Weather Woes

[xbally]

Well i had to get up at 3.00 am to go and collect (in the car) my son who works for the NHS 111 service  and couldn't get an "Uber" to bring him 5 miles home despite booking in advance. The urban roads were quite bad but luckily there was very little traffic so it was a bit like being back in the 70's when traffic was a good deal lighter and the standard of driving was a bit better than it is today (although you had to watch out for the occasional drunk driver!)I had a job interview lined up at lunch time today about 15 miles of rural roads away so i was  quite relieved when they cancelled!With not much else to do at the moment i am posting like a mad thing on here....2 cups of highly addicted caffeine tea and i'm out of control.....

[spooky]

I am taking advantage of crap weather to help wallpaper and paint a bedroom, this type of job normally gets in the way of motorcycle activities !!      tomorrow i have to take an Owl to otterburn to a wedding, fingers crossed...

[iansoady]

tomorrow i have to take an Owl to otterburn to a wedding, fingers crossed...

You can't just leave it like that.......

[spooky]

My daughter fly`s a Barn  owl as a `ringbearer` at weddings, ... her car may or may not get there and if we do get there we may have to park a good way off and carry a large box with owl in, so I will be driver/carrier..   hoo hoo

[themoudie]

Aye spooky,

Doesn't sound very good in that neck of the woods at the moment. Plenty of drifting snow and more to come. Both the A68 road out over the top from Corbridge and t'other, the A696 from Ponteland will be challenging with the winds whipping that powder sna' ower the top o' the dykes and through the gateways. If you do give it a go, good luck and good health to the bird and the couple.

At present we have a 'soft' border wall, preventing all access from the Sarf by road and the train is limited, if you are lucky.

I can think of worse hotels to get stuck in!    The West Woodburn Inn is good if you don't make it! 

Back to my excavations up here, with drifts coming in off the fields of about 2' across our drive. Just round the corner, the 'C' road runs through open fields and there the drifts are a good 5' and growing!

My regards, Bill

[spooky]

Thanks Bill, wedding is at 3.00 so might be ok getting there, now... coming home might be exciting.... i will report back,

[iansoady]

if we do get there we may have to park a good way off and carry a large box with owl in, so I will be driver/carrier..   hoo hoo

Can't it fly there?

Seriously, something I'd never heard of before. I'm probably out of touch.....

[timbo]

Good luck Rufus. This owl delivery service you run put a smile on my face 
I suppose, a couple of months ago, you could have taken the sleigh 

[spooky]

Ho Ho Ho , there is as much snow here in Durham as there was in lapland..  by the way, The owls belong to my daughters boss, she just flies them..

[tommy]

hi rufus
that owl ring bearer sounds amazing never  heard of that .

[themoudie]

Aye spooky,

Lovely birds and I believe the whole idea is derived from a scene in one of the "Lord of the Rings" films? Being a luddite on films, I haven't a clue as too which one! 

There is also a similar service being run in Europe using the Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo), they have a wingspan of up to 6' and weigh 5.5 lbs.    Another lovely bird, but anathema to the pheasant etc brigade. 

My regards, Bill

[spooky]

They have about 10 birds altogether, the biggest is Henry, a female eagle owl, smallest is a little Scops owl,

[SteveC#222]

I usually see a couple of resident Barn Owls on the way to work each morning - amazing things. Also have a couple of Buzzards  that seem to have adopted our farm.

Snow is starting to go in Lincolnshire but it's been pretty bad in places, mostly the drifts that have blocked the roads. Still damn cold!

[timbo]

I've a feeling the whole Owl thing came from the Harry Potter movies. Loads of idiots bought them as pets for their kids. And then of course, the animal rescue charities had to pick up the pieces. Bit like all the Huskies, Malmutes, Akitas thanks to Game of Thrones 

[spooky]

Succesful day, the road there had some nice piles of snow, the a696 was close just before otterburn so we had to go cross country to the 168 and in from the other side, the road across was packed white snow, luckily my old diesel picasso has bridgestone snow tyres on the front, they were handy..