Snow??

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Originally Posted by noel

It's all drifts here. We've probably had about 4 inches of snow overall.

On the open fields it's only about half an inch thick. But next to the walls it about 4 feet deep. Amazing. I'll try to get some photos.

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Same here Noel. Brief outing with snowboard proved pointless. Where I wanted the snow (on ridges and either side) there was half an inch and where I didn't want it (in the low lying gulleys) there is loads. We can't even get a decent day of winter sports in when it snows.

Darn these Siberian winds. The Russians are responsible for alot more than just Cyprus.
They'll be cutting off our gas imports soon, that's if the Norwegians and Qataris dont beat them to it.
Our indeginous gas storage stocks are down to <2 days emergency supply, unprecedented for 'Spring'.

Out and about in the Dales today, got to the Queen's Head in Littondale through some seriously big drifts only to find it shut. Took the top road out of the dale, got beached on drifts twice only to be scuttled by one the size of a shed in the last 1/4 mile; would have got a pic but the powder was like sand on your face. Had to take the bottom road out through the drift that was blocking the road earlier, it had grown a bit since i last saw it and some 4x4ers and i had to dig our way out. By the morning Littondale will be completely cut off until a plow arrives.

North Lane near Timble
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Greenhow Hill Road heading up to Stonehouses
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Greenhow Hill looking to Duck Street Quarry. Shortly after this was taken the biggest snow plow i've ever seen loomed out of the powder with strobe lights flashing. It was no glorified gritter, it was based on some sort of Scammel-like HGV and had a huge V-shaped blade on the front which was taller than my car.
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Craven Cross, Greenhow
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The wind was sculpting some great features
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Dibb Valley at Dibble's Bridge
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B6265 at Rylstone
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Another iceberg-like drift
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Lunch with my mother almost but not quite snowed off :sneaky: Pfft. Just a little more snow over night was all we needed!

No snow here today

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Need to clean the pool later

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Originally Posted by shaunaneto

No snow here today

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Need to clean the pool later

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Very nice :D

A bit of human snowboarding today when I was out for a run. Not had that much fun in snow for ages :thumbup:

We had an amazing run up to Stoodley Pike today. Nearly got blown off at the top, and then had to give up on our planned route back as all the spindrift created a whiteout on Erringdon Moor. Huge drifts along every wall - and at the entrance to one farmer's yard it had drifted off his pile of bales into a massive 10 or 12 foot drift!. Thank god for fell running or I'd never have gone out there to see it all.
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For what it's worth here was mine and BrentPFRs attempt to "run" up cutgate....

No hope 3 hours to do 4miles. but we had fun along the way...
Enjoy
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