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Ina · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:50 am Post subject: December 25th 2006

Werain
Location: Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:01 pm

Weather on xmas day was nice and sunny with fog threatening most of the day and flipping cold, just seen the weather forecast and it said temp is to be -5 xmas day night brrrrrrr.

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monkey nuts
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:29 pm Post subject:

It feels like -5 too, it's blummin freezin. If I decide to be brave and take the dog out I'll check the outside temp.

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Werain
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 12:15 am Post subject:

It's -6 looking at my temp gauge

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Townie
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 1:21 am Post subject:

Bitter Cold down here in fife today... cloudy but no rain, not so sure what the forecast is for tomorrow tho
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:26 am Post subject:

Absolutely solid all day - lovely and white though - looked like Christmas without having snow. Had to break the ice on the duck's pond twice.

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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 12:32 pm Post subject:

We had a really heavy - snow like - frost as well. Lovely to look at. When I went out to check the hens midday, it was melting in the sun. I've moved their water into their coop so it doesn't freeze so fast. So far, we've not had any frozen drinking water since I did that. 8 birds generate a lot of heat!

When I went out to put them away for the night, the ground had frozen up again. On the chicken wire, there was a 6mm deposit of ice. Looks stunning with the sun shining thru it.

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WildGarlic
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 12:36 pm Post subject:

PurpleDragon wrote:
When I went out to put them away for the night, the ground had frozen up again. On the chicken wire, there was a 6mm deposit of ice. Looks stunning with the sun shining thru it.

Quick... get the camera out!!!

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PurpleDragon
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject:

Unfortunately mu camera isnt man enough to take a pic of it.