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hampsterracing · Devon's Best

Snow report 3 !!

hampsterracing · Devon's Best

Bike now fully prepped awaiting daylight

Tigerman · Expert

Lots and lots of snow in Newton St Cyres at 7am! Yet another day unable to work,

Still the TTR might see some action later! smile

Lost · Expert

fresh snow dawlish peeps

hampsterracing · Devon's Best

Got the radio on most main roads are now shut east devon has 6" plus and still going biggrin

L'orange · Devon's Best

hampsterracing wrote:

Bike now fully prepped awaiting daylight

Well said Hammy!

My gafferer in plymouth texted, he has got his middle managment Mondeo type car stuck trying to get out from his average semi-detatched housing estate.

So therefore it is GAME ON ! biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

Now then - MT43 back wheel or Knobbly wheel ?

slip a long · Clubman A

we had mt43 on , work really well up on Dartmoor and on the road biggrin

jacks · Expert

Hey Roger, if you slither over to southerton we'll put the kettle on. chris

L'orange · Devon's Best

just want an excuse to put the knobbly on biggrin

hampsterracing · Devon's Best

jacks wrote:

Hey Roger, if you slither over to southerton we'll put the kettle on. chris

will be over later

no idea how i am going to fetch elaine from exeter later ............

hampsterracing · Devon's Best

L'orange wrote:

Now then - MT43 back wheel or Knobbly wheel ?

mt 43 is better on hardpack snow/ice but fresh powder is knobbly all the way

devondan · Champion

Hmmm not sure I'll even get up my drive let alone the bike!! Ive got little drifts on the windows, true Christmas stylee!

brownie · Expert

schoe00 and myself both had co2's on yesterday and they were fine on the ice!

KronreifTrunkenpolzMattighofen · Devon's Best

L'orange wrote:

My gafferer in plymouth texted, he has got his middle managment Mondeo type car stuck trying to get out from his average semi-detatched housing estate.

I can vouch how rubbish the Mondeo is on the snow, yet another day "working from home" - Best lower the pressures in the rear tyre then. wink

-- Edited by nickpdo on Monday 20th of December 2010 08:08:03 AM

TTR · Powermonger!!

Sleeting on and off now at Exton so maybe it will all be gone soon?

Most snow I can remember for a few years

Lost · Expert

ive got a 3 mile hike to the bike shed in moto gear mmmmm thinks ill be staying home then hurummmph

hampsterracing · Devon's Best

TTR wrote:

Sleeting on and off now at Exton so maybe it will all be gone soon?

Most snow I can remember for a few years

turned to sleet here for a few minutes then back to heavy snow

PeterBc · Clubman B

No snow in Torqauy although we had a tremendous thundrclap and hail at 05:00 icy roads now slowly melting....

delvey91 · Devon's Best

Literally 2 foot drifts againgst the hedges here! Ridiuclas! So glad i bought this quad!

hampsterracing · Devon's Best

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Rob McCarthy · Sportsman

Anybody know if its possible to get to Exeter from Dawlish?

Lost · Expert

lorry driver said main road is closed at the mo bottom of john nash drive ?

brownie · Expert

listening to heart fm and they are saying exeter is an absolute nightmare.
haldon hill and telegraph hill are shut or they were a hour ago!!!

jacks · Expert

Boat?

Rob McCarthy · Sportsman

Thanks Kerry, Im a bit concerned about how my car will perform in these conditions, can be a little lively in the wet, may be better on the Honda

Bob Adams · Clubman A

There is a good 8" in Crediton on top of the 4" from Friday night so nothing much moving at the minute. Don't know what the Exeter Rd is like because I can't get to it.

gaschef · Devon's Best

Its unheard off there is 5 inches of snow (Please note I use proper measurements not the stuff Europe foisted on us) outside Duckys on Beer Beach. A couple of the fishermen who have worked the beach all their lives, have never seen it so deep on the beach, and its right down to the waters edge.

Beer Street 5 to 6 inches outside Woozies pasty emporium, and there is nothing moving

Lost · Expert

this is a pub lic ? advice statment go buy these here snow sox there amazing as ive mentioned earleir they slip over your tyre much like a spare wheel cover on the back of a 4x4 we managed to drive up a 1 in 3 fresh snow in a renualt master ambulance the other night no prob brillant kit if you can get out your front door and go get some ?????????

Harty · Devon's Best

Oh dear, I trudged up to Oxfordshire yesterday to my mums place which has 12" snow and was -14C last night. I am meant to travel back home today! Anyone seen National Lampoons at Xmas, we are the Griswalds

Tigerman · Expert

Harty wrote:

Oh dear, I trudged up to Oxfordshire yesterday to my mums place which has 12" snow and was -14C last night. I am meant to travel back home today! Anyone seen National Lampoons at Xmas, we are the Griswalds

My brother left Exeter at 05.30 this morning for work, arrived in Oxford at 9am.

Mad! He did'nt go by Quad either!! wink

-- Edited by Tigerman on Monday 20th of December 2010 09:40:31 AM

KronreifTrunkenpolzMattighofen · Devon's Best

Good enough reason to stay at home?

Note the neighbour coming back form Illminster on his 125 - took him over an hour with feet down all the way!

-- Edited by nickpdo on Saturday 25th of December 2010 07:16:52 PM

delvey91 · Devon's Best

Exeter (cowley bridge!)

This is in newton village

2 prepped up 4x4's just been past my house, Lost control on the hill and one of thems gone straight into a ditch and snapped the steering! disbelief

Ming · Devon's Best

Left Torquay this morning at 4:15am when it was just raining.

Got to just past Ten Tors junction of Kingsteignton and the sleet rapidly turned to snow. Only just made the climb to Gappah and then had an horrific hour spent trying to get down and up Ideford Dip. Got stuck behind a car that was then abandoned within 100 yards of Ashcombe Cross. Had to wait 10 mins for a gritter to REVERSE down the carriageway and come back up again - got out into his path and just made it to the junction where he turned off! Then had 2 miles of blizzards to top of Telegraph Hill without being able to see a damn thing in about 6 inches of snow. Trickled down in 1st gear and still nearly lost it a few times.

Finally got into work at 6:20am only to be told that nobody was going to be working today furious furious

Main roads back to Torbay now closed so am marooned on Sowton.

Ask me how happy I am....... disbelief

Wish I'd put the CRF in the back of the van - at least I could have had a laugh in the 10 inches of snow on Sowton!

KronreifTrunkenpolzMattighofen · Devon's Best

Just seen forecast, another 4 hrs of heavy snow due this afternoon.

TTR · Powermonger!!

Ming wrote:

Main roads back to Torbay now closed so am marooned on Sowton.

You couldn't risk that Xmas bonus though smile

If you can make it to Exton then you are welcome to a brew and a warm up! Need some help stripping out a TTR anyways wink

hampsterracing · Devon's Best

a few from this morning

main road still untouched and impassable apart from 4x4 with proper tyres.

the fresh snow is lovely to ride on but the compacted stuff is lethal.

last one is high street at midday.

-- Edited by hampsterracing on Monday 20th of December 2010 09:41:22 PM

Tigerman · Expert

One, two & four are in my garden, the rest are the back roads around Newton St Cyres.
Roads are deserted once you are off the A377. Great fun! Certainly better than working! wink

-- Edited by TTR on Monday 20th of December 2010 07:15:47 PM

RichT4 · Champion

Is that a new bike Roger?

jacks · Expert

The boys playing in the snow smile

-- Edited by TTR on Monday 20th of December 2010 02:08:18 PM

hampsterracing · Devon's Best

RichT4 wrote:

Is that a new bike Roger?

Just another toy for the snowy weather ..................

L'orange · Devon's Best

Opted for the knobbly headed off up toward Dunsford from long down 191 059, excellent fun.

I can confirm the KTM loves the snow.

-- Edited by TTR on Monday 20th of December 2010 02:06:07 PM

TTR · Powermonger!!

A bit of sideways action there then l'orange wink

Longman · Expert

I rode down to Ashburton from my house at 11.00 this morning, to do a little panic buying (Can't get my van to the main road, so no work for me). And yes Snafu, MT43 rear tyers are not good in snow. I did OK until I had to get back up my lane. I had to drag the bike up with the back wheel-a-spinin' !

On the way down to the shops on the A38, I slotted in behind a geezer on an XT600 Paris Dakar with the worlds biggest rucksack on his back. He was all over the place, but he made it into Ashburton (well done that man)

This is me outside the house after sweating 15 litres dragging the bike up the hill to my pad........

There was no milk, bread or spuds left in the shops , but thank god the wine and spirits were not all gone

I'm so tempted to fit my nice new knobbly and have a proper go in the snow biggrin

TTR · Powermonger!!

Fantastic pics folks - keep 'em coming smile

No vehicular bravery here! Instead I went walkys with Mrs TTR to explore the "not yet opened" Exe Cycleway extension from Exton to Dart's Farm.

This is the bit (between the pink arrows) to open soon after which it should be possible to cycle pretty much offroad all the way from Exmouth to Topsham.

A huge amount of work has been done and I can now understand why it has all taken so long!

Saw this bloke on the way home - now who does he remind me of???

Ming · Devon's Best

TTR wrote:

Ming wrote:

Main roads back to Torbay now closed so am marooned on Sowton.

You couldn't risk that Xmas bonus though

If you can make it to Exton then you are welcome to a brew and a warm up! Need some help stripping out a TTR anyways

Cheers fella - but got home after another 2 and half hour ordeal. Waited until traffic cameras showed Telegraph Hill open then went for it......only by the time I got there 10 mins later they closed it hmm

Had to go via A38 and Drum Bridges........but then another lorry jack knifed and we spent a good 40 mins doing nowt, so in best courier fashion I did a u-turn and went down the A38 to Buckfastleigh and home that way.

Now got to do it all again tomorrow morning at 4am.......

Bob Adams · Clubman A

Hey guys, why is the text running off the end of the screen, is it something I've done?

L'orange · Devon's Best

Bob Adams wrote:

Hey guys, why is the text running off the end of the screen, is it something I've done?

Could be the weather, the words cant stop cos its icey so just keep on going.

Or it could be big pictures doing it or have you got yer screen maximized?

L'orange · Devon's Best

TTR wrote:

A bit of sideways action there then l'orange

Thanks for sorting me pics out mate!

SteveGT · Clubman B

Tigerman's picture are side by side and force the page too wide. If you have a large enough screen you won't notice it. If not the the page will scroll to the side to match the picture width.

Update: Ignore that, Tigerman's photos wrap so it's not that.

-- Edited by SteveGT on Monday 20th of December 2010 05:08:07 PM

Bob Adams · Clubman A

It only happens with "snow report 3" All other recent topics seem OK