tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post2679559812768774065..comments2024-03-23T20:59:24.568+00:00Comments on northern pies: Whernside - in a blizzardMike Knipehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-89463080374218792009-02-15T20:53:00.000+00:002009-02-15T20:53:00.000+00:00Well, Tykelad, as yoiu can see, I like to wallop t...Well, Tykelad, as yoiu can see, I like to wallop the ice with a big axe. herin lies all the fun.<BR/>This methoid has its drawbacks when dealing with icy windscreens, however!Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-85436952173550631902009-02-15T18:26:00.000+00:002009-02-15T18:26:00.000+00:00So there's me chuntering and cursing like a good '...So there's me chuntering and cursing like a good 'un trying to scrape a bit of ice off the windscreen of the car outside my house...and you scampering up a mountain covered in the stuff.<BR/><BR/>Yer mad I tells yer...MAD !!Tykeladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13396696827344442951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-80591719482918606922009-02-14T10:01:00.000+00:002009-02-14T10:01:00.000+00:00I had a look at your BIG post, Martin but my BT li...I had a look at your BIG post, Martin but my BT line is a bit ropey just now and keeps falling over, and I just can;t get to the end!<BR/>On fact this is my second attempt at this post.... dhuhhhhMike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-75415009230746586912009-02-13T23:50:00.000+00:002009-02-13T23:50:00.000+00:00Mike, the bike on skis would be excellent for down...Mike, the bike on skis would be excellent for downhill sections of the CSM, if a little tricky on the uphills. I'm sure you'd be able to use it. If you have the patience to reach the last video of my last (long) CSM posting, you'll spot a man finishing a section in a wheelchair on skis - I was there, and saw it, and he was in much better shape than I was, despite the wheelchair.<BR/>But that's another story.Phreerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-34736919030295043232009-02-13T23:36:00.000+00:002009-02-13T23:36:00.000+00:00Cheers Martin - Our snow has been melting quite qu...Cheers Martin - Our snow has been melting quite quickly today. Brian rang earlier and said that my snowhouse has collapsed.<BR/>But, when it snows again- as I think it will, I trust we'll be having another go on the ski bike. Its fab till you run over a frozen molehill - then it can be a bit painful....<BR/>Would this vehicle be allowed on the CSM, I wonder?Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-37754214604837086572009-02-13T23:05:00.000+00:002009-02-13T23:05:00.000+00:00Cool, Mike, though I suspect your readers would ha...Cool, Mike, though I suspect your readers would have been impressed with a video. Did you raid the Bowes Museum for those ice-axes? And why didn't you take the bike with skis - that looked great fun.<BR/><BR/>...only jealous - there's no snow here...Phreerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-639632260217278982009-02-12T22:36:00.000+00:002009-02-12T22:36:00.000+00:00Just the bit in the middle was a bit wild. Whernsi...Just the bit in the middle was a bit wild. Whernside is nowt of a hill, though, so it makes me wonder how wild it would have been up one of them there Munros.Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-70229864568833342522009-02-12T22:16:00.000+00:002009-02-12T22:16:00.000+00:00Looks like a wild outing.Looks like a wild outing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-83275425390969684182009-02-12T22:07:00.000+00:002009-02-12T22:07:00.000+00:00Eyyup Martin... I did once take an axe on a CHall...Eyyup Martin... I did once take an axe on a CHallenge after a snowy spring, but due to a heatwave, I sent it home again.<BR/>Just after I sent it home, it started snowing again (dhuuhhh)<BR/>I won't be taking an axe, though - too heavy<BR/>Cracking fun, this snow stuff, though...Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-48346096897555705462009-02-12T21:35:00.000+00:002009-02-12T21:35:00.000+00:00Proper winter walk then Mike. I reckon you could ...Proper winter walk then Mike. I reckon you could end up needing an Ice axe on the Challenge this year maybe? Snow could stay long in the Cairngorms.Martin Ryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719332121719827761noreply@blogger.com