Should we be using winter tyres in the UK?

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Originally Posted by Langdale Forest

Do you BBQ reindeers?

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I know where you can get some Reindeer. There is a breeder of them and other exotic ( for this area ) critters for their meat up near where Easy Drifter hangs his fishing pole....

No reindeer, but we had some delicious buffalo this week!

Buffalo last night, Elk tonight.

Is it cheap?

Woke up on Sunday morning to the big thaw! Most of the snow has gone now, apart from the slushy mess in the car park at work. No snow is forecast here for at least the next week and daytime temperatures are set to remain above zero.

So it looks like the cold snap is over, for now.

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

The snow on the roof means the insultation is working...Attics are supposed to be cold in the winter. If the roof had no snow on it, THEN you would know they need more insul...

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The material the roof is made of makes a huge difference as well. If the roof is old and made of tiles for example, the snow doesn't fall of as easily. Talking about the winter, I'm loving it. I'm planning to go to skiing tomorrow. In the Helsinki area where I live the last few winters have been wet and there hasn't been that much snow so -15 and tons of snow is just great.

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

Wear layers...and some stores don't over heat the place. We are sort of used to it....We put up with it to get the glory of a Canadian summer ( or a Finnish summer that would be just as amazing). Nothing better than a beautiful July day sitting by the water with a cold beverage with friends. You lock that memory in your mind and gets you through the long winter....

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I'm not talking about the cold, I mean the difference between the temperatures, you wrap up warm to go outside and then go inside and it's boiling hot. I can't cope with that :p :

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

Yeah I meant the house on the left.

We have about 3 layers of insulation on our loft and we have snow on our roof, yet the people who live opposite us have a completely clear roof so it can't be where the sun shines.

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They said on the news that it could be a sign of cannabis factories as they need lots and lots of heat, so who knows ;)

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Originally Posted by Drew

I'm not talking about the cold, I mean the difference between the temperatures, you wrap up warm to go outside and then go inside and it's boiling hot. I can't cope with that :p :

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It's easier to take off than to put on, normally we take off the extra clothes when we go inside :)

We don't you just use show chains when it snows? :confused:

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Originally Posted by odykas

We don't you just use show chains when it snows? :confused:

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Because they are illegal in the UK.
Most of the time the snow is insufficient to warrant them, and then when you get onto the main roads these are usually clear anyway.

Anyway what we are talking about here is Winter Tyres, NOT Snow Tyres.