Colder UK winters to be the norm?

[Dos_Box]

An intersting article on The Register here:

 

Sunspot decline could mean decades of cold UK winters ? The Register

 

I quite like the idea TBH, mild damp winters are too depressing for me, and I like that my kids can play in snow at home instead of having to find a mountain in Cumbria or East Lancashire to do it. I should also like to point out that the 'Thames freezing' bit that people like to roll out when talking about colder UK winters was due to the fact London had several large bridges from the middle ages until quite recently that so restricted the flow of water it made it easy for it to freeze. This, apparently is not possible now.

And I get to wear all of the warm clothing I brought for my winters in Bosnia and Germany again

[featured_spectre]

I like the idea...we need a harsh winter to keep the pests in check. Beverages heard of ant problems in Germany where the winters are stupidly cold. Bring it on

[Dos_Box]

Beverages heard of ant problems in Germany where the winters are stupidly cold.

 

Auto spul chuck?

[featured_spectre]

Lmao its my phone

[tommej]

Wouldn't mind this if our country didn't grind to a halt at the slightest sprinkling of snow and ice o_o

 

Edit: actually i'm all for this if it means more lie ins on stupidly cold mornings

[soveryapt]

Wouldn't mind this if our country didn't grind to a halt at the slightest sprinkling of snow and ice o_o

 

My thoughts exactly ..

 

It would be pretty cool though if we had proper winters again (every pun intended) ..

[MK-2]

now my boiler pipes are properly lagged i dont mind. it wasn't fun this time finding out our new place had no insulation on the pipes in the outside shed and our boiler supply froze up for 3 days.

[JonWPS]

I feel the same. Much prefer the 'proper' winters, especially having lived in Canada for a while; much more interesting than drab, foggy, damp winter days that we usually get. However I don't enjoy the commute one bit when the snow and ice rolls in. Even if I manage to wind my way out of the estate from hell (mini stone roundabouts, cars parked up everywhere), many mornings even the A roads aren't gritted.

[soveryapt]

now my boiler pipes are properly lagged i dont mind. it wasn't fun this time finding out our new place had no insulation on the pipes in the outside shed and our boiler supply froze up for 3 days.

 

I have lagging and a thermostated heater by my filtration tanks for the borehole now .. hoping that will sort out the freezing issues ..

[Jawloms]

Wouldn't mind this if our country didn't grind to a halt at the slightest sprinkling of snow and ice o_o

 

The trouble is the country grinds to a halt because it happens infrequently, so we're not geared up to it. If it was a more regular occurence then we'd have the equipment to clear it properly/prevent it settling.

 

P.S. Some people tell me I can be hopelessly optimistic at times!

[jinnantonnixx]

Beverages heard of ant problems in Germany where the winters are stupidly cold. Bring it on

 

How's your hovercraft? Full of eels?

 

Joe King aside, I'd welcome a return to proper seasons. I can't speak for the rest of the UK, but down here in darkest Wales May and June were wet, cold and dark. Horrible. I'd readily welcome cold winters if it meant more predictable summers.

[jinnantonnixx]

The trouble is the country grinds to a halt because it happens infrequently, so we're not geared up to it. If it was a more regular occurence then we'd have the equipment to clear it properly/prevent it settling.

 

Bit more to it - we have a particularly nasty climate as far as ice goes - we're plagued by the thaw and re-freeze when the temperature oscillates around freezing. Continental Europe suffers less as their temperatures are more likely to remain below 0, so less likely to thaw and refreeze.

Edited July 6, 2011 by jinnantonnixx

[arwen]

The trouble is the country grinds to a halt because it happens infrequently, so we're not geared up to it. If it was a more regular occurence then we'd have the equipment to clear it properly/prevent it settling.

 

P.S. Some people tell me I can be hopelessly optimistic at times!

 

Also cause we have 'the wrong kind of snow' in that it melts a little during the day then freezes overnight and creates that inch think ice below 6 inches of snow that we had last winter!

[Flatpackhamster]

Well it isn't good for the elderly. Colder winters mean far more deaths amongst the over-65s. Mrs FPH and I are house-hunting at the moment and it was particularly noticeable when we were looking in March and April that there was a flood of probate and vacant possession properties on the market and the agent confirmed that this was due to the colder-than-normal winter.

 

It's also more expensive for councils who have to repair the roads more often. In Finland they resurface all the main roads every year because cars have winter tyres with studs in which tear the roads to hell and back. As it is the council around here only finished fixing last winter's damage in June.

[Gibbo]

I'm more concerned about the number of muppets who can't drive when it's icy or snowy and we all have to suffer increased premiums.

[soveryapt]

I'm more concerned about the number of muppets who can't drive when it's icy or snowy and we all have to suffer increased premiums.

 

To be fair, they're not all muppets .. my wife got caught out by a patch of black ice and went into a car .. the person who owned the car had abandoned it on a roundabout after they had done something similar though, except for the fact it they hadn't, then the worse would of been my wife catching the kerb .. hmmm ..

 

The thing that gets me (and this is me speaking as a 4x4 driver) are the people who are in 4x4 vehicles who think that they are invincible and that ice is no match for their 4-wheeled-beasts .. hmmm .. ice is ice people .. you're still not going to stop if you're going too fast and driving irresponsibly in that kind of weather!

[Andrew_C]

Beverages heard of ant problems

Was that meant to say "picnic"?

[featured_spectre]

Oddly it was meant to be "never"....how it ended up as beverage I will never know...lol

[sted]

if its going to be colder i want one of 2 things

1 enough snow so i can stay in bed

2. no snow

[Jawloms]

I'd be happy with two feet of snow;

 

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[john]

Ahhh the weather makers listening to my plee, I said when I bought a 4x4 it would never snow again until I decided enough was enough and sold it for another Golf GTI to be a boy racer again, but maybe they listened and are going to give me cold snowy winters to enjoy my new 4x4 in.

 

Maybe its not time to sell the Lexus @Dos_Box or to swap it for a Freelander or Audi All-road if they are going to be cold snowy winters.