After a very mild December, winter seems to have arrived with bells on this week, and the Dark Peak is suddenly looking very white. It’s rare to get onto Kinder Scout in the snow – if it’s bad on the tops, the access roads are usually impassable – but yesterday’s fall covered the hills and left the lower levels clear. Perfect weather for a walk if you’re brave (or stupid!) enough to venture up there…

The summit of Kinder Scout.

Moody skies towards the Dragon’s back ridge.

Panorama on the way...