Not sure if video belongs here, but I'm a fairly new owner of a dashcam which came in handy to record some of the snow on the Peak District on Sunday just gone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DjWK8n0G1o

Not as much snow as last January but a good coating either way.

 Good snow cam..... 

I was surprised by all those cars lining the road.
While other cars could pass safely there was not much space left for larger HGVs etc on what is a very busy road.

At another similar spot they all got ticketed!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-35373977
- Don't agree with that but it does look inconsiderate to some extent.
I think they forget other people are still working including weekends.

The desire to rush up a hill if it snows seems to be a relatively recent trend, probably caused entirely by the model thread on TWO.

Yes it is irresponsible parking, they wouldn't do it when conditions are clear, but of course in the snow people think they can dump cars anywhere! That said what are the rules on parking, as there isn't strictly speaking yellow lines? It would have been narrow for HGV traffic and lots of lorries do use this route whatever the weather.

Not sure why everyone was sledging in one place when there are much better hills but I guess people are lazy and flock like wasps to one hill.

Great video, thanks for posting. Back in the 60s I used to do that run regularly on my 500cc Norton 88SS, usually late at night after boozing in Buxton. I`m surprised I`m still alive.

No vulture speed cameras in those days!

I really enjoyed that video. Roadside parking there, for sledging, has been a problem for many years. Sometime about 1970 I was parked just there with sledge and daughter, and got moved on by the local police. They weren't issuing tickets, fortunately, but said that it was illegal to park where there was a double white line on the road, even if you were on the side where it was dashed, not continuous. I decided that an argument was probably a bad idea.

Another video for you heading from the Cat and Fiddle towards Gradbach:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYcTqt9v-h4&feature=youtu.be

LOL! I quickly realised it was a road I've travelled several times (mostly on a 'snow safari')

For sledging, I tend to go near Kettleshulme - there's a big pull-in near Bakestonedale Road to park in so not obstructing the road.

I`m too old for sledging but in earlier days when I lived in Macclesfield ( on the eastern outskirts) it was a 10 minute uphill walk to our  favourite sledging field. I stlll have my sledge though, a proper Swiss `Davos` one, it must be about 60 years old now. 

It`s languishing in the attic, patiently waiting for another "proper" winter.

Sun, snow, and big skies yesterday.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1lGXbPoodo

Very pleasant sat back here'''''....... 

Nonsense bradders. My father still takes a dinner tray down the W.Dorset coastal slopes if it snows- silly old fool- and he's 73.

You`re right Bert, thinking I`m too old is all in the mind. I`d love to go sledging again on that field in Macc, if we ever get enough snow again!

Re- my earlier post, I never did the Macc-Buxton-Macc run on the Norton in snowy or icy weather, that would have been tempting fate!

It was usually a summer thing to see the 60s pop groups playing at Buxton Pavilion Gardens Ballroom.

(Although I did fall off the Norton twice in Macc, on my way to work on icy roads. No injuries apart from one or two scratches on the bike.)

Heh heh! That sounds just like Pops- although his bike was a triumph!