Yesterday's treacherous weather foiled our walking plans. We set out under blue and sunny skies, arriving at our departure point some 25 minutes later under a blanket of grey and chilling precipitation. We didn't go far, returning to the car as the rain got heavier and then turned to sleet. We were safely home when it turned to hail, and then snow. Not to be thwarted this morning we were out the door before 0700h, but this time the skies co-operated and we enjoyed clear but crisp conditions as we took the opportunity to try out my recently-acquired Holux M-241 GPS data logger.
As you can see from the following KML conversion of our track log, we drove in from the south east, and began our walk heading along Curbar Edge (seen here previously) in a north-west direction before continuing south along Baslow Edge. By zooming in using Google Earth we could confirm the accuracy of the track; each deviation corresponds to points of interest we left the path to inspect.
A track log (in blue) showing Curbar Edge and Baslow Edge in Google Earth
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Curbar Edge after a sprinkling of spring snow
The forecast for later today is 0 degrees with hail, sleet, and snow. English weather is fickle at best, but in spring especially it's the early bird that catches the sun.
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I thought this weekend might be fairly horrible but managed to escape in the same weather gap as you today.
Did you see the highland cattle while you were on Baslow Edge? I find those things fascinating!
"Gap" being the operative word Dave; it's just finished snowing again and I'll bet there's more on the way...
No, we didn't notice any highland cattle on this occasion—too busy watching our footing I expect, as it was pretty icy. This was the first time out with both track logger and camera (aside from my DIY solution, I'd previously only made tracks with the Holux for checking accuracy in Google Earth). As you'll no doubt confirm, it's so much less hassle than manual geotagging; I can't imagine taking the camera out without it now! I't great being able to click a button and go to a zoomed Google Maps satellite view and say "Wow, that's exactly where I was standing!" I've also found that studying the track logs in Google Earth has improved my geospatial awareness, even for routes I thought I knew.