Bjay-up to you-but I consider 3 inches of frozen snow a lot of weight-the insulation argument does not stand up to scrutiny-it is going to melt in time in any case
I have just put an apple cake in the oven - will have some with custard for my pud tonight
I am loving all the snowy pics of your gardens and pets
I don' t have snow on my greenhouse with the heater- I turned the heat up a bit as the lowest temp the other night was 3 degrees --a bit too chilly for my cuttings
Noticed that Jean -you are a little tinker when roused
As I recall we made it to school-the primary was within walking distance and all the teachers were local
The Grammar- caught the bus -can't remember it ever being closed but it was great when we got sent home at 3.15pm instead of 4 pm missing last period-and that was in 1963 when there was still lying snow in April
But these are different times-not sure that ice slides would be allowed now -yet that was quite normal -in my day-I say-in my day
Well, I think I have to just admit the fact I can only bake Flat cakes!! But... the good thing is I left the milk out as jo suggested, and only half filled the tins, as many suggested, and tried my new bigger tin, and they cooked through perfectly!
Jess then decided she wanted to put the smaller one on top of the bigger one, so I've jammed them together!
Still flat, but perfectly edible! But ran out of icing sugar.
Becks - That looks fine to me. Haven't had a jam tart for ages. What 's the jam?
I remember that bad winter when I was a child - just ! I don't remember the school being closed and as far as I am aware never missed a day.
Just this country I think. If you look at the likes of Norway and Sweden everything functions as normal and they have it far worse than us. One snowfall here and we're all stuffed.
Read post on greenhouse, made sense about the ice so just swept snow off
1963 I can remember going to get the milk - too much snow for deliveries and dragging the bottled full bag along on the top of the snowdrifts as they were too heavy to carry. I think maybe we didn't have school as we were about 3m from it. Of course glass bottles and only 1pt in each!
Children all out on green making something - not sure what ,but it involves using garden spades to fill up sledges and then taking them to a 'big' boy to make it, what ever it is. they have also been aking snow angels, rolling in it and generally having fun
Looks alright to me-but I still have half of the Christmas cake to go-so more for the rest of you.
I'm afraid Jean in those countries they have the gear to cope with snow because they are guaranteed it-at most we usually get 48 hours of upset-not worth setting up a whole new Govt dept for-in a few days all this will be forgotten and we shall lurch onto the next crisis
I used to love the lemon curd ones . My Nan used to make her own . Jam is something I never buy any more as no-one seems to eat it. Had to throw the last jar out as it had aquired a fur coat.
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Bjay-up to you-but I consider 3 inches of frozen snow a lot of weight-the insulation argument does not stand up to scrutiny-it is going to melt in time in any case
Depends if you want to risk it?
We did the conservatory roof as well - looked a bit top heavy. Better safe than sorry.
I've just grown a pair and added my two-pennenth worth about that squirrel thread. Was fuming when I read that story.
I hope your cakes turn out ok Becks
I have just put an apple cake in the oven - will have some with custard for my pud tonight
I am loving all the snowy pics of your gardens and pets
I don' t have snow on my greenhouse with the heater- I turned the heat up a bit as the lowest temp the other night was 3 degrees --a bit too chilly for my cuttings
I hope everyone is keeping warm
Pam LL x
Noticed that Jean -you are a little tinker when roused
As I recall we made it to school-the primary was within walking distance and all the teachers were local
The Grammar- caught the bus -can't remember it ever being closed but it was great when we got sent home at 3.15pm instead of 4 pm missing last period-and that was in 1963 when there was still lying snow in April
But these are different times-not sure that ice slides would be allowed now -yet that was quite normal -in my day-I say-in my day
Well, I think I have to just admit the fact I can only bake Flat cakes!!
But... the good thing is I left the milk out as jo suggested, and only half filled the tins, as many suggested, and tried my new bigger tin, and they cooked through perfectly! 
Jess then decided she wanted to put the smaller one on top of the bigger one, so I've jammed them together!
Still flat, but perfectly edible!
But ran out of icing sugar. 
Jam tarts are now in.
Becks - That looks fine to me.
Haven't had a jam tart for ages. What 's the jam?
I remember that bad winter when I was a child - just !
I don't remember the school being closed and as far as I am aware never missed a day.
Just this country I think. If you look at the likes of Norway and Sweden everything functions as normal and they have it far worse than us. One snowfall here and we're all stuffed.
Just normal Strawberry Jean.
Read post on greenhouse, made sense about the ice so just swept snow off
1963 I can remember going to get the milk - too much snow for deliveries and dragging the bottled full bag along on the top of the snowdrifts as they were too heavy to carry. I think maybe we didn't have school as we were about 3m from it. Of course glass bottles and only 1pt in each!
Children all out on green making something - not sure what ,but it involves using garden spades to fill up sledges and then taking them to a 'big' boy to make it, what ever it is
. they have also been aking snow angels, rolling in it and generally having fun
Looks alright to me-but I still have half of the Christmas cake to go-so more for the rest of you.
I'm afraid Jean in those countries they have the gear to cope with snow because they are guaranteed it-at most we usually get 48 hours of upset-not worth setting up a whole new Govt dept for-in a few days all this will be forgotten and we shall lurch onto the next crisis
I used to love the lemon curd ones . My Nan used to make her own . Jam is something I never buy any more as no-one seems to eat it. Had to throw the last jar out as it had aquired a fur coat.