Re: Winter weather (2)

[tigertim]

Greetings to you all in Kalkan from what seems to be a total wipeout (or should i say whiteout) in the UK!!  All i can say is im counting down the days to my next Kalkan visit!!  Roll on April/May  2010!!!  Happy Holidays!!

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[Blue Lizard]

Yep ...  white on South coast with weather warnings issued to expect between 30/40 cms of white stuff!!

[itstime]

in our third week of snow now and getting absolutely tired of it! in the beginning was lovely and even over Christmas still enjoyed the "winter wonderland" but now becoming a complete pain Having to defrost the car both in the morning to go to work and again late afternoon when coming home from work, had more than a few skids and walking anywhere is a nightmare. The hot sunny days and balmy evenings of Kalkan have never seemed so far away :'(

[MartynE]

I just want to be in beautiful Kalkan. Now. But got to wait until Easter 

[fidimax]

We have had about a foot of snow in bury for over 2 weeks now,no gritters,no bin men and hardly any buses,sunday morning most of the snow had gone,then on sunday night we got 2 foot( yes,I got out the tape ) again no gritters and the bin men didnt turn up again today,as well as a mountain of snow we are now getting a mountain of black bin bags around bury,roll on june and Kalkan !!!!!!!

[Blue Lizard]

Just to cheer you up...lunch time news says UK only has enough gas at it's current level of demand for another 8 days

how will i fill my lighter???!!!

[tigertim]

Thanks for that blue lizard!!  Here in snow covered surrey im now trying to work out my mission to go collecting sticks to rub together to make fire if we are going to run out of gas next week!! Lets see what happens with the electricity when everyone watches the Coronation Street wedding!! HA HA!!

[fidimax]

I dont know if its the same anywhere else,but people are now starting panic buying in bury,no table salt anywhere,no bread in tesco or local shops,its all getting really silly,wish I was in Kalkan now,all the best bread you can eat,and no panic buying !

[DRBD]

Certainly panic buying here in the Kent area, went to Sainsburys to do a normal stock up having just returned from Kalkan, got the last 12 eggs on display apart from the discarded broken/cracked ones, shelves were very low on almost everything & the ques at the checkouts very similar to Dalaman long & slow.

[kalkan4eva]

We really are pathetic in this country...why does extreme weather always catch us by surprise and cause chaos? Like it'stime, we've had snow on the ground since before Christmas but haven't once failed to get to work....and I don't have a 4 wheel drive, btw. I drive from North Wales to Liverpool 5 days a week, although colleagues living 10 minutes from our workplace cried off...and have done since Tuesday. When we get a dry spell, there's a hosepipe ban and heavy rain brings floods - it really is a nonsense!!
What are all the schools shutting for? Surely all teachers don't live in remote/cut-off areas and some grit can be put in the playgrounds to head off potential lawsuits...this feels like the Victor Meldrew thread...
Give me the power/water cuts in Kalkan any day - roll on May 

[turkeyfan]

We live in Wirral and its very rare that we get snow other than a few flakes, so this week we really don't know what has hit us.  There have been no buses on the whole of Wirral since Tuesday and all of the schools are shut until next week.
On the plus side - the kids are all delighted with it all!

[Kefgirl]

It's been pretty bad in Liverpool since Tuesday. Very little gritting, and then only on main routes.
I walked to the hospital where I work,  It took me an hour and 15 mins to go 2 miles! The pavements are absolutely LETHAL!
The side road I live in is desperate, my husband put his car in 4 wheel drive and the diff lock on, but only just managed to crawl out. Neighbours with regular front wheel drives have no chance.
The binmen haven't been for ages and our milkman appears to have disappeared too!
I bet the Canadians and Norwegians have a good laugh at us Brits.   

[kalkan4eva]

that's exactly my point, Kefgirl...and we should be laughed at. My friend is Swedish and has spent Christmas at home with 20ft drifts and temps of minus 30. She doesn't know what the fuss is all about here. I do also think a lot of people, with a tendency towards indolence, use it as an excuse not to work...in my opinion

[howmad]

Here in Kalkan , if my calculations are correct, the temperature today has been approx 40 degrees hotter than some parts of the UK. It is causing real problems, I have had to get out my short sleeve shirts after putting them away for the winter. Also the terrace furniture was in winter storage and has had to be got out.

[Blue Lizard]

If you were here a Snowball would have just bounced off your head!! 

[matelot92]

And I was worried about staying in Kalkan over the winter - Ha! the best move I've ever made - lol  My son in Nottingham says I've hit the jackpot. My other son in Grimsby has disowned us !!

[Blue Lizard]

No bread in the shops ,No milk,...idiots are panic buying causing shortages......wait for the petrol shortage next(perfect excuse to hike the prices)...Gordon Brown has assured the nation we have enough gas..NOW i'm worried!!