This unseasonal weather may be a bit of a drag, but it does give one the opportunity for wandering about on the mountain in the snow -- and with crisp powdery snow underfoot, clear skies and no wind, conditions have been perfect for these last 2 days. Actually, it's not unseasonal at all -- when we lived in County Durham, winter always kicked in with the first snowfall in the week of my wife's birthday (23rd November). We had a few days of inconvenience (and often snowdrifts on the Burnhope Road between Stanley and Durham) and then it almost always got warmer again and stayed warmish into the new year, to be followed by a more serious and extended cold snap in January - February. It will be interesting to see if this "classic" winter scenario is followed this year as well.
Anyway, I was up on the mountain yesterday with a nice thermos flask of cocoa. I settled down behind a snow-covered boulder for my refreshment break, and it was fantastic....
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Wish I was there. It would be great...
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