Lincoln Christmas Market - Sunday Cancelled

Know this isn’t Sheffield but a lot of people travel to it from

this area

http://www.lincoln-christmasmarket.co.uk/

Stay safe every body

not only do I feel sorry for all the public who was going to be attending, I also fell sorry for all the venders who will be losing a days trading as events like this are not cheap to attend. let hope the weather forcast is right after all this

So hardly any snow and a wasted trip down. Not happy but I bet the traders are even more unhappy

Snow at Christmas, who'd have thunk it....

Snow at Christmas, who'd have thunk it....

Health and safety gone made. People have the option of no going, but the traders are already there.

Health and safety gone made. People have the option of no going, but the traders are already there.

it's not health and safety gone mad at all.

some people think putting your head in a microwave filled with polyfilla is a sensible thing to do, so someone would have tried to travel, probably totally unprepared for the conditions and either killed or injured themselves or, worse, someone else. Either way the lives of emergency service workers would have been put at risk while recovering them and resources wasted which would be better expended elsewhere.

lincolnshire, is a rural county and most of the roads are dangerous to people who know them under these conditions let alone outsiders looking for a jolly jaunt.

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Snow at Christmas, who'd have thunk it....

actually, significant snow at this time of year is quite rare.

it's not health and safety gone mad at all.

 

some people think putting your head in a microwave filled with polyfilla is a sensible thing to do, so someone would have tried to travel, probably totally unprepared for the conditions and either killed or injured themselves or, worse, someone else. Either way the lives of emergency service workers would have been put at risk while recovering them and resources wasted which would be better expended elsewhere.

 

lincolnshire, is a rural county and most of the roads are dangerous to people who know them under these conditions let alone outsiders looking for a jolly jaunt

People can make a personal choice, if they wish to travel from rural Lincolnshire to visit the market. People will have travelled from all over the country and booked hotel rooms in the hope of seeing the market today. People will have travelled to Lincoln today and visited the shops, which will still be open in Lincoln today. Do you really think out door events are cancelled in Alpine countries because of the forecast of heavy snow?

People can make a personal choice, if they wish to travel from rural Lincolnshire to visit the market. People will have travelled from all over the country and booked hotel rooms in the hope of seeing the market today. People will have travelled to Lincoln today and visited the shops, which will still be open in Lincoln today. Do you really think out door events are cancelled in Alpine countries because of the forecast of heavy snow?

people can make a personal choice and some will make the wrong choice which will put them and others in danger.

I imagine that Alpine countries would cancel outdoor events if heavy snow was forecast, the risks to all and sundry would be that much higher. of course, they may not consider what we call heavy snow to be heavy snow but then they live with snowy conditions day in day out whereas we only encounter them, at most, a couple of times a year

people can make a personal choice and some will make the wrong choice which will put them and others in danger.

 

I imagine that Alpine countries would cancel outdoor events if heavy snow was forecast, the risks to all and sundry would be that much higher. of course, they may not consider what we call heavy snow to be heavy snow but then they live with snowy conditions day in day out whereas we only encounter them, at most, a couple of times a year

There was no snow in Lincoln yesterday. The decision to cancel made national news. Lincoln council have been labelled a laughing stock.

There was no snow in Lincoln yesterday. The decision to cancel made national news. Lincoln council have been labelled a laughing stock.

Well, it got Sheffield off the front page

There was no snow in Lincoln yesterday. The decision to cancel made national news. Lincoln council have been labelled a laughing stock.

So what? Those making them out as laughing stock should be ashamed of themselves.

Never mind merely the weather IN Lincoln, what about all the thousands of people who would have travelled to it from many different areas.

When the Met Office are posting severe weather warnings and national motoring organisations are saying to only travel if absolutely necessary what exactly are the event organisers supposed to do. Just sit back and stick their fingers in their ears?

Yes, we in Sheffield may have got off rather lightly from the predicted forecast but many other parts of the country didn't.

Why the hell would the already stretched emergency services want a major event likely to put thousands of extra vehicles on the road taking place on a day like that.

Why should the traders be forced to set up and travel themselves in potentially hazardous conditions to an event where footfall could be hugely down due to adverse weather.

Some people need to look at the bigger picture.

So what? Those making them out as laughing stock should be ashamed of themselves.

 

Never mind merely the weather IN Lincoln, what about all the thousands of people who would have travelled to it from many different areas.

 

When the Met Office are posting severe weather warnings and national motoring organisations are saying to only travel if absolutely necessary what exactly are the event organisers supposed to do. Just sit back and stick their fingers in their ears?

 

Yes, we in Sheffield may have got off rather lightly from the predicted forecast but many other parts of the country didn't.

 

Why the hell would the already stretched emergency services want a major event likely to put thousands of extra vehicles on the road taking place on a day like that.

 

Why should the traders be forced to set up and travel themselves in potentially hazardous conditions to an event where footfall could be hugely down due to adverse weather.

 

Some people need to look at the bigger picture.

The likes of you are making the country a laughing stock.