bgoefc Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 it'll do you good! Good?!!! Twas a 5 mile goat track up and down stony paths and through knee high mud. Took 3 hours and my ankle and knees are fucked. Half metre wide paths with 200 ft sheer drops at the side for 500 yards of it. Was frozen solid when we got to the Stubbins Wharf pub. The wife got it in the neck for a total lack of reconnaissance. . Not the pleasant stroll through the countryside I had anticipated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted February 10, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted February 10, 2017 Good?!!! Twas a 5 mile goat track up and down stony paths and through knee high mud. Took 3 hours and my ankle and knees are fucked. Half metre wide paths with 200 ft sheer drops at the side for 500 yards of it. Was frozen solid when we got to the Stubbins Wharf pub. The wife got it in the neck for a total lack of reconnaissance. . Not the pleasant stroll through the countryside I had anticipated. Wow, doesn't sound to great. For my fortieth birthday, we booked a cottage in the Eden valley. It was minus ten when we arrived and deep snow everywhere. Wife (familiar pattern) took us on footpath through hills. Part way round we were left with a track around a foot wide with a huge steep drop to a river. Solid ice and with a toddler. I was shitting it. Bloody windies beat england too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 "Bracing" on Winter Hill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Countryfile tonight is where it's at. They are going to tell us spring is coming. I just know it ???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Countryfile tonight is where it's at. They are going to tell us spring is coming. I just know it ???????? Been on tenterhooks since 10pm last night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Been on tenterhooks since 10pm last night? Let me down that fucker last night. Just say it you cock teasing bastard. ????????????????????????☀️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 (edited) http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08cw1kt/weather-for-the-week-ahead-12022017 He said spring he said spring he said spring Edit...interesting stuff about the link with our jet stream to the tropics. There's so much of that stuff goes unoticed. Last time we had a winter this dry and cold (ish) we had a scorching summer. Same happened in US. Edited February 12, 2017 by gonzo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted February 12, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2017 White caps on starmount lodge earlier. Dunno if anyone goes that way but if you head towards chorley on the 61 and come off at the junction there are open daffs in the central reservation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 (edited) White caps on starmount lodge earlier. Dunno if anyone goes that way but if you head towards chorley on the 61 and come off at the junction there are open daffs in the central reservation. Say what?! Edited February 12, 2017 by gonzo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted February 12, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2017 Say what?! A pair of swans back on the lodge too and they're aggressive!. And Canada geese returning. Robins scrapping in the garden and Bluetits visiting a nest box for a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 A pair of swans back on the lodge too and they're aggressive!. And Canada geese returning. Robins scrapping in the garden and Bluetits visiting a nest box for a few weeks. love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted February 12, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2017 A pair of swans back on the lodge too and they're aggressive!. And Canada geese returning. Robins scrapping in the garden and Bluetits visiting a nest box for a few weeks. Someone has an interesting fact about swans at Doffcocker Lodge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 Extremely rare for the wind to be this strong from the east. Making it Baltic too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgoefc Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Misty cold and grim here this morn with that blast of an easterly coming down from the top of the moor. Keep warm folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted February 13, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2017 Its lovely out. Walked through leverhume earlier, one or two trees creaking. A bloody big beech came down on the slope near the five a side pitch not that long ago; always keep an eye out when its windy down there. Seagulls in next door's garden yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydee Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Wind's dropped, sun's coming out and 7deg over the hill in Wakefield. Very pleasant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Misty cold and grim here this morn with that blast of an easterly coming down from the top of the moor. Keep warm folks! A simple person might wonder why wind doesn't just blow away the fog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted February 13, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2017 And did you google it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgoefc Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 A simple person might wonder why wind doesn't just blow away the fog Fuck knows, but it never does round these parts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 A simple person might wonder why wind doesn't just blow away the fog At the right temps, the wind causes the air to re-condense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted February 13, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2017 At the right temps, the wind causes the air to re-condense. I pumped under the duvet this morning and I swear it was so dense it just formed into a cloud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 I pumped under the duvet this morning and I swear it was so dense it just formed into a cloud. Scotch egg mist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydee Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I pumped under the duvet this morning and I swear it was so dense it just formed into a cloud. Did you dutch oven Mrs Spider? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted February 13, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2017 Did you dutch oven Mrs Spider? I'm hardly ever at home. Such pleasures are solo ones these days. I'll try and catch one in a jar and fetch it round though if you like :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Always makes me laugh...... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uJtvUXS9RPU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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