How’s the weather?

[esoxlucius]

Personally I think all those type of "survival" shows are total shi*e. And the worse one of the lot is Bear Grylls.

They always try to make the viewer think there is some kind of terrible jeopardy going on, that their lives could end at any time.

They are being filmed for god sakes. Medical staff are on high alert and no doubt they have an helicopter ready if needed to take them to hospital.

Their lives are in no more danger than mine and young Esox in the back garden (fully clothed by the way).

I'd like to see Bear Grylls thrown out of an helicopter bollock naked in the frozen tundra of the Arctic. Then return a week later to see how he fared.

That would be a gripping gnarly TV survival show. Though survival is definitely the wrong word to use, lol.

 

[RD.]

Sun’s out, looks like storm has passed. Someone came out for breakfast.

 

[RD.]

....... with wind chill this morning, a crisp -30C (-22F)

 

[esoxlucius]

....... with wind chill this morning, a crisp -30C (-22F)

 

[jjohnwm]

Man, I love temperatures like that...especially when someone else is getting them!

We're currently at -10C, with dead calm air. Just came in from a morning walk with Duke, whose half-Lab genetic make-up has blessed him with a thick, warm double coat...so he loves winter and especially loves playing in fresh white fluffy snow.

 

[esoxlucius]

This is the only way I can look at snow and think, "now that is beautiful". A Christmas day picture postcard type setting, lol.

I love these type of images as it's nearing Christmas, but the reality of snow is obviously nothing like what's portrayed in this image. Ho ho ho!!

 

[jjohnwm]

This is the only way I can look at snow and think, "now that is beautiful". A Christmas day picture postcard type setting, lol.

I love these type of images as it's nearing Christmas, but the reality of snow is obviously nothing like what's portrayed in this image. Ho ho ho!!
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Ya know what? Snow begins to look completely different as soon as you retire!

When you need to get up and shovel your walk and driveway just to be able to get your truck out onto the road, and then must drive through it along with thousands of other drones to get to work...snow loses its charm the instant a flake touches down. If you must be somewhere at a specific time...and especially if you live cheek-to-jowl in the city, surrounded by countless others who also have the same problem...snow sucks!!!

But, when you don't absolutely need to be or go anywhere when you don't feel like it...snow falls like a magic curtain that makes the whole world seem clean and bright and calm. It's wonderful. If you ever get the chance to go for a pre-dawn walk on a country road right after a fresh snowfall, with a full moon in the sky making for an impossibly bright landscape during what should be nighttime...do it! Go with a dog; having another person there will likely ruin it...

 

[esoxlucius]

Both our experiences with snow are a million miles apart. You have it way better than me, from an aesthetics perspective at least.

When it snows where you are it's likely to stay for months, and 99% of it probably remains virgin snow too. That unspoilt type scenario I could probably live with, it would remind me very much of that picture postcard image above.

Snowfall around our way doesn't last that long because we don't have the horrendously cold temps that you have. I posted pics only on Saturday of how quick our snow goes. And it's that melt that I despise. There's nothing worse than slushy, wet freezing cold snow, and it's even worse if the gritters have been about because then it's slushy, wet freezing cold brown snow, ugghh!

Yes, I despise our snow, but could very much get used to your snow I reckon....until your snow melts in the spring that is, then I'd despise that too!

 

[jjohnwm]

Yep...white snow is better than grey or brown...or green!...snow. And slush is the worst!

Snow...like life...is always nicer in the country than it is in the city.