This was the scene here in the Sheffield Himalayas at 11am this morning. It's such a very tightly defined micro-climate that there are even spontaneous total eclipses.
And that happened today. Astronomers have studied this region for years due to the peculiar characteristics. A complete black and white out.
For most of the time I was dressed in a thermal suit which was issued to me when I moved in. The suit is something that all residents are entitled to once they have permanently crossed the 'snow-line'. There is a 'location tax' paid by all residents to enable even the most impoverished to maintain some standard of heating. That's civilisation that is.
And oh my was that suit needed. The optional battery powered nether-region climate setting was of particular value due to the knee level wind. Flurries gusting up towards the midriff were deflected by the 'blast power' level adjustment set to +9.
Very often at the peak, the top of Lydgate Lane, there may be 60 or 70 inches of snow even in April. This can come as a surprise to those residents of West Street or Upper Allen Street. Down in the valley there may be shorts and tee shirts worn in conditions hardly as damp as light drizzle blowing off a Cretan swimming pool on the hottest day the Aegean has seen since Athenians had a day off during the Peloponnesian War.
Hurry up sun, this is affecting tourism.
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