High Peak Cottages

So regarding the previous post, it got very much colder than a paltry -10C. In some local gardens there were reports of -12C in the morning, over near Rudyard lake there was a rumour of -17C, and an unconfirmed as yet -20C near to the Winking Man pub. Blimey.

There has been a lot of snow as well. When the ploughs got through, the snow was banked up to over two metres on either side of Back Lane near to Longnor Wood. We are all getting about more easily now, though one or two back roads are pretty tricky.

In all this, the scenery and the sunrises (an especially good one with the newest of new moons and strikingly brilliant Venus) have been enough to take the breath away.