Now that spring is here, and Bridlington is seeing higher daily temperatures than many European holiday destinations (true, but unbeleivable) the picutre to accompany this blog doesn't look so unremarkable. But when you realise that is was taken in the first week of February is comes into perspective. This was the first day of our 2011 walking season, although it wasn't really as we didn't actually stop for the winter this year, walking Blakey Ridge in the thick snow in December, and in slightly less snow again in January.
The photo was taken during our lunchbreak whilst walking the Hole of Horcum, a pleasant leg stretch to start the season. Unlike our last visit, nobody was chased by a rampaging bull, and we did not get lost at all very much hardly at all even except for just a little bit. Even Mr Selby managed to avoid falling in any holes full of water or sinking above the waist in a peat bog. What makes the picture remarkable is not just the almost cloudless blue sky, or the unseasonable very early spring sunshine, but the warm temperatures. In the picture, if you look closely you will see that not only is Dave posing in sunglasses, but that his naked leg is visible under the pub table - yes it was warm enough for shorts in February! Okay once, we stopped walking and broke for lunch outside the Horseshoe Inn at Levisham the fleece jackets were defineitly needed, there was a fresh breeze, but not even the roaring log fire inside could tempt us in.
Hopefully this is the start of a wonderful year of good walking weather, with no fog to blight our excursions. The usual suspects are already penned in for the now compulsory annual challenge on the Three Yorkshire Peaks, with a couple of possible extras doing a walk on part.
Additional challenges this year should include Sca Fell Pike, and there is even talk of doing the Lyke Wake Walk.
Watch this space, it could be an interesting year.
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