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Stuck in Europe!
« on: December 20, 2010, 07:44:23 AM »
Anybody have holiday travel plans buggered by the bad weather over there?  The rail stations and airports are a mess!!
My parents traveled to Prague, Budapest, and a few other places and have been in Nurnburg since Saturday, trying to get back to Seattle.  Luckily they've got a hotel.  Most seem to be sleeping at the airports, but with the few flights out of the UK, 1300 flight cancellations out of Frankfurt, and all the cold/ice/snow, they might not make it out for a few more days.... :-\
And I hear the weather will continue to be bad.

Make it home safe for the holidays!!!
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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2010, 08:18:16 AM »
Most of Europe is iced up and they're talking about it getting worse.
At miday the sun was really warm but the temprature was still reading -5c.
It's 4.15pm now and it's dropped to -9c. Could go down to -20 during the night.
I'd hate to be in Scotland or some of the places where it's really bad. :(

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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2010, 08:54:23 AM »
Quote from: SamCB750A on December 20, 2010, 08:18:16 AM
I'd hate to be in Scotland or some of the places where it's really bad. :(

Sam. ;)

I hear those old castles get very cold at night!


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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2010, 09:03:48 AM »
24 C here at 6.00 am  ;D
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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2010, 09:16:44 AM »
Where else would they have Christmas in the middle of summer. ;D ;D ;D ;D

All the best Mr Scun. ;)

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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2010, 09:18:31 AM »
Quote from: scunny on December 20, 2010, 09:03:48 AM
24 C here at 6.00 am  ;D
It was about 34F here at 6am  ;)
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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2010, 10:01:34 AM »
Its currently -7C here in Glasgow Scotland. I arrived on Friday before the airports all closed down...my g/f wasnt so lucky - she never made it out of Boston and had to cancel her planned trip here -lucky I guess she wasnt at Heathrow  ::)

I am due to fly out on Sunday but who knows...maybe Sam will take me in ;)

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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2010, 01:02:46 PM »
Quote from: andy750 on December 20, 2010, 10:01:34 AM
Its currently -7C here in Glasgow Scotland. I arrived on Friday before the airports all closed down...my g/f wasnt so lucky - she never made it out of Boston and had to cancel her planned trip here -lucky I guess she wasnt at Heathrow  ::)

I am due to fly out on Sunday but who knows...maybe Sam will take me in ;)

Andy

Allways room for you Andy, PM me your land line number.

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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2010, 03:20:08 AM »
For the pedants here, you can get a °C sign by using <ALT>248 - note that it must be a numeric keypad.

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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2010, 08:16:40 AM »
UPDATE: My folks jumped on a flight from Nurnburg to Frankfurt, but their connecting Frankfurt to Seattle got cancelled because of the new snowfall.
Hopefuly they catch a brake  :P  soon!
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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2010, 09:36:17 AM »
48         ;D ........fail
bugger, I'm a pedant, hope that's good.
merry xmas Sam, and all our snowed in friends.
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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2010, 09:50:19 AM »
Quote from: SteveD CB500F on December 21, 2010, 03:20:08 AM
For the pedants here, you can get a °C sign by using <ALT>248 - note that it must be a numeric keypad.

Steve

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ºC  on a MAC is [option] 0, followed by [shift] c

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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2010, 12:03:52 PM »
Cool Lloyd, can you decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.  :D :D :D :D

Sam. ;)
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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2010, 01:21:21 PM »
My ? is why the people at Heathtrhow airport declined help from the military? 8)
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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2010, 01:38:03 PM »
Hieroglyphics ?... I thought TT was releasing a year's worth of profanities.....  ;D ;D ::)
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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #15 on: December 21, 2010, 01:44:38 PM »
Hey Andy.... maybe you'll be stuck in Scotland 'till Hogmanay  ???
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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #16 on: December 22, 2010, 02:51:51 PM »
Quote from: Spanner 1 on December 21, 2010, 01:44:38 PM
Hey Andy.... maybe you'll be stuck in Scotland 'till Hogmanay  ???

Much as I would love that I have a new job to start on the 27th....

I did manage to drive to the mountains yesterday though...one of my favourite places were I used to climb -summer and winter...also great bike roads...my first road trip was through here in the rain - wonderful trip!

Near my house in Glasgow



Approaching Ben Dorian, A82 road to Glencoe



look at the road..



and entering Glencoe..



great roads!



I used to climb this in winter - gully on the right -called Easy Gully



and then it was time for lunch...



On the drive home saw this dear at the side of the road..




Temps were -10c most of the day...

cheers
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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #17 on: December 22, 2010, 10:20:57 PM »
Unfortunately, stuck in Scotland, here's what Andy has to endure every night in the Pub  ;D... just the world's best fiddle player, Johnny Cunningham ( actually not, poor Johnny came to a very early end r.i.p. )... but his genius lives on..... enjoy



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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2010, 06:25:40 AM »



Cool pic Andy, looks like a moonscape...
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Re: Stuck in Europe!
« Reply #19 on: December 23, 2010, 08:26:25 AM »
Thanks Schmthaus! This is the entrance to the famed Glencoe area and the mountian just the left of the road is Buchaille Etive Mor -popular with climbers who either go up the front (as you can see in the pic) or up the left hand shoulder which is easier (though still has some scrambling sections).

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