Winter Vis in the Hills!!

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All Young Lads?.... but not in Winter!! (c) 1999

Brian Sumner said...
Looks like the times we had frozen digestive biscuits Dave.
February 16, 2009 6:40 PM

Dave Barker said...
Yes Brian..... those were good old days.....here are some more memories from past discussions!

"""Also in January the first leg of the PFG return is the very essence of vis, on the right days with multiple skeins, some exceptionally high > NW in what we call the 11 o'clock rush, with the timing due to multiple dawn departures from Norfolk...... exciting stuff when you know they will be coming! Its February that I'm not too keen on here..... the deepest of deep cold! You are right Brian the "ten coat" Mitchelin Man mornings with double Damart under garments as well, are nearly upon us. Ice rind round the coffee cups, rock hard chocolate / biscuits, broken teeth, frozen notebook pages, dead pens, dew drenched optics, snow bound cars, drift bound ice covered deckchairs, wind toppled trypods, frosted hair, frequent deckchair recovery from the water, frost bitten fingers, stiffened bodies, slurred speach, ultimate hypothermia and what ever other hardships winter brings to the vis watcher in the hills (a good subject here for a little storey) are almost reallity now. Just try drinking coffee with little shelter in a F7 gale, in fact all fluids go the same way here, ending up at Spurn!"""

Dave
February 16, 2009 10:14 PM