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[Granca]

would be the same.
Terrified of slipping and injuring my hip and have been for years.

Me too - and becoming more and more aware of the dangers. Please all take a (switched on) mobile phone with you if you go outside. Last Thursday my nextdoor neighbour was found in her garden, having fallen. Her friends rang my doorbell in the afternoon, having had no reply to phone calls to her landline that morning or afternoon, or the previous afternoon. I then tried phoning too and got no reply, but have a key and suggested we went in if they were worried but they thought we shouldn’t. Her son found her about two hours later and it seems she had fallen the previous day when filling the bird feeder and had been lying there ever since. She wasn’t really conscious and her temperature was 27 when the ambulance crew arrived.

Fortunately she’s making a good recovery in hospital, although not mobile yet. It‘s horrid to think that she must have been there for such a long time - and if it had been below freezing as it is this week it would have been so much worse.

 

[Cath]

Please all take a (switched on) mobile phone with you if you go outside.

Yes, I alway do. Living in a village I can walk the dogs and see no one, but could ring my OH for help if I fell.

 

[Stacia]

@Granca, how distressing for your neighbour, what a dreadful thing to happen. Sometimes, despite mobile phones we can fall in a dead area with no signal.

 

[Jacqui-S]

Your poor neighbour @Granca
Glad to hear she is recovering.

 

[Atemas]

@Granca - your poor neighbour - what a horrible thing to happen….but a story I have heard before happening to other people. Another thing for people to think about is sharing their location with family and friends on their mobile phones. As we both walk alone with Red in the countryside we can see exactly where the other person is. Sometimes if F is a long time and I start to worry, I can see where he is and check a few minutes later to see he is on the move. I stop worrying that he may be have fallen. I know he uses it too if I am a long time out walking

 

[Selina27]

Another thing for people to think about is sharing their location with family and friends on their mobile phones.

This is a good idea, I will look in to downloading this.
I make sure I have my phone with me these days when out walking, my son and daughter have made it clear that I should! Given that I am lucky enough to walk in countryside not on public rights of way no one would find me very quickly should I have an accident, and living alone I wouldn't necessary be missed straightaway!

@Granca - your poor neighbour xx
But bird feeders , I'd like a pound for everyone I nursed who had come a cropper refilling one of those .

 

[HAH]

sharing their location with family and friends on their mobile phones

This is a good idea, we’ve done this with my mum who walks alone all the time and it’s very reassuring. It also means we can surprise her once in a while by popping up unexpectedly!

 

[Selina27]

it’s very reassuring.

Yes, to begin with when they started to insist I felt like it was the beginning of the end and dotage was fast approaching, but I understand that they find it reassuring. I don't want them worrying about me unnecessarily.

 

[Jen]

Thick snow here this morning!

 

[Jacqui-S]

"Wintry showers" here.
Thick rain as we call it.
Going to be lethal if (when) it freezes. Been quite dry up until today.

 

[edzbird]

Wet from above here. Much wet. Very windy.

 

[Candy]

"Wintry showers" here.
Thick rain as we call it.
Going to be lethal if (when) it freezes. Been quite dry up until today.

When I first moved here many years ago as a 'namby pamby Southerner' I remarked on the cold weather one day and was told that it wasn't really cold. 'But it's snowing!' I said, only to be told 'Nay lass, that's nobbut thick rain!'

 

[Candy]

The thick rain turned thinner during our walk thismorning, making it very slippery outside. Joy was a Veryvery Goodgirl and remembered 'Slow in the snow' for me ( I taught her to do this out of sheer necessity when we were visited by The Beast from the East back in 2018) I also dug these out to put on my boots, which helped hugelyso we have made it home safely today, although if it freezes overnight it will be really treacherous tomorrow.

 

[Lab_adore]

We did a tour of Budapest today that involved walking in some snow (yes snow! Such a new thing for me) but I couldn't believe how slippery the ice was to walk in. As the most uncoordinated person in the world it was quite scary (but exhilarating). Also so so cold I echo the idea to make sure you never could be in any way stuck if you fell

 

[Candy]

We did a tour of Budapest today that involved walking in some snow (yes snow! Such a new thing for me) but I couldn't believe how slippery the ice was to walk in. As the most uncoordinated person in the world it was quite scary (but exhilarating). Also so so cold I echo the idea to make sure you never could be in any way stuck if you fell

Amazing to think of snow being a new thing for you!

 

[Selina27]

So as forecast the weather has now become mild and extremely wet. Over 40 mm of rain in my garden gauge since 10 am yesterday and still falling, on top of melted snow fro earlier this week.

 

[Jacqui-S]

Yes, we have thaw/flooding warnings, and when I went shopping yesterday there were loads of flooded bits on the road as well as half of Lidl car park being unusable.

 

[edzbird]

This was the main road from us in the south to the north of the Island yesterday. It's been cleared now (I hope - we may be travelling that way later to shoot!).

It's the Glen Helen section of the TT course, that's the River Neb spilling onto the road.

 

[Candy]

Rapid thaw and heavy rain have brought flooding back to the Calder Valley as well. I've delayed our walk, hoping that the rain might let up a bit, but Joy is squeaking and giving nose nudges,accompanied by hard stares, so I think we're just going to have to go for it!

 

[Cath]

Yes, our lane is flooded. We went for our walk or should I say a muddy swim It was like a river. Fred is still asleep