The early May weather in 2021 has been unseasonal to say the least!
Our last post which covered a canoe trip to the Loch Tay area over the period 01-03 May made several references to how cold the weather was. High pressure dominated over most of the weekend producing largely settled conditions but the air temperature was at times Baltic. The journey home from the Highlands on Monday saw a front move through which brought strong easterly winds accompanied by sleet, snow & rain depending on altitude.
Moving into the middle of the week high pressure continued to bring calm but cold conditions. On Thursday we headed out for some caving in Upper Teesdale. The early morning drive in was superb with snow covering much of the higher parts of the North Pennines. On our walk in it was pleasantly warm when the sun came out but when the sun went in the wind once again had an arctic feel to it.
Moking Hurth is a relatively small but interesting cave and it was good to be back there, it was Marion's first visit, unfortunately we didn't have very much time available for a thorough exploration so a return will be needed.
Today (Saturday 08th May) has seen us postpone a day of family canoeing in the Lake District: its rained heavily all morning with accompanying south westerly winds gusting up to 30mph. Although things look set to remain a little unsettled through the planned busy week ahead temperatures are set to climb out of single digits to something resembling the May average for Northern England.
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