Quote Originally Posted by Tussockface View Post
I took the up/conduit route and it felt like the better route. I never caught sight again of the group that took the 'down' option just ahead of me; I don't know if this means their route was much faster or much slower. Unhelpfully for this thread, all I can say is that it was one or the other, but the difference was significant!
The snow started just as I was coming off the moor. The flakes were tiny and light but also hard; they made a tinkling sound as they fell....which was nice.
I was very conscious of carrying an injury but at least it didn't seem to get any worse so I kept going and made it round in just over four and a half hours, a few minutes behind Socks who, having been nowhere in sight, unexpectedly shot out of a ginnel just before Otley Road and quickly disappeared into the distance.
Well, I followed an Ilkley Harrier over the up/conduit route and agree that it felt the better route, but I suppose it's all arbitrary now It started snowing as I was going through Menston and I was aware of the snow making that tinkling sound, a bit odd wasn't? I think it was because the air temperature was so cold, the flakes that fell later weren't doing it!

On the whole, I think I got away with it. I had my leg well strapped-up yesterday (tib. posterior tendon) and it was put on ice as soon as I got in. It doesn't feel any worse than before this morning, I must be on the mend!! :thumbup: