Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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21 December 2009
18:0235412Really nice pictures there Andrew, I thought that your blank postings were a play on 'Let it Snow'
Guest 663- Registered: 20 Mar 2008
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21 December 2009
21:5435425Great to see the snowy scenes there real winter christmas card pictures.
could be in for a white christmas after all.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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22 December 2009
00:1235431Looks like a dry Christmas for us lot down here, if the weather people are to be believed. Shame the snow never came a week later.
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Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
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22 December 2009
11:4635448The wonders of technology, could this be Dover Forums first posting from a ferry in the middle of the Baltic Sea? Having been a milkman who was never enamoured by snow, I now find myself a truck driver less than keen on it. I have just spent a couple of days driving around Finland in the stuff and not once did I see a gritting lorry, although there was evidence on bends and hills.
Apparently it is compulsary to fit winter tyres to combat the conditions here, which would be an advantage in our winters but not too practical as they would wear very quickly on non snow days. A strange thing I did notice was they appear to give a higher priority to clearing pavements and working areas than they do to roads.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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1 January 2010
11:4936049Got home early from work this morning, as the snow was coming down hard the other side of Folkestone. So looks like the snow came a week early and a week late for a white Christmas down here. Best wishes to all again.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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1 January 2010
14:0636060i read that brighton city council gritted all there pavements yesterday, using volunteers from street cleaning and parks and gardens.
lesson to be learned?
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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1 January 2010
14:1936065Yes, there is a lesson to be learned Howard. Volunteers are always the best source for any work, the main reason being, they do it because they like doing it, and get satisfaction out of it as opposed to someone being paid for doing it. And in many cases, do a better job. This is what has made the many preserved railways etc, such a huge multi-million pound success. Most would not exist without them.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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1 January 2010
14:4536068i think they got paid colin, but were not duty bound to to do the job.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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1 January 2010
16:3236073We had a sprinkling of snow on the ground last night, not much though. It looked pretty.
Guest 689- Registered: 10 Sep 2009
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1 January 2010
18:5336074Yes, we had snow in Whitfield this morning but it melted quite quickly. Was pretty to watch when we were in the warm and recovering from the late night. Happy New Year.
Linda
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2 January 2010
12:4436146We had a slight dusting of snow, which melted away an hour ago.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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2 January 2010
14:3236168Nothing much here today - see below. My friend in Sheffield said it's really coming down there at the moment though!
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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2 January 2010
16:5236174Windmills always make nice pictures Jeane. This was Ash an hour ago.
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Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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6 January 2010
15:3736530Not much in Dover and Deal, but in between is a bit more interesting
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Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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6 January 2010
15:4436532Very nice picture Paul. I got this one around 07.50 this morning.
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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6 January 2010
16:3236540Love that photo Colin.
This is Essex currently and the snow is still falling!
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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6 January 2010
22:3936630It has happened tonight - a rare covering for central Dover. Even the beach is covered.
Brian Dixon
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6 January 2010
22:4836632and evan more up aycliffe,
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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6 January 2010
23:2236641Don't think I will be driving from Deal to Ashford in the morning, we had a couple of inches and still coming down, and the temperatures are due to plummet and winds pick up !!
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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7 January 2010
07:1836646around 6 inches fell at aycliffe last night looks a right mess.i have notised some movement on the a20 this morning hgvs mostly but no early morning busses as of yet,still hopefull of one later on this morning.
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