Three Peaks Fell Race

[anthonykay]

Well? What fell shoes should I wear then?

The ones with crampons.

Yesterday the weather forecaster (on Channel 4, if I remember rightly) was reminding us of the late-April snowstorm of 1981, although he didn't mention that one of its consequences was the cancellation of the Three Peaks race that year (which was then re-scheduled for October).