Kettlewell.
Cam Gill Beck, Kettlewell.
River Wharfe, Langsrothdale.
Carved stone, Oughtershaw, Langsrothdale.
Kettlewell.
Cam Gill Beck, Kettlewell.
River Wharfe, Langsrothdale.
Carved stone, Oughtershaw, Langsrothdale.
Just had a great weekend in the Lakes. The snow seems to have hit the SE Lakes mainly, & we've been staying at the chalets at Hartsop, just north of the Kirkstone Pass. We (family) arrived at about 5:30 on Friday, after an abortive stop at Pete Bland's looking for new fell shoes. I ran up Gray Crag by headtorch, & the snow was great running up the north ridge - or rather running down as it's much too steep to run up, for me anyway. A bit of ice on the track above Hartsop, but no ice on the hill itself. Yesterday 4 of us drove over the pass to Troutbeck, parked up & walked all day, over Wansfell, Troutbeck Tongue, Sallows & Sour Howes. When we started, little of it had snow on, but in the end we had about 4 inches fall on us, without the wind that was driving friends off the higher fells further north. It was a great day in the hills. We got down to the road at Troutbeck expecting the pass to be shut, & to have to drive round the long way, but the road was so bad there was no escape from Troutbeck without a 4x4, even down the valley. We begged a lift two of us, including my daughter (14) from a 4x4 driving round to Ullswater via the M6, & two of us walked across the pass in the dark in the snow, trying to leave mobile phone messages once we were high enough up. We got back to Hartsop about 9, the others turned up shortly afterwards, then I ran back across the pass this morning to get the car, meeting the gritter on the way. I drove back the long way round! Another victory for microspikes: wore them all day yesterday & across the pass this morning. Best thing I've bought for years (the Splatchette had a pair too)
Snowing in Nottingham... Need to escape quickly! :w00t:
Coming down hard and horizontal at wessenden head. Oldham mrt just set offbup Black Hill to a call out in bad conditipns. Hats off to them for.keeping a watch in all weathers.
I was just about to post something similar, Sleating here and turning to snowOriginally Posted by Rodders
Even turning to snow here in West Leeds after a morning of rain.
Snow down to 300-400m on the Lakeland fells.
Sub- zero and snow over Oxenhope moor. Bet the Heptonstall recce is fun....
A bit nippy on Brown Knoll today...Attachment 5805Attachment 5808Attachment 5807Attachment 5806
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