Something else noteworthy, I say that we went the other way from the masts at the crossroads in the direction of Ham, Whittington, Andoversford, and then up to Seven springs in a big loop, but on that crossroads at the top of Harp Hill, we came across a transit connect van with a youngish driver and his mate. They were stuck behind a snow drift (couldn't go forward, couldn't go back, and were trying to dig it out with their bare hands. I always carry a recovery strap in the boot and offered to drag it free. I asked him why he had tried to get up there, and he said it was a moment of madness. I get the strap out and ask him to screw the towing eye into his front bumper.....no towing eye, and no idea if the van has one
.......he opens the car up, the interior light comes on, and in the passenger seat is his girlfriend with a 3 moths old baby
(it is blizzard conditions up there as the wind speeds are high)
A couple of minutes later, and by chance a very large 4x4 tractor comes up the hill with 1/2 tractor tyre gadget on the linkage on the back of it for clearing the snow, cow muck etc, and says he has come up to check on his lambs in a field just off the Ham road 1/2 mile away .
We physically can't hook up to the transit with the towing eyes, but the tractor managed to clear enough snow from the road to get the transit away.
Taking a young baby up there is nuts, they could have been stuck up there all night
, it is flipping cold up there 
. Monday should be interesting cycling as it's supposed to be snowing all weekend. Maybe I should invest in some studded tyres like your good self
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