12.02.2026 Snowstorm?

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  Thursday 12th 31F/-1 [8.30] Heavily overcast, breezy and snowing lightly. A snow storm is forecast for 24 hours from the early hours of this morning. 59F/15C in the room. Stove lit.

 Up at 7.10 after lying awake, dreaming and clock watching. I was trying to decide whether I should go to cooking class. With the police warning against unnecessary travel. I can't get the car out through the existing snow from a week ago.  

 Had the trike been road ready and I was at least five years younger and much less wise. Perhaps. I rode though blizzards and traveled hundreds of kilometers over lying snow in the past. 

 Ironically the trike would have been the best bet of my various means of transort. Had I been fit enough. Amazing stability with countless tens of thousands of miles of riding experience. Two wheel drive to climb hills on snow and black ice on narrow 23mm HP slicks. Happy days! 

 These old images [from 2010] show shopping expeditions to the local village. Going the wrong long way through the forest by the very hilly route. Just for the sheer fun of it. I think the second picture was taken in -8C/18F temperatures. Both pictures show my old Higgins 'Ultralite.' Which I recently donated to a keen tricyclist over here in Denmark. Though I haven't seen any pictures on Facebook of it in use.

 Could I ride to the cooking class on my e-bike? As I do sometimes in warmer weather. I decided that walking 20km home on uncleared roads. Pushing my bike through slippery snow. Would not be very sensible. One fall on hidden ice and I could lose my independence.

 Living out in the sticks does not provide a useful bus service between random and widely spaced villages. [20km apart.] Assuming there was a normal bus service today. There are bus stops nearby but connecting the dots on the map is the problem.

 9.15 Time for a walk. I'll wear one of my day-glo, hi-viz jackets as a nod to the traffic. To make myself a clearer target. 

 9.45 Back again. A large, tipper truck with snow blade went past. Clearing the road on the opposite side. The hard packed snow was quite slippery on my uncleared side. I moved well back on the verge with each approaching vehicle. To avoid sudden changes of direction. Fortunately the traffic was much lighter than yesterday. 

 These two pictures are from this morning. Looking both ways along the snow covered road. 

 The same truck returned on the other side. Just as I reached the drive on my way home. There were the usual problems of drifting where there were no roadside hedges. Even after scraping the road conditions were completely against my riding my e-bike. Perhaps I should fit an electric motor to my Trykit trike? 

 10.00 While accumulation looks modest so far. It is reaching levels where it is spontaneously sliding, in slabs, off the lean-to, greenhouse roof. Which has quite a gentle slope and was clear earlier this morning. This saves me going out to use my squeegee on a long pole. To get more light indoors. While large quantities of snow are blowing repeatedly off the north side of the house roof. This is falling past a northern widow. Something I have never observed before. 

 11.30 32F/0C outside. The greenhouse is at 44F/6.7C. The snow is not only sliding off the greenhouse but dripping rapidly from the overhanging slabs. Which seems illogical given the outside temperature. There seems to be a hiatus in the snowfall. Which has hardly been impressive so for.  

 14.30 Still snowing lightly but dripping heavily from the overhanging snow on the greenhouse. The weather maps show solid snowfall over our area. With a large area of sleet to our south.

 It continued to snow lightly but is still accumulating.

  Dinner was a chop, mushrooms, peas, carrots, mashed potato and Bisto gravy.

 

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