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A bit of a change for that usually dead boring thread! Have fun out there folks...and think of those not fit for the fun!

FE

In reply to French Erick:

Probably another week at least.. but will that direct pillar ever touch down? It was about 3 inches closer to the ground today than it was on Monday..

In reply to French Erick:

43.75 days

In reply to French Erick 

Thaw arriving Monday

 

In reply to French Erick:

Is it out yet?

In reply to DerwentDiluted:

Most of the roads are closed around kinder..

In reply to Peakpdr:

The Rushup Edge road is definitely closed this morning unless you've got a tractor - knee deep drifts around Mam Tor car park (head high in my lane). Gusting around 60mph I reckon, and steady 40/50. The Hope Valley road is fine, as is the Edale road at least as far as the village.

In reply to Iain Thow:

à cœur vaillant rien d'impossible!

In reply to French Erick:

Ta bagnole, elle aussi a un coeur vaillant?

In reply to French Erick:

Vraiment. J'arrive eventuellement a mon destination. Beaucoups de tasses de the necessaire. (how do you do accents on this keyboard anyway?)

Credit to anyone who made it to the Downfall yesterday. I took a look outside and went back to the kettle.

In reply to Misha:

Snowchains and a spade. My only enemy is: distance to the said place, other stranded motorists (I can dig a drift I can't remove a car form the way) and a shot knee (complete acl rupture in left knee)...but I'd be game otherwise ?

Incidentally, my best car on snow has been a b reg polo. it was awesome!!!

In reply to Iain Thow:

wise words and wise decision- so win,win sir!

In reply to Iain Thow:

Merci! ...and dragged a Press Association photographer along for the ride. He was in up to his eyeballs.. literally..

In reply to mrphilipoldham:

Good skills sir!! Have all my respect (non sarcastically)!

In reply to mrphilipoldham: we did the direct pillar in the crazy cold winter of 2010. It was well below freezing for two weeks though I’m sure  and we couldn’t even get there on skis the first time we attempted to do it the week before. The drifts were totally impassable! Ironically after waiting ages to do it, I probably wouldn’t even bother walking in to do it again as it’s rather short! 

 

In reply to French Erick:

Once the roads are passible it will soon be chopped to bits and just a pile of ice chips at the bottom.