[Jim]

no where near cold enough yet

[erm, sam]

This sort of day usually marks the start of the grit season.

Not quite as bad as yours, but: Seeing the upcoming mint conditions I eagerly set the alarm last night for 5.30am so I could get a few hours in this morning before a busy day eating cake at friends houses and escorting children to parties etc.

Sadly I forgot to actually turn it on so I was awoken by the kids at 7am, too late to get out. It was cold and sunny and amazing and I was gutted.

[nik at work]

no where near cold enough yet

Forget your two headed birds and clumsy squirrels Jim has hit the nail squarely on it's proverbial head. We don't need an early compensatory grit call after Dobs lime-call-ball-drop-actually-an-egg-trip-yolk-on-face farce earlier in the year (sorry to drag it up Dob).

[boulderingbacon]

its time, my nose ran this morning for the first time this year definitely one of the five signs

[fatboySlimfast]

Wierdly cold but grit still warm around seranata on stanage yesterday, routes ok but we were debating wether too cold to belay. Hmmm, had a frost in scotland 4 weeks ago.

[butters]

Know what you mean - was cold at Cratcliffe yesterday but conditions didn't seem that good. Thought it was just me having an off day but maybe not.

[T_B]

cough 

[SA Chris]

First snows here this morning?

[Jim]

first frost in the MCR this morning -0.5 degrees and the frost was pretty thick, took a while to scrape off the car

[butters]

first frost in the MCR this morning -0.5 degrees and the frost was pretty thick, took a while to scrape off the car

Well it certainly felt the best it has been earlier today - the friction at Burbage boulders was so good it was almost cheating.

[Johnny Brown]

Relax folks, I can confirm the grit was called early this morning.

[Fiend]

Hurrah! The Grit Light ͭͫ (2'c or below) came on in the car this morning, it got down to 0'c briefly. Conditions were good this evening too.

A wise call. Dob's self-omeletting can be forgotten now.

[Eddies]

I had a great evening session at Gib Torr tonight. Dashed over straight from work and met a few keen locals, warmed up and got cracking. Great friction, not too cold once warmed up (car said 1deg). I left the crag at 18:35 with 5 probs under my belt, 2 of them new ticks... for me.

[andy_e]

Had a brutally cold night session at Whitehouses yesterday, it was truly toe tinglingly cold. Worked out all the beta on Under Rumsfeld though in fantastic conditions. What a cool problem!

[Johnny Brown]

with temperatures forecast to be close to or slightly below average, we believe the most significant aspect of this winter will be the very much below average winter rainfall

Sounds promising. The runes at Khute yesterday were telling a similar story.

[slackline]

Damn, I was hoping for tons of snow again 

[Drew]

In a perfect world, there would be even more snow than last year (there's loads of things I would love to snow-ball), it would be sunnier and brighter than last year, colder than last year, and all roads would be cleared within minutes of the snow falling.

But failing that, I'll accept less snow.

[Will Hunt]

Mmmm. Nice and crisp today. Is JB stirring in the box?

[fatboySlimfast]

Baslow last night was still quite warm

[nai]

Absolutely cooking in the sun today

Temps still in double figures and too much greenness still around, could be a late calling this year due to the unseasonal warm spells.

 

[Johnny Brown]

Lovely trad weather at MIllstone today. The runes suggest a late call, but things could change overnight.

Has Lagers blanked yet?

[willackers]

Been on't grit for the last few weeks, had some good sessions with good temps.

I miss Dumby though 

[Drew]

Walking to the car this evening, it felt proper chilly. I'm sure it'd be good for lantern sessions, but it's far too warm during the day for proper sticky grit.

[dave]

Fucking boiling at stanage today.

[Grubes]

froggatt in the sun was not great today getting there though ...