Tony C

M6 Cheshire, northbound between A49 [M6 junction 22] and A580 [M6 junction 23] M6 Cheshire - Two lanes closed and queueing traffic on M6 northbound between J22, A49 (Newton Le Willows) and J23, A580 (Haydock), because of a shed load of beans and an earlier overturned lorry

Bitter out there, 3C and an even bitter n/e wind pushing through making it feel like -3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/22004522

Oh! I was putiing it down to the east in the wind slowing it up

Wind map for next Tuesday Temps at midday

Enjoy Andy

Who remembers buttering a slice of bread without ripping the guts out of it poxy cold weather

http://www.bbc.co.uk.../feeds/21961844

I think were all in trouble!

Think its about time the pointless friendlies were done away with and the home internationals restarted. I think we would all benefit, at least these matches would be competitive and hopefully stand us in better stead when the matches that matter come around.

Most feds start on the 13th April down this end with the odd one starting the week before. Patience I believe is going to be the name of the game.

Monday 25 March Published at 10:00 Monthly Outlook Summary Spring arrives, but still no sign of mild weather! The weather system that brought such disruptive conditions across the UK through the back end of last week and into Saturday finally petered out during Sunday, leaving a largely dry end to the weekend. However, conditions remained bitingly cold in the brisk easterly wind. For those in search of some spring-like weather, the coming week's forecast is unlikely to install any great sense of joyous anticipation, with yet further wintry conditions envisaged for the UK in its entirety. The strong easterly winds will continue to drag in very cold air from the near continent and Scandinavia through the week. There isn't a great deal of optimism as we move through the Easter weekend and into April either. Milder Atlantic air will start to gradually move into southern and central areas from the Atlantic. There's still a fair amount of uncertainty as to how quickly this milder air will advance though, and how far north it will eventually reach, but in the region where this milder air meets the cold, we're likely to see yet more snow. Keep hanging in there though, with the sun's power increasing day on day as we head further into spring, sooner or later, the warmer air will win out! Read on to find out the details................ Monday 25 March—Sunday 31 March Staying bitterly cold. The week will get underway with a widespread, penetrating frost and the same bitingly cold easterly wind that plagued the UK through the previous weekend. Conditions should be largely dry though, with just a few light snow showers peppering northern and eastern areas. Daytime highs will be so low that the weekend's snow will struggle to melt at all. The snow showers aren't expected to bring any significant accumulations. There could also be some reasonably bright spells. A very cold night will follow with another severe frost and some icy patches. Tuesday and Wednesday will be similarly cold days, with the best of any brightness to be found across western parts, and a few snow showers, again chiefly focussed around northern and eastern areas. Nights will again be frosty. By Thursday the strong easterly wind will start to ease, but the cold feel will prevail, again with snow showers across northeastern parts. Later on Thursday and through Friday, a weather system will start to encroach on the UK from the southwest. At the moment there's quite a lot of uncertainty as to how quickly the system will move north-eastwards. It does look likely that southwestern areas will see a good deal of rain as we head towards the end of the week, preceded by some snow over the moors and tors. As this area of rain moves further northeast and pushes against the cold air, there's an increasing risk of some significant snowfall across southern and central areas of the UK towards the weekend. Northern areas will probably hang on to the bitterly cold theme though, with mainly dry weather and the odd snow shower. There's still quite a bit to play for in terms of the overall theme for the Easter Weekend, but at this stage, the most likely scenario is cold, bright and mainly dry in the north and east, a wintry spell of weather for central areas, and slightly less cold but with heavy rain for the south. Stay in touch with the forecast to keep abreast of the details! Monday 1 April—Sunday 7 April March not really going out like a lamb! So, it looks likely there'll be a prevailing cold feel to the Easter weekend and the end of March, with only the far northeast having any serious chance of avoiding the unsettled weather. Through the first week of April it does look as if weather conditions across the UK will settle down a little though, with the rain and snow envisaged for southern and central areas easing off, and northern parts staying on the drier side, but with further wintry showers. As the week progresses, it's even possible that sunny spells will become more prevalent for most areas. Temperatures will remain on the low side though, with most parts of the UK struggling to reach seasonal average values. Monday 8 April—Sunday 21 April Milder into mid-April? As we move into the middle of April, although there is still a significant level of uncertainty surrounding the details of the forecast, there are signs that the milder Atlantic air will start to make inroads into southern areas. As a result it looks as if southern parts of England and Wales will see a spell of wet and windy weather early in the period, with temperatures rising close to, if not just a touch below, average. Further north, the start of this period still looks rather wintry with very low temperatures, although with a reasonable amount of dry and bright weather. A few snow showers can't be ruled out from time to time though, particularly over higher ground. Towards the end of the period there is a chance that milder air will finally start to win out, returning the UK to temperatures that are closer to the seasonal average, accompanied by some further spells of wet and windy weather.

Its a Hauled Over.

Keep a couple of rank hens at home, these can be given to your first arrivals whatever the sex. As birds arrive juggle around into pairs.

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Try Head & Shoulders

Good for growth & muscle repair. High in Vit B complex, oxygenates the blood, also has a calming effect. Should always be used with fresh squeezed lemons as the Vit C from these help the body absorb the Vit B.

Have heard they're gonna bring back some thing similar, its called Spot The Sun.

Or at sometime throughout your school days having a pet spider in one

Monday 18 March Published at 10:00 Monthly Outlook Summary Spring refuses to spring This coming Tuesday sees the spring equinox, and on Sunday 31st March we will all be springing forward our clocks by one hour and lamenting a lost hour of sleep. However, the lighter evenings will be welcomed by many as thoughts turn to longer, warmer days. Perhaps a pity, then, that the weather seems resolutely stuck in winter? Monday 18 March—Sunday 24 March Spring arrives, winter won't budge The week begins with low pressure dominating and looks set to end in a similar vein. A cyclonic easterly to south-easterly means it will be mostly unsettled and rather cold. Ice and frost will be night-time hazards, but we'll also be talking about snow on most days as well. The air across the UK will be cold enough such that any precipitation may fall as snow at times, and this will be the case on Monday and Tuesday in north-eastern parts of the country. The snow will fall over the hills at first, drifting in strong easterly winds, but across the east of Scotland the snow soon be falling at lower levels too. On Tuesday the zone of wintry weather will shift southward, increasing the risk of settling snow across inland parts of northern England and especially higher ground exposed to the brisk easterly wind. Further south on Monday and Tuesday there will be a mix of sunshine and scattered showers, some of these heavy with a risk of hail and thunder and perhaps some sleet or wet snow in the heaviest ones. From around midweek a ridge of high pressure starts to nudge southwards, which will help to cut off the strong easterly flow across the north. Wednesday and Thursday will see fewer showers, and overnight there will be fog patches and a widespread frost, locally severe over any lying snow. On Friday, as an Atlantic low tries to encroach on the UK, a strong southeasterly wind establishes itself. As weather fronts try to push in against the colder air across the north and east of the country, hill snow is likely in the west, with some heavy rain in southwest England. The most noticeable feature on Friday, however, will be the increasingly significant wind chill. At the weekend, as the battleground between mild and cold sets up over the UK, there is a risk of significant snowfall and even blizzards over central and northern parts of the country. Monday 25 March—Sunday 31 March Only the clocks will spring forward A new month approaches, as does British Summer Time, but it doesn't look as though there'll be much change in the weather. Spring still looks like being put on hold, with a cold easterly likely to persist for much of the time in the north. This will lead to northern and many central areas seeing below of well below average temperatures, with overnight frosts. Southern parts may see temperatures recovering a little closer to normal, but with low pressure tending to dominate the south and west of the country this isn't likely to be accompanied by much in the way of spring sunshine. Monday 1 April—Sunday 14 April New month, same old weather? As April begins, the pressure pattern looks like becoming easterly for northern parts and more unsettled with west- to south-westerly winds for southern and central parts of the UK. This will therefore continue the cold theme across northern and eastern parts of the country, with night frosts possible. However, with milder weather arriving on those Atlantic winds, south Wales and southern and central parts of England could see temperatures close to or even a little above the early April average. Unsettled of course means precipitation, and as a result sunshine will still be lacking despite the trend towards something less cold in the south and southwest

After they've eaten feel their crops to make sure they're not just picking up the small seeds. If they are only feed large grains for a week, it might mean you'll have to sieve the mixture your feeding to separate the large from the small (if you only have a mixture & no straight grains)

:emoticon-0156-rain: Puddles in the garden starting to merge, just let the dog out for a swim :emoticon-0156-rain:

I agree that the Chairman has the casting vote but lets say he/she abstained on the original vote? I think the chairman votes to keep the status-quo therefor voting different.