Heads above the clouds

Tues.10th Nov. 09.

      It's coming up to the season that I enjoy if only for one reason..... Winter Walking. Looking back in my picture folders there's one walk that will always remain in my memory not only for the spectacular scenery but also to have been able share it with some of my best mates, it was the walk that I also filmed with my video camera in Jan. 2006.

 

Warmer on the summits (temperature inversion) 

All  pictures ... David Ashworth

                                     
The Brocken Spectre

  Images below are frames from my video

 

               

       Kirkby Stephen Station the end of a memorable walk      

                                                        
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    The walk (led by Eric) started off from Garsdale Head railway station  on a cold, foggy, frosty morning in the Pennines, but as the day unfolded it turned out to be one of the walks of a lifetime and I called it...." HEADS ABOVE THE CLOUDS". The 13 miles walk followed the high ridges  along  the Pennines  over Wild Boar Fell and down into Kirkby Stephen. 
      The Highlight of the walk was the sighting of the "Brocken Spectre" the ghostly shadow of ourselves being projected down on the clouds with a halo around us, probably a once in a life time experience. I hope that we can repeat it but sadly we'll never be able to experience the same weather conditions unless we're very lucky.