21

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 09 7:12 pm Post subject:
Teetering around 1 or 2 degrees right now. First flake of snow and London will grind to a halt. Apparently, councils in the south of England have on average enough grit to last six days of freezing weather this winter. But I guess any stocks they did have would have been washed away in the past couple of months anyway.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8889
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 09 9:13 pm Post subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgmXrARr6aI

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 09 9:30 pm Post subject:
MINUS 23 . Minus 5 here this morning and that was cold enough ... but a heck of a lot better than rain she quickly adds

Bebo

Joined: 21 May 2007
Posts: 12590
Location: East Sussex

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 09 9:46 am Post subject:
Really heavy frost here this morning. All the chickens water was frozen. The ducks don't seem to like walking across the frosty grass - they keep bouncing up in the air.

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 09 10:04 am Post subject:
No frost here today, but it's damp and overcast and it feels colder than yesterday - all raw and grey.

lettucewoman

Joined: 26 Sep 2006
Posts: 7834
Location: Tiptoe in the Forest!!

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 09 10:15 am Post subject:
it's bl**dy persisting down with rain AGAIN here dammit!!! And flippin' freezing....

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