Kidlandlee in the snow

Well it’s been a week since the first snow fell and settled …………… this means that the smaller B roads should be clear of snow and ice so I decided to throw my kit into my car and have a drive up to Alwinton , if the roads proved to be too difficult I would venture off to Thrunton woods and if that proved too difficult I would head to the coast and do a beach walk , I didn’t really want to do a beach walk as I had been going down to the beach every day , just practising different walking styles and procedures , even though things aren’t right with my stump I feel confident as long as I don’t go mad and do more than six (ish) miles I seem to be ok .
The first thing that I noticed as I drove towards the hills was the amount of snow laying around, much more than what we had by the coast, however the roads where fine and I didn’t get to drive on any snow till I turned off just before Alwinton, I had decided on parking up at Clennell Hall, the road to the hall was compact snow and ice but as its flat it didn’t prove to be too difficult. However once I had parked up I soon realised that the snow was much deeper than what I thought, what’s more the snow still hadn’t frozen so it was a case of taking a step and seeing how deep it was. What a change from the last time I was up here in the snow, it was frozen that hard you just walked over the top of it.
A few photos



















Full trip report please see:-
www.onefootinnorthumberland.co.uk/KIDLANDLEE_25_01_13.htm

thanks ...................Mick