Sunday 1 January 2012

New Years Day 2012

And a mini - 10 mile - version of the "Grin N Bear It" to blow away any cobwebs that may have lingered .... fat chance of that up here!.


Crossing the bridge of the Little Don River that feeds Langsett Reservoir, I was informed that Cold Water Kills ... that would soon be tested at the top of Cut Gate and within three miles I remember looking wistfully back down the hill to when it was just a mild drizzle ...


Instead of a hard wind and a levelling mix of rain and hail stones which made it impossible to stand upright.

By now, the only chance of a photo was to turn, back facing the tempest, get numb fingers to work the camera out of a wet pocket then swivel, snap! and back again ...


Nice aint it :-)

Finally topping Bull Clough and heading west, a break in the clouds gave a far off glimpse to the south west of a Distant Mam Tor and Lose Hill, but as so often happens here, that view soon closed on us.


Enough was enough, there`s only so long for walking with what appeared to be a hose pipe aimed at your face, and having been as soaked as I can rememeber on any New Years Day, we decamped sharp left towards the Woodhead Pass Road, down via the Hordrow Grouse Butts to, once again cross the Little Don River (now in a minor torrent) ...


And then left, parallel with it, down towards Langsett ...


A short, sharp, sweet 10 miler, wet .... very wet indeed ... and back to the car park before it got dark!

Happy New Year ...

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