Thursday snow.
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kay
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NW Leeds (airport area) - Four inches overnight and still snowing. A65 is clear but has wide band of snow down the centre. All other roads have snow, though are passable because it's not that cold at the moment. The local school is closed, and the airport has the snowblowers going, but very little evidence of flights.
danthecavingman
Member
Yay!
Sheffield is absolutely covered in the stuff at the minute
Bring it on......
Four / five foot drifts out in the Peak above Winnats!
Roll on the weekend....
Sheffield is absolutely covered in the stuff at the minute
Bring it on......
Four / five foot drifts out in the Peak above Winnats!
Roll on the weekend....
Maisie Syntax
Active member
Pitlamp said:
Hi Pitlamp - You have a PM
Rachel
Active member
Our house is at the top of Stainforth, on the road that goes past Neals Ing, right at the point where the road goes from gently sloping to rather steep. We've had great entertainment today - every time a car goes past the front window and up the hill, we run through to the back door to watch it slide back down again
Pitlamp
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Wednesday morning update (6th); a bit more snow overnight and the odd snow shower this morning. Mind you, as I type I'm looking out of the window at what resembles a blizzard (although this isn't representative of the general weather this morning).
It's just occurred to me that I haven't actually driven anywhere yet this year; I'm lucky in that I can walk to work in about 45 to 60 minutes, depending on the route taken. Looking at the frozen lump of snow outside which has a car somewhere underneath it, it's probably quicker to walk to work than to thaw the motor out. I had planned a couple of days caving in the Peak District this week but having seen the thread in the Derbyshire pages the thought of driving to Castleton isn't very appealing. In fact I might rise to the challenge and see how long it is before I do drive anywhere this year!
It's just occurred to me that I haven't actually driven anywhere yet this year; I'm lucky in that I can walk to work in about 45 to 60 minutes, depending on the route taken. Looking at the frozen lump of snow outside which has a car somewhere underneath it, it's probably quicker to walk to work than to thaw the motor out. I had planned a couple of days caving in the Peak District this week but having seen the thread in the Derbyshire pages the thought of driving to Castleton isn't very appealing. In fact I might rise to the challenge and see how long it is before I do drive anywhere this year!
simon.moorhouse
New member
We have just had a lovely day in Ingleton. Planned to do some caving in Kingsdale - but were warned on arrival at Inglesport that it was impassible. We left the car in Ingleton - at 10am it was a challenge just getting the car up the main street!!
We wandered up the hill and popped into what we thought was a tiny walk-in cave called Storr's cave. We were pleasantly surprised to find a really good little system, a complete mud-bath, it was like crawling around in chocolate mousse!! There are many little tunnels leading off to chokes, and there is evidence of digging... although not as much as i was expecting with it so close to the road!!
The local kids were bewildered to see two mud-monsters wandering around in the snow... but we had sledges with us - so joined them on the death-slide they had made
By the time we got back to the car - the roads were clear as the sky...
Many more snowed in days like this please!
We wandered up the hill and popped into what we thought was a tiny walk-in cave called Storr's cave. We were pleasantly surprised to find a really good little system, a complete mud-bath, it was like crawling around in chocolate mousse!! There are many little tunnels leading off to chokes, and there is evidence of digging... although not as much as i was expecting with it so close to the road!!
The local kids were bewildered to see two mud-monsters wandering around in the snow... but we had sledges with us - so joined them on the death-slide they had made
By the time we got back to the car - the roads were clear as the sky...
Many more snowed in days like this please!
Robert Scott
Member
Dear JohnPitlamp said:
2nd January was a great day for blowhole spotting.
Gordon found one in the next shakehole to the Blea Dubs dig but sadly 50 ft plus higher than we are.
Still, I suppose that I could add it to my list of 37+ dig sites covered by 2 small fields in Yorkshire.
Regards
Robert
Daz_of_caving
New member
simon.moorhouse said:We have just had a lovely day in Ingleton. Planned to do some caving in Kingsdale - but were warned on arrival at Inglesport that it was impassible. We left the car in Ingleton - at 10am it was a challenge just getting the car up the main street!!
We wandered up the hill and popped into what we thought was a tiny walk-in cave called Storr's cave. We were pleasantly surprised to find a really good little system, a complete mud-bath, it was like crawling around in chocolate mousse!! There are many little tunnels leading off to chokes, and there is evidence of digging... although not as much as i was expecting with it so close to the road!!
The local kids were bewildered to see two mud-monsters wandering around in the snow... but we had sledges with us - so joined them on the death-slide they had made
By the time we got back to the car - the roads were clear as the sky...
Many more snowed in days like this please!
This is part of our ongoing hunt at the moment (as alex said) Daz
p.s. PM'd you
alastairgott
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simon.moorhouse said:
i don't know but i think thursdays just around the corner :tease:
Haven't been up there my self, but I was told at the weekend that it was still only accessible by 4x4 or with snow chains. Where I live (about 12 miles due west) it has been thawing since Sunday morning and continues to thaw today, however the extra 300m elevation at BPF may mean little has changed.
