minus 5 in the car with the sun still rising. a warming jog up onto the edge with hoar frosted grass crunching under foot. finally, a proper winter's day. perfect for the bogs of bleaklow. the racing lines still not quite found but we weren't far off. shattering of thick peat ice as i take myself and teammate into the dank mire of hydrogen sulfide, with bruises to prove it. counting the stakes and climbing the groughs, jelly sweets were hard earned today. more of the same please.
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Great description of winter bog trotting.
Love the photo too.
The ice was really thick in places!
This is a bit like the bit at the end of Bullseye when Jim Bowen says 'Look what you could have won'
It'll actually be thigh-deep black oozing peat, freezing rain, and zero vis on the night (and you wouldn't want it any other way. Well not much anyway)! :-D
Stunning day for it :)
sbrt- thanks, it was a day of a thousand photos.
ppc- not quite thick enough to my weight though :(
derby tup- the harder the better.....I'm going to regret typing that aren't I?!!
simon- one of those 'lucky' days :)
Sounds great. Always think of Kinder and Bleaklow when I run on our local hill (Pen Hill - as blogged).
Spent a wonderful January weekend on Kinder not many years ago - snow, fantastic ice patterns in the Kinder river, white hares... Among all that ice (everything was well frozen - including the camping gaz) we also came across a strange steaming tunnel in the side of a grough with water trickling out of it. (Nothing to do with my gloves!) Weird, but there must be a simple explanation, only I don't know it.
Brilliant. We had a good run out on Sunday, didn't go as far as planned just over to Parkin Clough then around the paths in the woods then back to Edale, mainly cos of my coughing fits. Beautiful skies and frosty feet, I will blog! Bleaklow is just miles of choc pudding to lose your legs in...
dominic- peaty gas maybe? all hills in this weather aren't they?!
gaynor- i shall try and remember your pudding analogy, it might help in the dark hours!
Trying not to be jealous.
don't be jealous. i'm predicting fun times come spring/summer :)
p e r f e c t
yup, apart from the bruises! how was the lakes??!
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