Snow!

Been having some fun times in the snow that's fallen since sunday morning! Had to spend Saturday Christmas shopping as I've left things late as usual. Sunday morning we woke up to heavy snow, which just kept on falling. It was obvious that going anywhere in the car was a bad idea, so we headed out mid-morning up towards Whin Rigg to see what the tops were like.

Walking up through the Japanese Gardens was beautiful, all the bamboo and rhododendrons covered in a good inch or two of snow. Snow showers kept coming cross, and as we reached the top of the forest on Irton fell, we also found the wind. Seeing we we've been up Whin Rigg many times in much better conditions, and in some as bad, we decided not to bother. Spin drift and strong winds didn't appeal, so we descended down into Latterbarrow forest and the road near Nether Wasdale, making a snow troll in the woods at the bridge.

We then walked back via paths and the road (only passable with 4x4's). The sun came out towards the end of the walk, for a brief respite before more snow showers. Its the most snow we've had since we moved here, and certainly makes it all feel much more christmasy!

We were both supposed to be at work today, and left a little late on our bikes to see if we could get in. There was certainly no way we would get out with the car, so tried with the ice spike tyres. P got further than me along the road, before realising that it was pretty pointless. The tyres were great where it was icy, but a lot of the road was also slightly slushy frozen deep snow, which they didn't cope with. It made riding very difficult, and with just over 4 miles to the main road, it was too far to go. So a day off - again due to the weather.

We headed out for a walk up the valley by the river to Boot, and then back over the tops past Blea Tarn. A very black and white landscape.