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[rybak 3,303]

2 minuty temu, heywoodu napisał:

Same 'wind chill' temperatures here this week, finally a bit of winter  

According article on site from which is this map yesterday, in morning in almost whole Poland at morning temperature was lower than current temperatures in some parts of Antarctica  We all (probably) know who is responsible for this

[Gianlu33 5,278]

19 minuti fa, rybak ha scritto:

This one is amazing 

 

 

This is too much  We have 2 degrees here and I want die

 

[bestmen 2,904]

only Vodka saving them 

[rybak 3,303]

5 minut temu, bestmen napisał:

only Vodka saving them 

Or 30l of hot cocoa 

[heywoodu 16,004]

1 hour ago, Gianlu33 said:

This is too much  We have 2 degrees here and I want die

 

 

It's -10 degrees here and I'm starting to think about searching for my winter jacket.

[Bohemia 1,447]

It was 0 degree this afternoon and where I live it doesn't happen often (and it's kind of annoying that all we hear about on the news is this. At least it's not worse than a few weeks ago when there was between 5 and 10cm of snow in Paris and the city was paralyzed and the Canadians were making fun of them, rightfully ), but it doesn't bother me, I like this temperature  

[heywoodu 16,004]

If I was religious, I'd be praying for it to remain this cold (around -5 during the day, -10/15 at night) for at least two more weeks, but sadly that won't happen. As soon as temperatures are dropping significantly for an extended period of time here, people start talking about the possibility of finally having the (in our country) legendary Elfstedentocht again, loosely translated to 'Eleven Cities Tour'.

 

What is this Elfstedentocht? Well, obviously it's speed skating, come on, it's the Netherlands. It's a race over almost 200km, which was first held in 1909. Competitors (many thousands of them) pass through eleven cities of the Friesland province, having to get some sort of stamps along the way to prove they passed the checkpoints (yes, there's modern timing, but we don't need to abolish all traditions in exchange for modern stuff).

 

The problem is, this race can only happen when the lakes and rivers along the way are frozen over enough. Including the first one in 1909, there have now been 15 editions of this race, but sadly the last one already was 21 years ago now: 1997. So now that it's getting cold again, they've stopped the 'traffic' on the waterways and stuff like that, hoping that it'll help freeze things over and get strong enough ice  

 

To illustratie, the finish of the last edition:

 

Spoiler

 

 

[NikolaB 452]

Its not that bad here, typical winter

[OlympicIRL 5,661]

No work today or tomorrow!! Closed due to the beast from the east and storm Emma  . Time for some hot cocoa and a day in front of the telly

[dcro 10,210]

2 hours ago, OlympicIRL said:

No work today or tomorrow!! Closed due to the beast from the east and storm Emma  . Time for some hot cocoa and a day in front of the telly

 

Does this include the beloved Fireman Sam?

Edited March 1, 2018 by dcro