02/01/2021
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This is being typed from our office while most of the team is out in our few available vehicles.
It’s been snowing most of the afternoon, just as forecast.
It’s the middle of winter, and Bleaklow and Kinder are the highest points in Derbyshire.
We are in the throes of a pandemic placing restrictions on all our recreational activities.
Upwards of 200 cars were parked on Snake Pass summit early this afternoon; busier than a summer bank holiday, but with the main difference being the large white things dropping out of the sky. Presumably, the occupants of these vehicles were out on the moors. It seems like many didn’t have the common sense to check the forecast, dress themselves suitably, check they had a capable vehicle and / or driving skills, never mind the fact that they perhaps shouldn’t have been stretching the advice given by the government so as not to overburden our NHS.
Never mind, though. Just ring the police and expect them to come along with their magical snowmobiles. Of course, with our superpowers we can simultaneously deal with similar situations in the Goyt Valley, Mam Nick, Curbar Gap and others. And we’re covid-proof, didn’t you know?
Joking aside, please don’t be stupid. It shouldn’t need a greater explanation than that.
Hopefully the evening won’t deteriorate into a mass of emergencies. We’ll deal with what we can, but our underpants aren’t on the outside and we can only knock so much common sense back into society.
