It had been an ambition of mine to walk Counting Hill in the snow the trouble was I was cutting it fine with time leaving just three hours to cover seven miles, an easy task if you was jogging it but I wasn't and there's deep snow on the ground. I came up with a route that would see me head away from Winter Hill towards Dean Mills Reservoir from where I'd go onto Winter Hill which would mean passing through Holden's Plantation first, if your not familiar with the area everything I'm saying now would mean nothing but put simply, it's a bit of a faff. Or so I thought it would be.
The snow had drawn in the crowds which meant I couldn't park where I wanted too which kinda worked out because there was far too much ice on the road for my liking so I parked on Georges Lane and walked with the crowds and their sleds before braking away once the bottom of Rotary Way was reached. |