Weather in Greystones

lakeroad

Working in Dublin at the moment and just wondering what the weather's like in Greystones. Should I head home early?

pixbyjohn

This was taken at approx 14.30 hrs.

pixbyjohn

Roads should be ok if it doesn't freeze later

lakeroad

Thanks for that. Will leave it for hour or two before heading.

girl24

I don't know how long it will take to get home though, im in sandyford now and I can see out the window from work that its chaos, its been a mass exodus of cars since lunch time and the traffic is just not moving. I believe the m50 is pretty slow aswell.

Pepinot

I would get on the road now as it took me over an hour to get home from Bray!!! Dont go the Coast Road stick on the motorway

Best of luck

Apip99

Hi Guys and girls,

How are things now? I have to get from Monks town to Delgany.

Thanks,

Apip

pixbyjohn

Main roads are fine, bit slushy but traffic is very heavy.
Safe driving all.

pixbyjohn

Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

DubOnHoliday

anyone know how the Kilcoole to Greystones road is? I have to drop into Tesco later on.

pixbyjohn

The main roads around Greystones are usable but be careful.

NarkyBoots

Guys leave now if you still can.

Took 2 hours at 2pm to get from Ballinteer home to Eden Gate.

Watch out for BMW drivers - rear wheel drive fishtailing all over the shop.

It's getting very cold out there and some of the slow lanes on the N11 were icy at 3pm today.

Waternews

I second NarkyBoots.
Left Sandyford at 1.15pm with vans and cars sliding all over the place.
M50 and N11 never got above 40kph and a real mess.
Got home 2 hours later.

Delgany is almost impassable - or certainly was at 2.30ish this afternoon.

Did see a gritter on the N11 near Glen of the Downs though (northbound)

Good luck!

joctcl

AA Roadwatch 16:55
**AVOID UNNECESSARY JOURNEYS IN DUBLIN/ WICKLOW/ WEXFORD/KILDARE/KILKENNY/CARLOW/ FOLLOWING SNOW AND HAIL SHOWERS** You are advised to use Trains instead of roads for travel. *LEINSTER* *WICKLOW/WEXFORD* • Long delays in Shankhill, Bray, Greystones due to the ice and snow. Heavy snow around Enniskerry, Greystones, Ashford and Arklow. Traffic is at a standstill at Southern Cross and also Windgate is impassable. • Take exit 11 off N11 Greystones/Kilcoole to exit for Greystones. • 2km tailbacks on the N11 southbound from the Balinameesda Bends. •

Cheeky Chops

I had to abandon my car earlier (lunchtime when the big snowfall came in) and was lucky to be rescued. The slip road from the N11 was lethal. Zero grip. I don't know how I didn't hit the wall when I came off the road.

The gritters came out after 3 thank goodness.

Safe journey all.

Hiya..i left Greystones at 3.15 it took me about half an hour to get to the southrencros ...on the other side of the road heading to Greystones there were lots of abandoned cars at the top of Windgates hill ..i though the road wasn't too bad as long as you were diving very slowly and carefully..but i think you maybe be better going home by the N11

ciaran67

N11 very slow south. Bray is a total nightmare. The roads are like ice rinks, much more iced over than Greystones. I came off at Delgany - Glen Road is slushy.

cavemeister

Took me the best part of 2 and a half hours to get home from Blackrock. The tailback for the greystones exit off the N11 was back as far as the glenview... Nightmare for them... not me. I will let you in on a secret.

People not from the area might not know that if there are very bad tailbacks getting off the N11 again, skip the turnoff and take the next one (kilquade) follow the road all the way to the T junction (1.5 Km), swing a left and follow the road for 1km, the next T junction is the roundabout for charlesland!! It can be slippy but go slow and you will be fine

DubOnHoliday

Roads in Kilcoole are drivable, some cars having trouble getting up the hill in mainstreet, I wouldn't even attempt the Lott ln hill.

bloggj

3 hours from City Centre to Gstones.......on train! Diesel broke down at
Syd Parade and resulted in hour wait for most in Bray.:mad:
In fairness it was lucky the trains were going it was most peoples saviour for getting home!

Jammyc

bloggj wrote: »

3 hours from City Centre to Gstones.......on train! Diesel broke down at
Syd Parade and resulted in hour wait for most in Bray.:mad:
In fairness it was lucky the trains were going it was most peoples saviour for getting home!

Exact same here, I was in Dun Laoghaire at the time!

d'Oracle

cavemeister wrote: »

Took me the best part of 2 and a half hours to get home from Blackrock. The tailback for the greystones exit off the N11 was back as far as the glenview... Nightmare for them... not me. I will let you in on a secret.

People not from the area might not know that if there are very bad tailbacks getting off the N11 again, skip the turnoff and take the next one (kilquade) follow the road all the way to the T junction (1.5 Km), swing a left and follow the road for 1km, the next T junction is the roundabout for charlesland!! It can be slippy but go slow and you will be fine

Given that there is about 3 days Ice that will easily be worse than Greystones...

MiniGolf

cavemeister wrote: »

People not from the area might not know that if there are very bad tailbacks getting off the N11 again, skip the turnoff and take the next one (kilquade) follow the road all the way to the T junction (1.5 Km), swing a left and follow the road for 1km, the next T junction is the roundabout for charlesland!! It can be slippy but go slow and you will be fine

A safer option would be to go to the Newtown exit, under the flyover, back on to the N11 northbound and then take the exit for Greystones:D:D.
Quicker too I would guess!

danjo

bloggj wrote: »

3 hours from City Centre to Gstones.......on train! Diesel broke down at
Syd Parade and resulted in hour wait for most in Bray.:mad:
In fairness it was lucky the trains were going it was most peoples saviour for getting home!

I was stuck at Sydney Parade. I think it was the Greystones Dart that stopped and blocked the southern line. They eventually got it going again after a long delay.
I agree it was saviour as the buses were off at that time though I did see an Aircoach pass thyrough the level crossing.

Whippersnapper

I got the Dart to Bray at Sydney Parade around 4.45pm. There was a Greystones one due right after. Is that the one that was delayed?

jobless

windgates still impassable this morning.... n11 still iced over.... doesnt look like i'll be getting to dublin...

has anyone been that way direction this morning?...early i know

mikedragon32

184 and 84x aren't running (at least via Charlesland) and I heard the Winggates is impassable. If you're taking the shuttle to the station, my top tip is to head towards the Crescent as it's full by the time it gets to the superquinn roundabout.

jaffa20

jobless wrote: »

windgates still impassable this morning.... n11 still iced over.... doesnt look like i'll be getting to dublin...

has anyone been that way direction this morning?...early i know

Surely they gritted it last night? I have to go to work now.:(

jobless

aa jst on the radio, its passable now

LEIN

Charlesland to M11 bray is lethal.

Clears up then, M11 split from M50 bad and remains bad to Cornelscourt. Deansgrange to Rockroad very bad. Strand road to Tara street ok. Dublin 1 is an ice rink with 2cm of ice everywhere.

Thats my trip to work.

Had a few hairy moments. Me and car still in one piece!

Keep safe people!

eigrod

8am and 8.30am DARTs were cancelled. Last announcement at station was one would leave at 8.50am.

future_plans

Greystones to N11 still pretty icey. N11 junction to M11, outside lane unusable (an hour ago anyway) - Not gritted. Council need to explain why one of the busiest roads in the country hasn't been fully gritted. Once your on the M11, its ok to the M11/M50 slip. Thought Stillorgan dual-carriageway seemed alright. Just move slow. Unbelievable as it seems, but there are still some pr*cks flying up the outside lanes overtaking and lane jumping. They could kill somebody yet.

ciaran67

Damo9090 wrote: »

Charlesland to M11 bray is lethal.

Clears up then, M11 split from M50 bad and remains bad to Cornelscourt. Deansgrange to Rockroad very bad. Strand road to Tara street ok. Dublin 1 is an ice rink with 2cm of ice everywhere.

Thats my trip to work.

Had a few hairy moments. Me and car still in one piece!

Keep safe people!

Dart was very busy. Just dropped my wife down. Main roads seem driveable. I passed the gritter. Why does the gritter always seem to be on the other side of the road when you're driving?

jobless

i went the way of windgates this morning... passable but take it easy... there are abandoned cars on the road there.... a couple in the lane coming from bray.... once i got to the n11 from the southern cross it was fine... very surprised how empty the n11 was.... glad i left late

DubOnHoliday

Is the Charlesland dual carraigeway ok? Had a white van man sliding backwards towards me on the kilcoole sea road to main st turn, luckily Id stopped well behind him!

jobless

future_plans wrote: »

Greystones to N11 still pretty icey. N11 junction to M11, outside lane unusable (an hour ago anyway) - Not gritted. Council need to explain why one of the busiest roads in the country hasn't been fully gritted. Once your on the M11, its ok to the M11/M50 slip. Thought Stillorgan dual-carriageway seemed alright. Just move slow. Unbelievable as it seems, but there are still some pr*cks flying up the outside lanes overtaking and lane jumping. They could kill somebody yet.

yeah its really frustrating..... some people a completely clueless.... tailgated on a hill yesterday by a guy..... felt like getting out a tearing him a new one!

ciaran67

jobless wrote: »

i went the way of windgates this morning... passable but take it easy... there are abandoned cars on the road there.... a couple in the lane coming from bray.... once i got to the n11 from the southern cross it was fine... very surprised how empty the n11 was.... glad i left late

The roundabout there at the end of S Cross Rd going onto the N11 last night was mental. Getting my van down Killarney Rd was pure Torvill and Dean.

eigrod

ciaran67 wrote: »

Dart was very busy. Just dropped my wife down.

Yeah because there was no DART after the diesel left at 7.55 until some time near 9am.

jobless

yeah i heard that....
i feel sorry for the poor buggers who had to abandon their cars at windgates and wlk the rest of the way.... luckily i heard it was shut before i went that way...

ciaran67

eigrod wrote: »

Yeah because there was no DART after the diesel left at 7.55 until some time near 9am.

Pablo Sanchez

Is the 184 running today?? there is no mention on the DB site.

bloggj

184 only going to bray station i was told when called customer services.
84 x did not go either. would not say it will today

future_plans

What are conditions en route and in Greystones now? Starting that think about my drive home. Freezing fog here in town now.

NarkyBoots

future_plans wrote: »

What are conditions en route and in Greystones now? Starting that think about my drive home. Freezing fog here in town now.

Hey,
Husband just drove home there now from near Dun Laoghaire. Says roads fine except for right hand lane in Glen of the Downs.

Slip road off N11 to Charlesland also fine.

-2 though with the sun still out.... :eek:

LEIN

Still lots of ice out there but not as bad as this morning. Traffic was great also!

Alun

Did the Bray Greystones run over Windgates this afternoon at about 2pm with no problem at all. There was a bit of slush, mainly on the northbound side (I guess that had had less traffic at that stage). The only slightly dodgy bit was the last bend before coming down towards the roundabout at the Bray end, and the left hand lane approaching the roundabout, but everything else was clear as far as I could see.

Lots of abandoned cars from last night still outside the Golf Club at the Bray end, and outside the cemetery at the Greystones end.

cotton

It took me nearly 4 hours to get from Dun Laoghaire to Greystones yesterday, nightmare. I went up Windgates hill, I had to as I live on it, it was almost impassable just before 6pm unless you had 4 wheel drive, the abandoned cars blocking the road didn't help either.
Just a word of warning, I went up the drive for a look a while back & it's pure glass, worse than yesterday, they're not gritting it again tonight so it'll be in a right state in the morning.

Mullie

We just had a very heavy snow shower in Greystones. Prob somewhere between 1 and 2 cm. Looks like another day of mayhem on the roads.

DK32

Yep the roads are going to be pretty bad considering the ground was very icy before the snow fell. Now that the ice is covered over it makes driving conditions even more unpredictable. Take care on the roads people and be conscious that the schools/playschools are shut and lots of kids will be out playing in the snow.

Huntthe

Ballyronan rd impassable without a jeep again.

DK32

Was just down the village & sea front and it doesn't look like anywhere was gritted during the night. The village road is not too bad but still slippy. The road back up to Charlesland from the village is bad.