From the various weather forecasts that I have been perusing, it looks as if the weather for this Easter will be a wintry affair. One thing that does seem strange is that 2008 might get a white Easter, while 2007 was bereft of a white Christmas. The fact that Easter is early this year, near enough the end of March, might have something to do with it as well.<\/p>\n
If we do get the predicted weather, it will be a marked contrast to last year when I enjoyed several trots along the Pennine Way: a clag-bound affair on Holy Thursday, a windswept one in the sunshine on Easter Sunday and a dampened one on the day after. The previous year saw me experience a number of seasons while on the way up and down Goatfell on Arran; the nearest I came to winter conditions was a hail showered as I neared the summit and snow underfoot thereabouts too.<\/p>\n
While the idea of wintry showers might not appeal to fair weather types and I can vouch for the fact that they can irritate even if you are equipped to deal with them, the prospect of a sunlit landscape coated in white more than makes up for any annoyance. From a walking perspective, snow isn't so bad, so long as visibility doesn't deteriorate to a level where your ability to navigate is compromised. Frozen water can be seen to be \"drier\" water, an impression seared into my memory by a trek up and over Ribblesdale's Whernside one Saturday in February a few years ago.<\/p>\n
All in all, I could be tempted outside by the forecast, and I do seem to detect a spot more intelligence with the Met Office's weather warnings. While I won't be doing anything silly, painting the place red at the least hint of problematical weather is daft too. No concrete plans exist yet, so it'll be a case of seeing what happens...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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