North Wales WEEKEND 23rd March 2013CANCELLED

[twist944]

We may still be going, depends on the weather really and whether the hotel we booked are cool about it. Plus, my friends scooby is 4x4 hahah... I could leave the zed at home.

[twist944]

We are going - Im leaving the zed though. Our hotel wont cancel or move as not given 48 hours notice. Looks like we are having a snowy weekend in wales, if we can get there! Hahahahah

[mmm-five]

Cancelling was a good after all. This is from some drift around Mold in North Wales.


This is Michael Owen's garden near Northop, Cheshire.

[Mitchy]

Positive from the Negative.Lets have a sledging w/e

mmm-five
You still having your 200 mile hoon???

[mmm-five]

Positive from the Negative.Lets have a sledging w/e

mmm-five
You still having your 200 mile hoon???

Waiting until the morning to see. If it's the same as today then probably not

[twist944]

Friend currently in Aberystwyth for a meeting has sent me this:

[Mitchy]

WOW!
Ok if you own a tractor

[twist944]

I think we are going in a JIMMY! hahaha..... I dont think he even wants to take his scooby.

[Jembo]

Gutted for you all.

[2alpsade]

Friend currently in Aberystwyth for a meeting has sent me this:

He must have been inland/upland of Aber for that pic, as Mrs2ALPS works in Aberystwyth and we live a few miles south of there. Not a flake has fallen and settled this week and today has been gorgeous (but cold in the wind)

[twist944]

He must have been inland/upland of Aber for that pic, as Mrs2ALPS works in Aberystwyth and we live a few miles south of there. Not a flake has fallen and settled this week and today has been gorgeous (but cold in the wind)

Yep, you are right. He gave up about an hour and a half away and turned back. We have just got back from betws y coed now, the drifts were pretty bad in places, we had to give up on our snowdon walk today. Attached some pics, no zed though I left it tucked up at home.




















You get the idea.....

[2alpsade]

Nice pix

I think coming from either the North or East he'd have had a tough drive, so he made the right decision. If he'd made it through he probably wouldn't have believed his eyes to see the snowless landscape this side of the hills!

Mrs2Alps is off up to Bangor on Tuesday so she'll see some of the white stuff on her way through Snowdonia...from here we can see the orb-like peak in the distance glowing with its snow covering

As for snow...none here Damn cold, though!

[twist944]

It was quite odd, the amount of snow changed depending on height. So some parts of our journey were really bad but the valleys hasn't even seen a dusting. On our way over penny pass we had a hairy moment with a coach (god knows why they decided to use that road).. The roads were no good for the zeds so it was a good call to cancel the weekend, the layby opposite the swallow was alright and the roads around that area but as soon as you hit the high ground it was drift central.

[2alpsade]

Sounds about right, but we went 15miles inland and uphill from us today (where usually they get 'weather'), and there was no snow there, either! So, it appears to have been quite localised in the North and East of the country. We've had a totally snow-free winter at home, and it's been bliss

[Stuart Truman]

Took the dogs for a hike this afternoon and observed several impotent brass monkeys, but no snow.