Just enough snow to frustrate my plans to be over on the Mendips today but the (somewhat inappropriately named) Black Mountains were not looking too shabby at sunset. 
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There on my list this year when the weather gets better, I'm around the Mendips how long is the drive?Just enough snow to frustrate my plans to be over on the Mendips today but the (somewhat inappropriately named) Black Mountains were not looking too shabby at sunset.
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Just enough snow to frustrate my plans to be over on the Mendips today but the (somewhat inappropriately named) Black Mountains were not looking too shabby at sunset.
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Black Mountains or Brecon Beacons? I'm not very good at identifying from photos
Black Mountains or Brecon Beacons? I'm not very good at identifying from photos
Black Mountains - Hay Bluff and Twmpa on left.
Abergavenny is not much more than an hour away if the motorways are behaving themselves and the bridge is free now.
Good to know, thank you!Abergavenny is not much more than an hour away if the motorways are behaving themselves and the bridge is free now.
Black Mountains - Hay Bluff and Twmpa on left.
Ah yes, thanks. I used to do quite a lot of backpacking in both (Black Mountains and the Beacons). I always liked the Black Mountains because they were quieter - empty even.
Lots of fake news about winter tires out there. Misrepresentation can hurt you.
If they are not marked as such, they are not genuine alpine tires. Sipes, rubber, all of it.
I'm confident that we have a good grasp of seasonal differences here.
Today is another avalanche control day, the only highway running east is closed until about 6:30 PM.
We have no detours at all in the mountains. Forget going there.
It was dry for a couple of weeks so the slab surfaces are pretty weak.
Nobody dead yet (only 3 in January) but some biggies set off by ignorant sledders
who don't care who might be 1+ miles down slope.
If they are not marked as such, they are not genuine alpine tires. Sipes, rubber, all of it.
I'm confident that we have a good grasp of seasonal differences here.
Today is another avalanche control day, the only highway running east is closed until about 6:30 PM.
We have no detours at all in the mountains. Forget going there.
It was dry for a couple of weeks so the slab surfaces are pretty weak.
Nobody dead yet (only 3 in January) but some biggies set off by ignorant sledders
who don't care who might be 1+ miles down slope.
Black Mountains at dawn this morning.
Brecon Beacons this morning - Cribyn, PyF and Corn Du on the right.
PyF in particular as the highest peak around here (but an easy walk up from the carpark) is a real magnet and does get a bit crowded at weekends.
-5.7C when I went to bed last night, woke this morning to +1.9C
It's a slippy mess out there, and it's supposed to sleet today.
I brought the rushes in to dry off, so I think I'll just stay in.
M
It's a slippy mess out there, and it's supposed to sleet today.
I brought the rushes in to dry off, so I think I'll just stay in.
M
-4 here last night. Lots of the snow has gone but black ice everywhere. Thank goodness for my ice grips on my boots! No buses for two days now. Walking about is beautiful but hazardous.
I made pancakes. The menfolks descended like seagulls and they're gone 
It's obviously a stay in and make stuff kind of day.
It's obviously a stay in and make stuff kind of day.
It was like that here last week (not the buses, the ice everywhere) thankfully it didn't last. I hope it thaws away quickly down south too. Not funny to try to get anything done in it, just accidents waiting to happen.
M
Its not even that cold round me. Managed to sleep in the garden in the hammock with my daughter, didn't bother with a tarp as lovely clear skies. Daughter was pointing out the big dipper, I pointed out Cassiopeia. The wife said it'd be - 7 c, I think she was exaggerating a little! It did get a little chilly for my bum as I didn't use an under quilt, just my jerven as a cocoon and a liner sleeping bag opened as a top quilt. Slept through till half six
Tiny bit of snow this afternoon, really really big fluffy flakes. Not settling.
Tiny bit of snow this afternoon, really really big fluffy flakes. Not settling.
Had a light dusting Thursday night, enough to make a Snowman if you were really determined and chaos followed lol. Schools closed, bin collections cancelled and scavenger hordes buying every loaf of bread in town. Saturday morning just small patches left clinging to shadows of hedgerows, today not a trace.
I am envious, the only snow like substance I see is when I open the freezer and see that it needs cleaning.....
Looking forward my trip to Norway next month. Feeling the cold bite your cheeks and nose, seeing the sparkle on twigs and branches.
Did any of you notice how the sounds around you change when it has snowed?
Looking forward my trip to Norway next month. Feeling the cold bite your cheeks and nose, seeing the sparkle on twigs and branches.
Did any of you notice how the sounds around you change when it has snowed?
Absolute velvet silence in the wood when we get decent snow.
No snow left here at all (we hardly had any) but it's bitterly cold with quite high winds blowing. Still, I'll be down in the wood once I've got my chores done
Cold overnight and clouding over a bit now but we’ve had a glorious morning with blue skies and sunshine.
Ground still too hard for planting so taking the opportunity to knock back a thuggish laurel - I know it’s not the best time to do it but they are very hardy!
