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Lots of the white stuff here. Enough that the road up the hill out of the village is like an ice rink. Had a look at getting out this morning and gave up along with a few other folks. The A1 doesn't look to clever either. WFH for me today.
About a foot now, and the A1 is closed by the village north and southbound after a 13 vehicle pile up.
"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.
Rather odd problem on the journey back: the roads were clear, there was no more snow falling (in fact it was sunny), but there was a bit of spray coming up from the road - and my windscreen washer nozzles froze!
I had to stop in a lay-by after Kettering and clean the windscreen by hand, like an animal
I removed surface ice from the nozzles and got the driver's side working, but then found that if I used it, the water froze to the windscreen faster than the wiper blades could shift it, so I had to put the windscreen heater on to get rid of it.
And then I had to stop and clean it by hand again just after getting off the M1 so I could see for the remaining two miles home.
It must just have been the wind chill at motorway speeds, as by the time I got home both nozzles had thawed and were working just fine. But it's a nuisance
Rather odd problem on the journey back: the roads were clear, there was no more snow falling (in fact it was sunny), but there was a bit of spray coming up from the road - and my windscreen washer nozzles froze!
Rather odd problem on the journey back: the roads were clear, there was no more snow falling (in fact it was sunny), but there was a bit of spray coming up from the road - and my windscreen washer nozzles froze!
I had to stop in a lay-by after Kettering and clean the windscreen by hand, like an animal
I removed surface ice from the nozzles and got the driver's side working, but then found that if I used it, the water froze to the windscreen faster than the wiper blades could shift it, so I had to put the windscreen heater on to get rid of it.
And then I had to stop and clean it by hand again just after getting off the M1 so I could see for the remaining two miles home.
It must just have been the wind chill at motorway speeds, as by the time I got home both nozzles had thawed and were working just fine. But it's a nuisance
not enough antifreeze in your washer tanks then? - bad prep old son, you'll never make patrol leader now
not enough antifreeze in your washer tanks then? - bad prep old son, you'll never make patrol leader now
Halford's -10°C screen wash in there, though possibly a bit diluted with whatever was there before; but it couldn't stand up to the wind chill factor at 70mph
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