Last Minute Shopping for Real

 The Brayford water front is well and truly iced up apart from a few flowing river sections it looks strange watching the swans walking over the ice from one river to another when they could fly if they wanted too.
Maybe readings of -9 approx is the reason or maybe they have prepared or waxed their feathers to help cope with the cold to such a level that abandons there wings useless during winter! maybe that is why they chose to walk.

 After only a few moments i could not bare the cold any more!  it was after all Christmas Eve and all the shops were closed! replacing the window displays with sale signs and stock taking in motion!

 

I had to force myself to go in Costa for a coffee!  i asked for the biggest mug they had!

It has 2 handles on it!  i really wanted a mug with finger holes in for my hands.

But nobody has invented a mug like that yet!

I was taking my time with this coffee while i waited for my brother to arrive from Nottingham and when he got to Lincoln we went to a Tesco express! as it was the only shop open.
We only had a few hours before Christmas day and yet Glen had nothing to offer! we had a right laugh about it with one of the staff! Mocking Glen about the fact that this is truly last minute shopping.
Glen chosen Baileys, whiskey and boxes of Chocolates (Tesco Brand) lol
I couldn't Blog while i was at my sisters! so i will add more of what happened on here very soon!

England Shakes up the District

 

Its True! Last night the Lake District woken up with a   3.6 magnitude 20-second tremors at 10.59pm.

Large parts of the Lake District and north-west England were shaken by the

The epicentre was in Coniston, Cumbria, but the effects were felt as far away as Lancaster, Blackpool, and the Isle of Man.

Also i noticed something strange just after that report!  If you look at my weather station readings bellow you will see 2 pictures of the readings i showed a few days ago! and after the the quake!  

What i find strange! is that there is no reading at all! As before there was a hot spot of 36 and that was  surrounded by an average of -20.   I can't promise that this is related!  Just amazing timing that's all!

I look at the world readings every day! and when i was talking to my brother this morning on the phone!  I was looking at the readings as i normally do! and i said to Glen that the island i saw before has lost its reading completely!  Then i said there may have been an earth quake!  and Glen said there was one last night!  he has been at work all night and must of heard it on the radio news!   

I am sure that i am the only person to possibly linking these two events!
Keep tuned to my blog as i will bring you more as i get it.

Shivers
Also what i find funny but not funny at the same time! is Russia has 80,000 snow plows working on the roads and still they are struggling as they are baring witness to the reality of the chill levels!  But England only has but a hand full of snow plows!  I bet our government is so hoping we get through this as soon and as cheaply as possible!  As they know we have a long a lot more to come.

Crystallized Skegness

People here are commenting on this being a moment of beauty  even with the massive levels of slips and falls in the county.  All tree's are showing sign of ice crystallization! Formed by air being frozen!  just like when you take out a ice lolly from the freezer!  But here its obviously a lot more intense!
My self and my friends have never seen such events like this!
As i already said! thermal and knitted Gloves have no effect with this type of cold so i have had to look back at traditional ways of keeping warm!  So i decided to check our local Woolen Mill as seen below.

 

I asked the polite member of staff if she has any leather or Sheepskin Mitts to help protect the public through this hard time!  She said they have not been able to get delivery of this years order!  Other towns have had them in stock! But in Skegness they don't have any! They obviously didn't see this weather coming! Real mitts will be of great value on the build up to colder winters!   My friends mother suggested that i get a Sheep skin rug and cut out some mitts and sew our own! (Now this is innovation for survival at its best)

Southern England is very well bombarded with snow!  

  But here its too cold for it to even snow!   Right now as i write this blog!  its -4.3 and getting colder!

The reason we are getting this bad weather is because of the Jet stream flow from the north west just like the Picture bellow:

  This could mean we could still be expecting disruptions for weeks to come!  and this could get a lot worse as we build up to 2012.  So brace your self! prepare and get ready to live out colder times with possible moments without electric!   More on this subject soon! 

Frozen Britain from Skegness

Frozen Britain is what they are calling it!

Temps have reached as low as -18 at Blackpool and often Skegness has hit -9.7 at times.

Even Thermal and woolen gloves are not standing any chance of keeping the cold from the hands.

I guess a good pair of Leather Mitts made by Eskimos is what the country need!

 The spiders Cobwebs are thick with frost and the trees look like they are covered in white frosty blossom.

I also notice Iceland is warmer than England for once!

I been taking note of other locations! and have been noticing a strange event for the past week.

As you can see!  here there is a island with the temp of 36.0 but strangely its surrounded by an average of -20

so what i wonder is this? why is there a constant warm spot detected in this location?

Maybe this is partly responsible for our strange weathers here in England!

Southern England is stranded in Deep snow! while north/east and west! get frozen to the bare core!

Whats worst? Lots of snow or Black ice with trees of icicle spikes waiting to fall!

We have never needed to prepare for weather like this ever before!

Its not like usual!  Its a pure Freezer set on Deep Freeze! 

and right now while i write this blog i reveal the temperatures below:

If you want to keep an live eye on the real time weather station reading visit SAT24

And if you would like to see a Live African Cam with sounds of the wild plains!  Then click here!

Its nice to watch a live hot country when we are cold!  Creating mental Heat!