South Head

Just a quick run up South Head just after sunset this evening. Not feeling great, maybe have a small cold. Also if anyone is trying to phone me, my phone is inoperable due to Orange being crap so you can get me on email/Alex's phone.


Eccles Pike in the mist.

Brown Knoll and moon.

Chinley Churn, looks foggy towards Manchester.

Coming off South Head.

Brrr-own Knoll

Thought I'd try to get some long exposure photos on my way to and from Brown Knoll tonight. Think I need one of those mini tripods as the camera kept falling over/taking pictures of the floor. Also standing around waiting for a thirty second exposure to complete when it's dark, -4 and howling a gale maybe isn't the best idea!


Chapel and the pennine bridleway.

Looking at Sandy Heys/Kinder from South Head.

Moon and Brown Knoll trig point (THIS WAS COLD)

Probably the best of the bunch, coming back down home from South Head.

Tuesday night mist stumble

Tuesday night was a rather interesting trip around to the downfall in thick mist.


Traversing under Kinder Low (look at the stunning scenery)


Wierd hoar frost formations above the downfall.

Couldn't see much at all really, miracle we're not still up there running around in circles.

Melty

Was only going to go for a short run today but felt healthy and the sun was out (sort of a bit) so extended it to the downfall to see if there was any ice left.



The answer as this photo shows is no, all the ice has gone.



As has all the snow, except for a few sparse patches.

Looking back towards kinder.

Coming back of south head, cloudy and warm all day, cold weather meant to return at end of week. So hopefully will get more than one run with my fancy running crampons this winter...

Microspikes

These are the best things ever, simply strap them onto your shoes and you can run free and unimcumbered across the icyest of slopes.



Here they are on my foot after a short run on tuesday, where they proved their worth as there was lots of compacted snow/ice everywhere.

Sunday

Went up Mount Famine today, very foggy until the top where it was just about poking out of the mist.


Hoar frost on the fence and grass.

Brr.


Briefly out of the mist and into the sun.

Heading back down into the gloom.

Monochrome

Everything began to thaw on Saturday, it was raining in Chapel and snowing a bit higher up, went out for a little run just before it got dark.

Some kind of farm machine, for tickling the topsoil it looks like.

Drifts on the pennine bridleway.

More shaving foam.

Snow-mg

After getting back from Birmingham today I thought I'd try going for a little run down the lanes behind the house. Turns out the snow has been drifting a lot so didn't get very far before dissapearing into hip deep snow!


This is the same place as the first photo from Sundays set.

The snow was banked up like a big wall of shaving foam so i had to jump in it.

This was clearly created by some kind of flying tractor.

More thigh deep drifts, time to go home and sit in front of the fire.

Vanilla Ice

Hangover subsided just in time for a quick run before the sun went down.


South head through the trees.


Looking back towards Chapel.

Clouds building behind Kinder, maybe some snow later? Probably not though by the looks of it.

Its a bit chilly at the moment, my jelly babies were almost frozen (jelly babies isn't an euphemism btw I actually mean the sweets)

Dark nights

Went for a very icy run up william clough on Thursday, tried out some long exposure shots for some variety.


Steve appearing as a flash of lightning at the top of the clough.

Mysterious lights with Manc in the distant background.

Oh yes we also saw a grouse, it was mesmerised by the headtorch for long enough to get a photo.

Back down at the bottom. I managed to only fall over once in the whole run, which is pretty good going for me + ice.

Sunday Run

Went up Bleaklow via Doctors Gate today, felt very bitter in the easterly wind and there was a bit of snain (or snizzle) on top.


We visited the WW2 crash site of a B-29 Strato(?)fortress up on Higher Shelf Moor. Loads of wreckage scattered around, really eerie in the mist. Lots of memorial crosses and wreaths around the place too. Kind of expected to see a lost aircrewman emerge from the mist.

There is much more wreckage than just pictured here.

After that it was a really nice run back to the car and ultimately the Lantern Pike pub, where a nice pint of landlord was available for consumption.