2/1/2021: White out

The weather was fine as we drove over to SKE.

We decided to walk up to Dove Holes first before starting work on the house.  As we set off it began to snow.

Initially it wasn't sticking.  The road is quite busy.  It's on a bus route to Manchester Airport and also is gritted.

The Great Rocks railway line runs in parallel and then disappears into a tunnel.

The entrance to Dove Holes quarry.

The snow was beginning to settle as we approached Dove Holes. It's a 30 minute walk.

It occured to us that if the snow kept falling that roads may become blocked and we might end up staying the night.  This was not an appealing prospect as there is no bed in the house, and apart from tea, coffee and a half bottle of St Emilion, we have no food.

When we got back we packed some more wood from the dismantled wardrobes into the car.

We tried to turn just above our house but the car skidded so we carried on up the hill and then down towards the main part of Peak Dale.  The road over Monkey Brew hill was relatively clear and, sticking to major roads, we got back home safely, where we discovered it had also been snowing.