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The King and Queen visited Dedham in Colchester

Posted by Karen on February 5, 2026, 1:05 pm

We are having absolutel rubbish weather at the moment in the UK. The sun hasn't been seen in days.

Essex Police posted this delightful video

Posted by Karen on February 5, 2026, 1:08 pm, in reply to "The King and Queen visited Dedham in Colchester"

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Posted by Candace on February 5, 2026, 6:29 pm, in reply to "The King and Queen visited Dedham in Colchester"

I hear that, Karen. We've had an ice storm followed the next week by a snowstorm and Arctic temperatures. Had about 5 inches at my house around 50 miles north of downtown Atlanta GA. Very unusual for us.The only good thing from it was we didn't lose our heat. Am ready for beach weather. Hope yours gets better too!

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Posted by Hollie24 on February 5, 2026, 7:13 pm, in reply to "Re: The King and Queen visited Dedham in Colchester"

I have friends in Atlanta, Madison, and Athens who got hit, too. Five inches of snow is enough to shut Georgia down. I lived in Athens for ten years (Go Dawgs!) and I don;t recall ever getting that much snow. Here in Colorado we are begging for the white stuff. Our snowpack in the mountains is less than fifty percent of normal. If we don't get snow, then we're looking at a horrendous drought in both sides of the Divide.

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Posted by Martha on February 5, 2026, 10:30 pm, in reply to "Re: The King and Queen visited Dedham in Colchester"

Your winter has been in our yard again, and it left 6 - 8 inches of snow and below freezing temperatures for the last two weeks.

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Posted by Hollie24 on February 6, 2026, 12:09 am, in reply to "Re: The King and Queen visited Dedham in Colchester"

Send it our way, please.

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Posted by Candace on February 5, 2026, 11:57 pm, in reply to "Re: The King and Queen visited Dedham in Colchester"

Born and raised in the Atlanta metro area. When we get any type of winter wet stuff it's usually ice. Any "snow" we get is normally light with an underlay of ice. That's what shuts metro Atlanta down. In the "blizzard of 1974, we had zero power and heat for a week. My Mom, Dad and I "lived" in the combination Family room/kitchen for a week. There was a big fireplace there and we had a gas grill on the patio.. We had another one in the mid 80s..it took my then husband 10 hours to get home from the downtown area. The five inches of snow we had last week was truly snow. I don't drive on snow and or ice. I have 1 car and 1 life. I'd like to keep both intact.

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Posted by Karen on February 6, 2026, 8:30 am, in reply to "Re: The King and Queen visited Dedham in Colchester"

My Aunt in Athens GA, had all her family visiting (first time in a long while that all 6 of my cousins and their families were together). They were snow bound and had a great few extra days together.

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Posted by Hollie24 on February 6, 2026, 10:35 am, in reply to "Re: The King and Queen visited Dedham in Colchester"

I'm glad they had extra time together. Silver linings and all that!

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Posted by Arlene on February 6, 2026, 6:42 pm, in reply to "Re: The King and Queen visited Dedham in Colchester"

We had to drive through that from Virginia to Florida. We had about 8" covered by 2" ice. Took two days to dig us out then we left for Florida (business, not pleasure) It was terrible. And cold, cold, cold in Florida. And while we were away, our house sitter informed us that we were out of propane--six weeks after a full 500 gal tank was delivered. Tells you how cold it was. Spent 1 1/2 hours on hold before finally reaching our propane company. We were expedited because we have an auto fill contract with them. Still took three days to get propane. Meanwhile, our poor house sitter had no heat, no hot water, and no way to cook. Finally got filled last night. And we will be home tomorrow. Spending the night in Georgia!

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Posted by Hollie24 on February 5, 2026, 7:15 pm, in reply to "The King and Queen visited Dedham in Colchester"

I stayed in Colchester for a few days 20+ years ago. The people were very nice. Charles and Camilla are clearly enjoying themselves.

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