Snow on the way!

DJ, having winter tyres is great- but it's a bit like vaccinations, unless a significant % do- you are still very much at risk of other vehicles without and losing control. But better than nought. Stay safe all.

Blimey, you just can't let it go, can you granjura? Always have to have the last word...

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Coming from considerably further north, DJ you would be "doon sooth" to me, but we do retain a sense of humour.

<snort>GJ no head of steam here

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Forecast daytime temperatures for the Northeast over the next week, 6, 7,7,9,10,6 etc degrees
Official announcement- PANIC OVER normal tyres to be resumed,
as you were chaps

Yes, Alea, but you live in the home counties, and have obviously adopted some of their ways.

Even down south from Scotland, we can still spell.

Was it the "oop" you objected to DJ? In which case I shall duck down and expect retribution from my compatriots for " meenister", "didnae" and "ken"
It's an accepted literary convention, you know, to render dialect in " and "
Special Needs included.

Goodness, durhamjen, I know you're not renowned for your sense of humour, but 'oop North' is a classic phrase!

If anyone's still interested in snow: last evening we followed a gritting lorry through Solihull, better safe than sorry!

Yes, Ana, I apologise, because actually, you are the only one who answered the question for yourself.

Alea, I do not think the panic is over, because you have winter tyres when the temperature is below 7 degrees. Where I live is often 2 degrees lower than Newcastle or Durham. There is no overall temperature for the North East.
Weardale, which is about ten to fifteen minutes drive, is the best area in the dales for skiing. The A68 is one of the first roads to be closed, and it is only five minutes drive away.

When you get winter tyres put on it usually takes up to two weeks to book the garage, because everyone who has them stored wants them on at the first sign of temperatures dropping.
Of course, you do not need to be told that, coming from further north.

True, you have to enter a "place" on the BBC website, so I looked up Newcastle and Ponteland as being places I regularly drive through on my way North. Alas, the site does not recognise Weardale.
Your point about the 2week booking period illustrates exactly why many people especially south of the Trent, find the concept of winter tyres impractical unless a trip further north/to mountains/ to Bavaria or Switzerland is planned. By the time you had booked the garage to fit them (if indeed there is a 2 week wait) the weather could have changed back, back again and back to where you were a fortnight ago. So not fecklessness or sloth, just the vagaries of the British weather.

the whole point is to get them changed early- by mid November- in readiness for cold weather, ice and snow- and then keep them on until end of March, or so (here April).

Relatives who live on a steep hill down south in Surrey had snow tyres fitted to come and visit us for Christmas a few years back. They found they made such a massive difference - as they often could not go out or shopping in icy weather where they live- and the ride so much smoother due to the softer density rubber- they kept them on till Spring- and have them fitted every winter, and asid they would buy new ones as those run out.

No-one is teaching grannies (!) to suck eggs- just thought it is worth considering if you live in mountainous areas up north- and keeps you, and others safe. If you can't see that, it is a sad state of affairs, truly- and says more about your state of mind, then that of the roads.

Last word on the subject then, granjura? Or is that too much to hope for?

Yep, I am all done- you can breathe again. Stay safe.

We'll try - with or without our snow tyres!

Ana it seems we got away with our ' two Yorkshiremen ' sketches!

No snow here, in fact it doesn't seem as cold today.

Are you calling me a liar, Alea -" if indeed there is a two week wait?"
I had to wait for three weeks. Both my sons have a two week wait at smaller garages. They do not get an email to remind them.

Stanhope is in Weardale. Next Thursday is the first day that the temperature gets above 7 degrees, at midday.
St John's Chapel is even colder, six degrees is the highest.

By the way, rosesarered, thanks for showing your concern by starting the thread. Wrapped up and taking care from now on.
Pleased I am not still living in the house with one electric point, a cold tap and a loo out the back, though, over this winter!

A loo out the back? You were lucky, roses and me had to go to the cesspit in the middle of nowhere or behind a twig!

Oops, sorry that bit of the thread ended a long time ago...

But roses- how did you dare 'lecture' us about wrapping up warm- give us some credit - got me wollie knickers on- so itchy, but cosy and warm LOL

DJ' you said
When you get winter tyres put on it usually takes up to two weeks to book the garage, because everyone who has them stored wants them on at the first sign of temperatures dropping

You said "up to two weeks", so how the heck can you construe reiterating "if there is indeed a 2 week wait" as an accusation of lying?
Clearly it can be "up to two weeks", "two weeks" (your sons) or "three weeks" (yourself ).
Dare I suggest, get real?