Snow

[Guest johnboymac]

have you fitted a hood yet guy? and do you have a heater - or do you just lean on the exhaust?

 

J

[Guest alan rowe]

I knew you would say that Guy

[Guest Guy]

I use the hood when it rains, mind you, I need to do some work on the RH (valve oil seals, dash, boot trim) and I can't get them done in a weekend so I'm looking for a small run-about to get to work in while I fix the RH.

[Guest TerryBarry]

Iain,

Can't be too careful - 4WD and knobbly tyres can be tricky in slippery conditions

[Guest Ben Salt]

It was snowng like mad for ages here in Cambridge last night!

Last bits are just melting now, still some on the roof, just got to work out how to get up there for the snowballs....

Ben

[Guest Bazwaz]

Day off work today and the sun is shining, so do i go for a walk or a ride in the Hood. No contest!

Barry.

[Guest Bazwaz]

Some nice mornig sun. And no, the car is not for sale it's for the house opposite.

[Guest alan rowe]

were's that bridge in the backround Baz ?????

 

Alan

[Guest Nishka]

were's that bridge in the backround

looks to me like the Ribblehead Viaduct!

 

Nishka

[Mitch]

Hey Baz, noticed the locals have panicked and emptied the grit box at the back, (or was that you to make sure you could get home)

 

Lots of fun this morning leaving work, it snowed/rain heavily last night, which left all the cars wet, then a heavy frost,

 

watching people climb in there cars from passenger sides and pulling and tugging at door handles

 

Mitch

[Guest Bazwaz]

The bridge is called Hewenden Viaduct (disused) on the outskirts of Bradford (about 5 miles from the town centre). The road down is quite steep and there's a narrow bridge on the bend at the bottom and a climb up the other side thats why they use a lot of grit. It's a busy little road at times as people use it as a short cut to Bradford.

Barry.

[Guest Guy]

That's a really nice picture (first one) Baz, Send it off for the next mag, it'd make a good front cover.

[Guest timswait]

Proper snow here in Sheffield, about 1.5-2 inches last night, so went for a drive in the peaks this morning. Fantastic fun, managed to find roads which the gritter hadn't been on and was slipping and sliding everywhere. Empty car parks in the peak district are awesome for a Hood when it snows, lots of doughnuts! Did have some problems getting up a steep hill to get home, but took a run up at it and made it in the end. Very little traffic around so spent a fair bit of time practising power slides around a T junction.

A Hood is for all year and not just for summer.

I'll try and get some photos up.

[Guest Phil Slater]

it had "stuck" as I drove over Haslingden Grane (very pretty)

 

By eck.!! Snow on't Grane. That brings back memories . It's amazin how a bit of snow can make quarry spoil tips look spectacular. Back in the seventy's in mi moggie 1000 the trick, to save petrol, was to try and coast in neutral from the top all the way down and as far up towards Hasi as you could get!! Oh the simple pleasures of motoring back then

[Guest Bazwaz]

I've been trying to send the photo to Peter for the mag but it keeps coming back as undeliverable mail. Any suggestions?

 

Barry.

 

 

Sorted now ( i think)