However, if you are thinking of coming up here for a weekend's walking please think again.
The conditions above about 200ft above sea level are best described as arctic and certainly the coldest/snowiest we've had for about 15 years.
I'm involved with 2 Mountain Rescue Teams in South Lakeland and for the past week we've been out virtually non stop helping/searching for fell walkers and low level walkers and assisting the ambulance service with folks suffering mainly from lower leg injuries from slips and falls.
We've also had to deal with 2 fatalities in the last 24 hours.
Have a look at the incident report sections on these 2 websites:
www.Kendalmrt.org.uk
www.lamrt.org.uk
There is plenty of good advice on both sites.
ps: My apologies to those of you waiting for parts from my 'bongo breaking'. As you can see I've been a bit occupied elsewhere.
H
