Adding to the travel problems, the strong winds are now causing the powdery snow to drift, creating snow dunes. Manifold Primary School was open for 5 minutes today but closed before we got there! More snowman building for us I guess!
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A view towards Alstonefield and The Raikes in late afternoon.
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Revidge Wood in the snow, looking towards Warslow. Revidge is one of those lovely places often overlooked by visitors to The Peak District. The trig point on the top offers amazing 360 degree views over the heather, from Ecton Hill, to Morridge to The Dragon’s Back and Parkhouse, not to mention frequent sightings of grouse, [...]
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So school’s closed for the third day in a row and the kids are going stir crazy. We decided that, as it was sunny this afternoon, building a snowman (or snowlady according to Flora) would be a great idea. There’s no shortage of snow on the lawn, so it didn’t take long to have a [...]
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When we first bought our Peak District cottage, we were told you don’t really need a 4×4 here, because climate change meant that there were only a couple of days a year when it might snow. This turned out to be true – until this Christmas. Luckily we have our trusty steed, the Subaru Impreza [...]
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