With the massive snowfall overnight on Saturday we decided it was to dodgy for us olduns so the morning walk was out. Later in the day on Sunday i decided this snow was too good a photographic opportunity to miss so i got kitted up and thought i would do my normal weekday walk which is just under 4 miles. After i got to the top of Belper Lane and saw the snow blowing right across the road i thought this is going to be interesting.
By the time i got past the Bulls Head and started up towards Longwalls lane i realised how bad the snow was. Incredibly some people were trying to drive up there in ordinary cars, a 4x4 you would have a chance.
Anyway i got onto Longwalls Lane and the Midshire Way the snow had drifts up to 7 or 8 feet in places and i was up to my knees in a couple of sections. Most of the time the wind was howling and blowing the snow right across the track. I only got as far as the lane leading down to Handley Woods, snow blocked any further progress.
The pictures show it better than i could ever describe it.
Enjoy
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| This is The Gorses just above The Bulls Head |
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| If it was yellow it would look just like the dessert sands. |
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| This was as far as i could go because the snow was blocking the way forward. |
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| The entrance to Street Woods |
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| Wind blown patterns in the snow |
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| This snow arch was almost 5 feet high |
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| I was in past my knees getting past this lot. |
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| View from Longwalls Lane towards The Bulls Head and Belper |
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| A digger was brought in to clear part of the road |
Hopefully we'll be back to normal for next week
Cheers
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