Followed the road through the village, stopping at the Tourist Information Centre on the way, and walked up onto Ringing Roger. The cloud was very low and it was snowing and quite windy, but management at that point. We stopped in amongst the rocks at the top and spotted a hare and a few grouse not far below us, sheltering from the wind. We had a bite to eat and a hot drink, sheltering from the wind and tucked in under Paul's two-man shelter. It was quite toasty.
Paul at our lunch break spot.
Poor Piglet!!!!
Snowy rocks.
Once we left the shelter of Ringing Roger rocks though, it was quite a different story. The snow was powder apparently and very different to walk in than the snow in the Lakes, plus it was considerably deeper most of the time.
The path at the top of Ringing Roger is non-existent, which freaked me out and even once we found the path along the edge, we soon lost it again as it was covered in so much snow. A lot of the time the conditions were too much for my liking - goggles would have been useful, I just kept following Paul's heels. I wondered more than once if I would make it back down, especially as we passed the Grindsbrook route that everyone else seemed to be taking.
We continued along the edge and followed the path out towards Grindsbrook Knoll. We had to leave the path and go over the top of the hill when the path was banked with snow and impossible to follow. After that the path began to drop back down to Edale and it was more sheltered.
The route down from Grindsbrook Knoll.
The village of Edale below.
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