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Some people will do anything for a snow fix won't they! :lol:
Nice pics though, glad you had a good time! Wish I'd had got some yesterday, I saw some marvellous views.
There's always the summer, and the weather will be better!:lol:
The snow was a nice surprise rather than the reason I went up there! The only problem was the haze which blocked really decent views - but hey, I got a nice suntan all the same!
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What a day!
My brother and I took a trip (all of 100 miles each way!) to Helvellyn, England's 3rd highest peak, via Striding Edge, undoubtedly one of its most dangerous paths.
I must just note that driving past Cross Fell, we could see the Helm Bar (caused by the Helm Wind (foehn) and the Easterly winds blowing over the Pennine's highest peak at 891m). No pics, but quite amazing to see!
Anyway here are the photos; I'll describe the route a bit if you don't mind me waffling!
I stopped alongside Ullswater to take a few pics as it is simply beautiful. The skies were clear and views down the lake showed Helvellyn already:
Beginning the walk at Patterdale and climbing up along a small lane gives views over the Helvellyn massif - notice the snow patches at the top there!
The first section of the climb is steady and not particularly steep, but gives amazing views over the valley and of the massif:
Me with Helvellyn in the background!:
Looking back along the valley. Notice Ullswater appearing in the top left:
Helvellyn appears at Hole-in-the-wall, the beginning of the more difficult climbing. Snow patches at the top!
And with Red Tarn, at about 800m:
In the above photo, notice the ridge at the top-left connecting the path to the summit plateau of Helvellyn. This is Striding Edge, a notorious route which has claimed many lives in the past (3 just last year), particularly in bad weather.
Here it is a bit closer:
The beginning of Striding Edge behind me: death either side!
The Ridge:
Nice views
The Chimney, a bit of scrambling to do near the end of Striding Edge:
The end of Striding Edge (looking back)
Red Tarn:
The summit at last! Notice the snow on the right:
To the SW we see the Old Man of Coniston (801m); the Sca Fell Massif (978m), and Great Gable (899m):
Skiddaw (one of only 4 peaks above 3000ft in England) and Derwent Water:
Descending via Swirral Edge goes down to Red Tarn itself, with fine views of the summit:
And eventually, back at the bottom, there is a nice view through the trees:
Hope you enjoy them!
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Haven't seen a proper heat-induced summer thunderstorm for many years now (in Harrogate), absolute joke in this place.
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Wild Garlic indeed! It's just perfect at the minute. Try using it instead of basil in a pesto; very refreshing
And of course less than two months now until the arrival of the field mushroom, parasols and all the summer grassland species
Great to see some other pickers out there!
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Well what a nice surprise - I went out to a few fields where I know them to have grown before, and what should I find but the first St. George's Mushrooms!
These are generally the first edible mushrooms of the season, unless you are lucky enough to find the elusive morel which can grow a bit earlier, but they always, always appear within about a week either side of St George's Day (hence their name). More than that, though, they are absolute top-notch mushrooms, up there with the chanterelles, with a delicious texture and flavour. Here is what I found today
They were just beginning to pop up so I just picked the big ones - in 2 or 3 days' time the fields will literally be full. They grow often in huge rings, are white with a brown-shaded cap towards the middle, and have a very mealy smell (which disappears with cooking). The gills are white. Bear in mind that because of the time of year, these are some of the only mushrooms about, and I couldn't imagine being able to mix them up with anything nasty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calocybe_gambosa
They grow on unimproved grassland, and often you can see rings in the grass on the fields - brown in the middle and a green ring around this - have a look out because often you can keep your eye on such a spot and wait until mushrooms appear! And remember, don't tell anyone where you found them...
There is literally a feast near you - don't miss out! They will be gone in 2 weeks. PM me if you need more info on this or any other mushroom :lol:
Regards,
David
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Buenísima cantidad de nieve para abril (:
que venga el calor ya, para que nos disfrutemos en el sol (:
Un abrazo.
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I like the above! Nice sky and the beginnings of the horizon...
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I would actually lean on the side of thinking it will be a poor summer - I'm not certain of that and my only guide is the fact that everything already may be setting up in the wrong place - this can change though and the truth is that no one knows what summer will be like.
It's certainly not true that all summer in the solar minimum have been bad. Wasn't the summer of 1995 in a dip of the solar minimum. The solar minimum we have now maybe longer, but is not any more intense than ones weve seen over the last 20 years so this needs to be dispelled.
My opinion of a poor summer is part psychological, part expectant (due to previous poor summers), and part analytical of current patterns (of which there isn't much support that they can signal the summer pattern)
Yes I think 1995 was, and remember some of the summers in the little ice age were some of the hottest ever.
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Be assured that has never happened anywhere in the world, and certainly not in Venice. What you're claiming is a dewpoint of 38C and a dry bulb of 40C. Yeah, right!
People have a tendency to throw around high humidity values without properly thinking about it.
Venice's highest ever temperature was 37C. The dewpoint at that time would most likely not even be above 20C.
Artistic licence! It was certainly extremely hot and extremely humid - and I was there!
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^^lol
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Trouble is I think the two halves of your wish are likely to be incompatible, bar some exceptionally dry airstreams. If we do get extended warm/hot periods, London (especially) does risk humidity and hard to cope with heat too. I'm not living in London anymore for now, but like several on here I'm fairly desparate for a good deal more sunshine and warmth than we had last year, and some extended dry and sunny periods. If I get my way at least you'll get your chance of some pleasant countryside walks at weekends, but I reckon it'll be at the cost of some tough City conditions ...
Lol, try Venice when it's 40c with 90% humidity and the whole city is running out of bottled water, so they put the prices up to 5 euros a bottle! Couple that with the stinking canals and trains with no air con; that's a nightmare!
Actually the hottest I've ever felt was on a train in Madrid last summer when it was 34c but the heating was trapped on full power (used in winter when it's bitterly cold). It was literally like a moving sauna, I've never felt anything like it and it must have been very dangerous to the elderly etc.
I can imagine the tube gets pretty bad in summer though - London's bad enough at any time of year in terms of rushing from place to place!
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June 2008 was widely perceived as a poor month but in fact much of southern, central and eastern Britain were drier and sunnier than average, and even Scotland, where it was wet, had close to average sunshine. A bit like May 2005, perceptions were clouded by the expectation for homogeneous warmth.
People on here often describe how expectations have been raised with summers by quoting the past summer in particular, which featured average temperatures. What they often fail to do is look at the rainfall and sunshine, because last summer had something like 150% of the expected rainfall in July/August and below average sunshine, whilst still having average temps. I would love a summer with 18-22c and still to slightly breezy, sunny and dry conditions much more than 20-24c and wet. Sadly, this doesn't seem to happen for the reasons you explained earlier. Yet I imagine most people judge summers on their sunshine more than their absolute temperatures, for the simple fact that if the sun comes out when it's still in summer, you cannot help but feel warm enough.
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Not sure about the radiation idea tbh, but it's certainly possible that *some* climate data has been construed to look higher because of the urban heat island; i.e. 100 years ago a site may have been relatively isolated, and if now it has been engulfed by urbanisation, it will give a higher reading.
Then, of course, there are the secondary effects of building cities such as deforestation which increases atmospheric CO2.
Thinking about it though, I would imagine that any heat that tarmac does radiate out into space, acting like a mirror (and it's pure speculation) would actually lower temperature as more heat would "bounce back" away from the Earth.
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Thinking about it, although I lived "up North in the Peak district" during the late 70's early 80's, the winter of 91 is my favorite as it convinced me that moving down south still did not mean the end of a good winter.
Truly its 91 here on this Southern isle that did it for me.
OK so it has not happened since... Give her time.
Russ.
The Peak District is not "up North"!!!! :lol:
I like this thread-some excellent posts about years gone by and it has some rather fanciful, to my eyes, perceived understanding of some of the weather warnings issued, be it on here or from UK Met during the past winter.I doubt, but do please prove me wrong if you have the proof, that there was mention of 30cm WITHOUT some mention of elevation and probably a mention of the hills, hillier areas etc?
this was the NW Alert issued, I think, on the 4th Feb for the next ? 3 days
front continues slow progress north during Thursday morning before becoming slow moving or stationary between SW England and Lincolnshire for the rest of the day. Wales, parts of the West Country north of the Cotswolds, The Midlands and northern England are likely to see several hours of snowfall lasting through into Friday morning ... accumulations of 5 to 10cm are likely in places ... perhaps 20 to 30cm over high ground in these areas ... this will likely lead to widespread travel disruption through into Friday. During Friday, the
Lol, 50cm "over the Pennines"... Sorry but even on the top of Cross Fell it wouldn't have been anywhere near that... still, I'm not going to complain. It was poor that they didn't look at the radar - but there was so much going on in SE England I didn't expect them to pay much attention to North Yorkshire
Seriously though, at the end of the day, it didn't really matter; nearly 30cm of snow that lasted a very long time, and it was obvious they were being a bit rampy anyway!
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Noooo of course accidents are seriously bad, but accidents as in some one crashing there car in a lamp post doesnt bother me as long as no one gets hurt, obviously accidents that result in a serious injury are definatley not exciting.
Lol, so someone crashes into a lamp post and loses their no claims bonus; or worse, become injured! They end up paying more for their insurance, is that a good thing!? You can't have one without the other, either - if people are more likely to crash into lamp posts, they're more likely to die on motorways! That's the worst thing about snow, and I certainly wouldn't wish more disruption on anyone. Disruption comes at a great cost. How old are you btw?
you should put it in your profile! :lol: David
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For our elevation it was okay, but even then the snow turned to rain, which ruined chances of making a snowman because there was a coating of ice which made it harder and on the night you yourslf werent quite so optimistic "We're heading for a disaster. No rain here, but to me it looks like the front is pathetic after an initial decent band." "I don't know about other ppl but I have this feeling it's hardly snowed"
It didn't turn to rain here
Sustained snowfall throughout the night, although where I work at 70m it had clearly rained as it bore the icy coating that you describe. Of course I was quite disappointed on the night, although in retrospect, I don't believe there was much cause for complaint. The only thing that did annoy me is that it was incredibly obvious by 8-9pm, simply by looking at the radar, that it was 10-15cm tops, but the Meto ploughed on with their fantastical forecasts until 11pm when they finally admitted there was due to be a "bit less than expected" - for that, in my opinion, there was little excuse and they clearly hadn't looked at the radar!
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Yeah i suppose, but i still expected more . Fortuantley Leeds does very well for snow compared to other citys in the UK, i would even go as far as saying Leeds is the best city for snow. So 20cm of snow isnt that special tbh, last year we had two sperate ocassions where there was around 10-20cm of snow, im waiting for a big event where even the center of Leeds is cut off.
It certainly does well by English standards amongst large cities, but there are many smaller cities that would do better in England - York, Durham and perhaps Norwich to mention just three. As for the UK as a whole, it doesn't compare to Aberdeen, nor Edinburgh, Dundee etc.
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To be honest - I am of the same opinion. That's what I loved about the snow in February. The first bout when everybody was at school was the powdery stuff that looked lovely, settled nicely and felt wonderful to walk on. Then the second and third bouts were of the wetter variety so when everyone was off school, it was snowball fights and snowmen all round!
For photography though, powdery snow does just stand higher than wet snow.
I take your point, but that doesn't stop one being better than the other
I love any kind of snow, but powder snow is an "added bonus"; particularly for the reasons I posted above about greater accumulation rates - not, however, that I would complain about the wet variety.
Sadly, powder snow is dying out in the UK, especially the "higher grade" dentrite varieties that form at -10 to -15 upper temps. It looks like we will all have to share this attitude, if ever we are to be frequently pleased with snow in the future!
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One thing people haven't mentioned is the accumulation rates of powder snow compared to wet snow. With decent, dry powder snow occurring with ground temps below 0 and upper air temps below -10 to -15 at 850hPa, you will find that 1mm of rain equates to 15mm of snow or more (i.e. 10mm of rain gives 15cm of snow). However, the wettest snow only gives ratios of 1:5 or better - in other words, 10mm of rain would only give you 5cm of snow instead of 15.
When you take this into account I'd take powder snow any day - the drier the snow, the better it accumulates as it's more "fluffy" and doesn't compact/melt to a wet coating like wet snow does. The beginning of December brought 10-15cm of snow to the west of the Vale of York, but I would imagine that this would have been over 20cm if temps had been colder.
Remember too, that when the temperature is above 0 and the snow is wet, the melt occurs a lot more quickly, often from the bottom upwards as happened during the RPM setup here in January.
Powder snow is the best!
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I know what you mean, but it was very poorly forecast, there was meant to be "half a meter" of lying snow, and when you expect that amount and all I got was 20cm it was in a sense a let down, also anywhere Leeds eastwards saw rain with Leeds center seeing sleet for a couple of hours sleet.
lol, I believe the forecast said 50cm over the Pennine Hills. Whilst it was still a gross exaggeration, I don't think you or I count as living on Pennine Hills, even though we're at 200m. Effectively we are on the very edge of the Pennines, and about 10/15cm fell that night, which wasn't bad at all... especially since it gave us nearly 30cm - almost a foot of snow! It wasn't really a let down, and it was obvious that forecast was OTT anyway.
My favourite snow event was the great blizzard of 1995 which I vaguely remember, living in Leeds at the time, brought 40-50cm to Leeds city centre. Now that was a snow event!
The other of course was February 2001, which brought over a foot, and a similar event that unfortunately turned to rain on the previous New Year, having dumped nearly a foot.
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A woodpecker on the garden feeders today
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9.2c
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Your route was almost the exact opposite of the one and only walk I've ever done in the Dales - went from Settle up to Attermire Scar, visited Victoria and Jubilee caves (but not Attermire cave) and then ended up camping overnight just below Catrigg Force, walking back to Settle next day. Long time ago mind! And the weather as I recall was rather grey and misty so didn't get such good views! Thks for bringing back some memories and showing me what I missed! :lol:
Certainly one of the best walks in the Dales imo, beating Malham on sheer remoteness... It's a shame you missed Attermire cave though, it's absolutely spectacular and by far the best of all of them
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Today was a fabulously clear day so it was perfect for a trip out with my brother to Langcliffe, near Settle, at the foot of Ribblesdale. The walk climbs up to smaller, higher valleys and plateaus that offer amazing views over to the Three Peaks (Ingleborough, Whernside, Pen-y-Ghent) and today the Lake District was clearly visible; capped with snow the Cumbrian Mountains looked like viewing the Alps from the distance! Sadly though this didn't come out on the photos.
The most interesting feature of this walk is the fantastic limestone scenery that gives even Malham a run for its money. Massive scars tower over the footpaths and within these scars are Victoria Cave (discovered in 1837 with many prehistoric bones), Jubilee Cave, Bat Cave and best of all, Attermire Cave, which can be penetrated for a great distance.
Anyway here are some photos; I'll waffle on as I post them!
The walk begins in Langcliffe, just to the N of Settle and the A65, the footpath winding its way through sublime views of Ribblesdale; on no.2 Ingleborough is in the distance;
A mother protects her tiny lamb:
At this point the walk climbs, leaving spectacular views of Pen-y-Ghent (694m);
A detour takes us to Catrigg Foss, a huge gorge and waterfall crashing down next to the footpath. Many Dales waterfalls are called "foss", derived from Old Norse (I think!);
Back on the path and another fine vista of Pen-y-Ghent, left, and Plover Hill;
Another mile and we reach Jubilee Cave, slightly less interesting than the other two we entered but still with an imposing entrance;
The typical scarred landscape and a view down the Dale;
Victoria Cave comes up next. Its entrance is huge, and there are signs all over the place saying DANGER etc. but we entered anyway. There are several passages leading off from the cavern at the entrance but none can be entered for more than 30m unless you are a rabbit - something of an anticlimax. But it's the most famous cave, being host to ancient Rhino and Hippo bones from 100,000 years ago. John Holmes lives there to this day
A rather blurry picture of my brother in one of the side passages:
By far the most interesting cave, however, is Attermire Cave which is found higher up on the scar and is both more difficult to reach and harder to find. Once found though, it's quite spectacular. Here is the entrance:
After about 50m, the ceiling drops considerably and there is about 5m of on-your-tummy crawling. Then it opens out again but it's still fairly hard-going. After about another 100m a chamber is reached with a pool!!!! All along here are organ pipe type structures that are stunning to see outside of a show cave. Here is a dodgy pic of the organ pipes:
And then amazingly, what should we chance upon but a caveman!!!
If you look beyond me, and please do, you might just be able to make out the organ pipes again in the background.
After the chamber with the pool there is much, much more to explore, and the cave eventually ends up with a 20m high ceiling and about 1m wide - as I say, it's amazing if you like an adventure! It goes on for a long, long way - far longer than we had time to explore - I would love to have a good 2 hours there to get as far as possible.
Heading back gives more fine views over Ribblesdale and more dramatic scarring;
Thanks a lot for reading, I hope you like the pics from a place I love
There's always the summer, and the weather will be better!
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Tu inglés no está nada mal amigo! Muy bien hecho y muy interesante ver los cambios del tiempo en Huelva
Pero que suerte tener temperaturas así
, aki bueno hizo un día muy muy bueno con sol todo el día y sin nada de viento, pero sólo 19º 
A ver si suben las temperaturas en los próximos meses, que el año pasado no subimos de 25º, algo muy raro y pesado...
Un saludo desde el N de Inglaterra