Floundering around in knee deep stuff around Kinder Low, Edale Rocks last night. Made for quite slow going! It was a fantastic evening though, with the crescent moon and Venus shining brightly just next to it.
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Floundering around in knee deep stuff around Kinder Low, Edale Rocks last night. Made for quite slow going! It was a fantastic evening though, with the crescent moon and Venus shining brightly just next to it.
Had a live report from Shrewsbury that it's snowing... they seemed to think it was settling in, and could make the Long Mynd Valleys interesting on sunday…
Snow might be good leveller for the LMVs. Might even get within half an hour of you, Pete!
Looking like it will be a bit breezy too.
A quick glance through past results shows that we were 20mins apart in 2018.... although I’m pushing for sub 2:10 this year (snow/wind dependent of course)!Quote:
Originally Posted by PeteS
Ah yes, 2018. I fell over at the top of Minton Batch and the resulting bruises meant the climb up Yearlet was even more agony than normal. Anyways, I reckon you must be fitter than then given your one man upkeep of the training thread whereas sadly, I'm going in the opposite direction. I would definitely take a 20 minute deficit on Sunday!
Dusting of snow on Crossfell today and on the drive over I could see some on the tops of Wildboar Fell and the north side of The Nine Standards.
"I'm dreamin' of a White Christmas..."
Although the car said 9c a little while ago, it's very clear and feels much colder... i'm sure now it's dark it will be quite cold tonight.
Will be searching out a pair of Tracksters for tonight's session...
There is snow on the Langdales as well (spotted on this mornings run) 😁
Gritters out here this afternoon.
Best bike to be put away until spring.
bit of a dusting o Pen y Fan and the Beacons this morning. Colder here, too, but still shorts weather :)
Show off! Or are they the Stanley Matthews type? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave_Mole
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ha! NO! They're "was that bloke wearing any shorts?" short shorts :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
Looks like we are in for some snow overnight and tomorrow. It was a bit wintery on Fairfield today. Maximum temperature tomorrow forecast to be 3 degrees; feeling like minus 12 at 750 metres.
We have a club internal cross-country handicap on saturday... would be fantastic if there was snow to add to the conditions!
First snow on Penyghent at just before the crack of dawn this morning :)
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Those damned irresponsible fell runners, risking their lives going up the mountains in the dark in the snow . . .;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fellbeast
What time is dawn by the way?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fellbeast
Around 9am?
Haha I’m guessing I was at the top at about 7:15 am Graham. According to my met office weather app, sun rise today was at 8:11 amQuote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
I don't think dawn has a defined time but it is well before sunrise, which does!Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Three to four inches of snow on top of Wansfell Pike.
"heavy snow" here according to the met office this morning.
Not a sausage.
Got snowed on running over the Roaches trig today, but surprisingly wasn't too unpleasant!
It was well deep on my ascent of Buckden Pike from Starbotton this morning, Too deep to run through. Loved it. and hardly any people. Don't tell the lockdown police.
Plenty of snow on Fairfield - probably about a foot on average, much deeper in the drifts. Lots have been over the top so compressed/icy/runnable in many places if you have decent traction. I had to stay away from several short cuts as they were too steep and dangerous to attempt. So different from mid-week.
Heard that there's been a fair coating on the South Wales mountains this weekend...
We had a score event on Kinder on Saturday - I spent most of the 4 hours wading through knee-deep snow! Good fun though.
Nothing here but some on the Beacons a few miles away.
Wet snow at about 500m - cloud level - in North Pennines today, with a brisk northerly wind. Forecast looks grand for a very cool but dry day out on t'tops for a Christmas Eve jaunt tomorrow. Yeaaah!
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/1...rtside/?ref=ar
New snow overnight - craning in different directions from different windows we get glimpses of Todd's Crag, Wansfell Pike, and Wetherlam - none on the first, a sprinkling on the second, and rather more on the third, so that gives you an idea of the snow line.
I was out this afternoon on Scout Scar at dusk and all the southern / western fells were covered in slate grey clouds which should mean a good dump overnight 😁
Snowy here in the western Peak today. About an inch. Some people sledging.
More forecast tomorrow. We're hoping to get out as a family, but have only one sledge. I think we'll be resorting to plastic bags.
How long does it take to get from the summit of Shutlingsloe down to the road on a plastic bag?Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
Good idea. Not very long. I know the family who used to live at Shutlingsloe farm, apparently during those few snowy winters, their son would sledge down to the car at the road as the start of the school run.Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonykay
We've had a dollop overnight :)
It has even reached the lowlands of Leicestershire. Still falling, but not as heavily as earlier.
Edit: About two minutes after I posted (when it looked as if the snow had just about stopped), the snow is coming down heavier than at any time since I woke up.
About 3" overnight so far and it's still falling consistently. Light wind so little drifting.
No snow in Loughborough at any time during the three Winter months (Dec/Jan/Feb); but we had snow in November, and now we have had snow in March.
So, having spent a few days in Scotland amidst dire warnings of snow "10 cm or more", when no more than a dusting of the tops appeared, I returned home to the North Pennines on Thursday to "Tier 3 warnings" and claims of "unprecedented low temperature for this time of the year" plus "heavy snow from 16:00 hrs on Thursday". Again, just a few paltry flakes and a heavy persistent frost `(kind of what you'd expect in December!).
I wonder, when did our weather forecast adopt such dramatic hyperbole? Click-bait? Sensationalist media inflation? WTF!
There is about an inch of snow on the ground here in Ambleside this morning. No doubt there is more higher up. Today's outing will be interesting.
Make that half an inch.