• The road up to Stanage was definitely not passable by car!

  • A huge snow hole.

  • A snow covered Stanage

  • Paul walking along the road from Hahersage to Stanage

  • Just above Hathersage the road was completely buried by the mega snow drifts!

  • The road was closed!

  • Oliver, Saskia, Pete, and James get stuck in to all out snow-ball warfare!

  • Pauline, Bob, and Saskia try to keep a very small poodle warm in Derby's siberian Darley Abbey (sledging) Park

  • Nick gives James and Oliver a mighty shove down the sledge-run!

  • Oliver

  • James

  • Saskia and Laetitia happy in the snow at Darley Abbey Park

  • Yummy birthday cake!

Birthdays and Snow

The weather this weekend is cold! But unlike the past several weekends that have seen brilliant winter climbing conditions in Scotland there’s a strong wind and almost blizzard conditions prevailing outside right now! All this despite the fact that it should already be early spring-time rock climbing season. This weekend last year it was nearly 20°C in the sun at valley level and we went rock climbing on Gimmer Crag. Lets hope the long, cold, and late winter in 2013 means we’ll get a long, dry, and hot summer!

Birthday

Oh well, putting the weather aside, I guess it’s lucky in a way that the poor conditions are this weekend as we had a birthday party to attend in Derby, my Mum’s. We like parties – they mean cake! :yum:

Yummy birthday cake!
Yummy birthday cake!

All the family couldn’t make it due to the heavy snow. My brother was stuck in West Yorkshire and my older sister in the Isle of Man, so it was a smaller gathering than normal.

Despite the cold weather, we decided we needed a walk in the park, and because there was snow, that meant taking the sledge.

Saskia and Laetitia happy in the snow at Darley Abbey Park
Saskia and Laetitia happy in the snow at Darley Abbey Park
James
James
Oliver
Oliver
Nick gives James and Oliver a mighty shove down the sledge-run!
Nick gives James and Oliver a mighty shove down the sledge-run!
Pauline, Bob, and Saskia try to keep a very small poodle warm in Derby's siberian Darley Abbey (sledging) Park
Pauline, Bob, and Saskia try to keep a very small poodle warm in Derby’s siberian Darley Abbey (sledging) Park
Oliver, Saskia, Pete, and James get stuck in to all out snow-ball warfare!
Oliver, Saskia, Pete, and James get stuck in to all out snow-ball warfare!

After working off a few more calories, we went home for more cake :yum: , more tea :yum: , and eventually home made curry :yum: .

4 thoughts on “Birthdays and Snow”

  1. I bet your Mum can count snowy birthdays on one hand. πŸ™‚
    Looks like a fun day, even for the little poodle under the coat. And the cake looks :yum:

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