Will Hand wrote:
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Something which everyone on this planet should be able to do.
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1510 GMT
Pulled back the bedroom curtains this morning to be greeted with dense fog and
50m visibility. A rising barometer and no rain. What the ***** happening I said
to myself :-) Glanced at the radar and it was clear that it was only delayed. So
the walk was on, but it took ages to drive to Two Bridges in the dense fog.
Walked all morning in dense fog to Devil Tor and Rough Tor with the wind rising.
Above 500m asl it was NE force 5-7 so not quite the stong to gale I expected. By
noon the light drizzle had turned to light sleet and we cut short the walk after
lunch when my portable thermometer was reading +1.5 deg C as nobody could see
anything and the ground underfoot was knee deep in water. The sleet got heavier
as we descended just keeping ahead of the falling snow level. Got back to Two
Bridges at 1415 (circa 350 m asl) and it was moderate sleet. Almost snow at
times driving back past Hay Tor at 400m asl and now at home it is:
Temp 3.2 deg C
Dewpoint 3 deg C
Continuous moderate sleet
Almost certainly snowing hard now above 450m asl. Summit of Hay Tor looked like
it might be beginning to settle.
Not an afternoon for inexperienced walkers to be on the high plateau, but the
morning wasn't too bad apart from the dense fog.
Will.
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" Ah yet another day to enjoy "
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Thanks Will, you were exactly right about our training session at
Aylesbury today, no rain, but the wind picked up and the temperature
dropped, we've rain now though