Tuesday 9 February 2021

Rare Photos of Suffolk Snow

 After snow all day Sunday, the teeny bits falling had added up to several inches and with the strong winds this had blown into drifts nearly 2 feet deep in places......like right outside my wood shed. Luckily I always keep the log basket topped up and  several boxes of wood in the garage so didn't need to venture through it.

It carried on snowing on Monday, the same small stuff adding another layer and as I had to fetch in some small wood and things from the freezer in the garage I thought I'd better capture some snow photos for posterity.

Only two people and their dog had walked the footpath so far. They are a couple who've walked by every morning, whatever the weather, since the first lock-down. They march along, never speaking. She's always several steps ahead of him and they never look left or right . Love the way dogs never walk in a straight line.


Here's the drift outside my wood shed. The snow has blown through the hedge opposite and landed here

 

It reminded me of all the years that Colin worked as a supervisor for County Council Highways and every year he used to supervise putting up (and taking down) the snow fences along the A140 - not many miles from where I am now. The fences were set back in open fields along the road and were meant to slow the snow so it formed drifts on the fields rather than on the road. Eventually, after years with no snow they stopped doing it. Bet it would have been a good idea for this years snowfall.

I went down the track to the road to see how much traffic was moving. My next-door-but-two neighbour had gone down the lane and turned right.


Not much coming or going the other way. I'm glad it's not moving day today as the removal truck would never get here.



  My solicitor emailed yesterday saying that the buyers conveyencer will not accept my answers to questions about the septic tank and the solar thermal panels. I had to send replies for the 3rd time. Same answers each time - half the questions I don't know the answers to and the questions about the solar keep asking about electric feed in tariffs! I've explained twice the panels are for heating water and not electric. Seem to be banging my head against a brick wall!
I've emailed the Estate Agent explaining why there is a hold up and if the conveyencer keeps on refusing my answers then I'll have to take my house off the market  as there is no point answering the same questions over and over again.
That should stir things up!

Back Tomorrow
Sue


51 comments:

  1. Moving - always a stressful time Sue isn't it. Hope it all goes through soon. You have had more snow than us up here and I am sure that is unusual.

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    1. It ought to be quite straightforward - Hopefully now things will move

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  2. How frustrating for you to have the hitch with the conveyancer. Hope it is sorted soon

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  3. I remember those snow fences, especially the ones on the A14 between Ipswich and Felixstowe. So frustrating that they cant just get on with the paperwork for the house sale. keep those logs topped up as it looks as if we will be in the snow and cold zone for several days.x

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    1. Col used to be supervisor for winter gritting and snow clearing. In the cold winter of 1981 he had to get a snow plough out so he could get to the office from Bacton to Eye!

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  4. Why can't it be a bit easier. So frustrating for you and it shouldn't have to be like that!
    You've had much more snow than we have here. It may be jolly inconvenient, but it looks lovely.
    Stay warm and safe.
    xx

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  5. I think you're right to make threats,it does tend to cut through all the clap trap. I've found some things are designed to delay purposely but they aren't being honest about it.

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    1. Heard from my solicitor she said she is frustrated too and will get very cross soon!

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  6. I think snow is quite exciting it at least creates beautiful photos and you do seem to have much more snow in Suffolk than Yorkshire.

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  7. We used to have the snow fences in the fields by the A11.

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    1. My solicitor told me that the questions from the buyers solicitors are put together by the Articled Clerks who are honing their skills and trying to impress their boss. She told me not to let them worry me and if no answer is available just answer "Not Known" which is what I do. I got the impression that by the time my answers were received the Articled Clerk had moved on to another file and wasn't interested in the answers or nobody actually read the answers at all.

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    2. Heard from my solicitor - she said if the answers are not accepted this time I will be able to hear her erupt all the way from Bury st edmunds to here!

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  8. Despite the dire warnings we have only a light covering in the Medway area you have significantly more.

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    1. So unusual to see this much. The sun has just come out here at 1pm - should melt some away

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  9. You have had a lot of snow. Your pictures remind me of a time in Northants when we had huge snow drifts against the bungalow and I took pictures to send to my husband who was in the Middle East at the time. The village was cut off until the farmers got their tractors to clear a bit of the road.

    It must be a delaying ractic on behalf of the solicitors as we had the same with paperwork to do with the boiler services. Time and again we sent copies of all the services to the boiler which was only a few years old.

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    1. The road is clear today but I can't get anywhere because of the drifts in the driveway outside the garage

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  10. We've had a *lot* of snow overnight and it's still snowing now. It's really thick and the road is buried. Good job we're not going anywhere!

    I hope the conveyancer stops being a donkey and just does his/her job without making it more than it is. I wonder if the buyer knows he/she is doing this? Grrrrr!

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    1. The solicitors the buyers are using are ones that I was told to avoid by my estate agent!

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  11. Sorry about the "delays"(deliberate, so they can charge more money? Suspicions here that the folk dealing with our recent sale/purchase had it stitched up between them to line their coffers!) I hope your threat sorts them out. Stupid people.

    Enjoy (looking at!) your snow, and hope it doesn't linger too long. The weather forecast this morning said that there was a battle between the warm front hovering in the West and the cold front, and the latter looked like lasting for a bit longer.

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    1. Hopefully not deliberate but they have to do something to justify their fees I guess!
      Think it will be cold here until the weekend

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  12. I really feel for you over answers that aren't accepted. Are you in touch with your buyers?

    Years ago when we sold our property near Beccles we had a shared driveway and were on mains drainage. The conveyancer kept asking how much we had had to contribute to the driveway - nothing! and wanting details about the septic tank - there wasn't one!
    After going round in circles several times we spoke directly to the buyers who promptly told their conveyancer to move along.

    We'd had the same problem when moving to the house when our conveyancer wouldn't accept an answer from the seller. When they told us what the (non) issue was we had to tell them to leave it.

    Sometimes these people get obsessed with nothing and have to be reeled in. Of course other times they missed the obvious so you can't win. Oh the joys (or not) of moving....

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    1. No not in touch with the buyers. It's not advised nowadays. Hopefully this time it will be OK

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  13. Your photos are lovely, doesn't snow make everything seem magical.

    And yep, we are having the same repeated questions about the septic tank. We have the kind that has a soakaway system and never gets emptied and at first they just could not get their heads around this, and we have had to supply all the answers and certification twice, plus answered numerous emails about it.

    As Jane said sometimes it's easiest to get into a conversation with the people that are actually buying the house (or selling the house), once you speak face to face with 'normal' folk a lot of problems go away and a lot of the solicitors bills get reduced.

    It's highlighted to me how easy the purchase of our new flat was, literally everything was dealt with and no estate agents involved. That might be my next move ... if I ever move again.

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    1. Thats the problem with the answers to questions about the septic tank here. No one understands the soakaway system and no one understands the solar thermal panels either!

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  14. Crikey thats a lot of snow. Snowing here but not too thick yet, thankfully. How annoying the constant repeated questions must be. Let's hope the threat gets things moving.

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    1. I'm sure doing everything by email doesn't help

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  15. You have a beautiful snow and quite a bit of it! I'm glad you don't have to go out today. Sorry about the frustrations with the sale. Hopefully they will get sorted very soon and you will have a sunny and dry moving day!

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  16. Nice snow photos. Cool!❄⛄we may be getting snow this week. Its to be near freezing on Friday. Will see! I hope your plan on moving does happen and questions answered soon. It was nice of u to share what Colin did at his work years ago. Hugs and prayers. 💜

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  17. That's impressive snow. I like drifts.
    When my mother-in-law sold hers, the buyer's solicitor kept asking about the air conditioning unit. They wouldn't accept that there was no air conditioning unit. My theory is that the database that records improvements under building regs had it down under the wrong property. They stopped asking in the end. They are only asking to cover their own backs.

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    1. Yes the covering their own backs is the thing. Hope all will be OK this time

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  18. Your photos are beautiful! We never get snow so I’m very envious. On the other hand, our houses are not designed to insulate those extremes, so I should watch what I wish for!!

    I wonder if finding a link to “solar panels, what are they, a guide for dummies” and a similar one to soak away septic tanks might help! A can feel your frustration. Good luck resolving it.

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    1. Very frustrating but hopeful for it being sorted this time

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  19. Yes that will shake things up.. the paper work hit me this morning, I can't remember having to prove it was me before, have I forgotten? I must admit I do wonder how we all cope with the pre-moving stuff! Our move is exciting but a bit scary too, its a lot smaller than here altho the main living room is a really good size. Lots to do there, but we'll cope and just supervise work men!
    I am sure you will sort it Sue as you've done this a few times already, just a pain when it seems to be never ending,

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    1. Hope you have an easier time proving who you are than I did. You will be OK if you have a photocopier

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  20. You've had a lot more snow than us. It had all gone by lunchtime. Arilx

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    1. It's still here 3 days later and not going yet

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  21. You did get a great deal of snow.

    How absolutely frustrating for you to have to answer the same questions over and over. Hopefully this is the last time.

    God bless.

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    1. I hope it's the last time answering questions too

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  22. Good gravy. What a nightmare this house sale is turning out to be. I'm sorry. It's a sickening feeling. I remember it.

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  23. That is some dumping of snow that you had there. I hope it has melted before you move (and that things in that department start moving too!). Take care :) xx

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    1. It will be gone by the weekend! Snow here only stays a few days.

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    2. Hope Rachel is right but it's not going yet still very cold. Hope it goes soon as I cant get out of my driveway

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    3. I can't get out of mine either! A few more showers and then it should start disappearing on Friday/Saturday.

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