Sick of the incessant snow updates

Couldn’t they have predicted that would happen?

The Irwell is very full at the minute with all rain and melt water. The river water is pushing against the top of the bridges and there’s quite a bit of flooding in town centres. Down the valley in Ramsbottom, the locals must be worried.

Yep Bacup is flooded and I’ve never seen the Irwell as high as it is in Rawtenstall, got to be 8ft higher than normal. Locals were moaning there was no gritting last night, now its the grids havent been cleared even though the river is flooding the roads by coming back up the drains.

Bert turned out to be nothing for us. The worst of it seems to have affected areas out to the South and West of here. 10C and rain forecast overnight, which should pretty much clear the streets.

Flood warnings in place for Hebden Bridge too. There’s a ton of meltwater now on top of the heavy rain. It’s just been constant here (S. Manc.) all day. Snow disappeared within an hour, it was 9 degrees by lunchtime, must be double digits now.

Like someone flipped the central heating on!

Melting you say?

No additional snow here yet, but the 30cm from the other day is making the noise of frozen, and has the sparkles of decent XC ski weather.

Just a pishy blowy afternoon for us. Not very nice in the wind but calm now.

Slush in abundance

The kids managed some good sledging in the back field before it melted to slush…

All gone here in the Ilson Alps today, has been raining since dawn to varying degrees and forecast to rain most of tomorrow.

Local flood warnings started going up around noon today, we’re OK but it’s possible the usual areas by the River Erewash are in for an edgy couple of days. Apparently the River Wye at Buxton was rising by 12 inches per hour this afternoon.

Apparently the River Wye at Buxton was rising by 12 inches per hour this afternoon.

That rises rapidly because Buxton is in such a dip so it gets everything off the surrounding hills. Tends to affect downstream like Bakewell and Darley Dale more than Buxton itself.

Ramsbottom has got some flooding. So far Hebden Bridge/Todmorden seem OK.

Tends to affect downstream like Bakewell and Darley Dale more than Buxton itself

I’ll go and have a look at the river in Darley Dale later, guessing it will be getting close

Day 5 – and it’s gone.

Still lots on the mountains, but even they are looking pretty stripped. The paths will take longer to clear as they’ll have been compressed down to ice. I’m hoping they’re clear by tomorrow evening so we can get out for a decent run.