Came along the M62, highest motorway in the UK at over 1,200' at its highest point apparently. We could hardly see the "slow, fog" signs. Now at Strines near Marple, no fog at all.
Ha, mrs B, we live on the Lancs side of the Pennines and used to make regular journeys over to Yorks. The weather could be anything, different on either side, terrible on the top, all sorts.
At over 1200ft, good chance that wasn't 'fog' so much as low cloud! Not a lot of difference in terms of driving experience though, but cloud can be like the worst kind of fog!
I've stayed at my mates pub on Exmoor (also around 1200ft) quite a few times, I think it was the the third time before I even saw his field boundary out back, or end of the big car park beside pub, only a hundred yards or so away, but beyond sight! If it hadn't been for the Sat Nav, could easily have driven past the pub and missed it entirely! Near permanently in the clouds!
Learnt long ago what a difference it made to weather depending on what side of the Pennines you were too!
Used to hill walk with a group, we'd use bunk barns on Yorkshire Dales National Park. Mrs and I would do a long w/e in Yorkshire with the group and then finish rest of week in the Lake District on our own. The contrast in weather was like being on different planets! - Yorkshire was always (we did it for years!) wet to a Biblical level and none too warm, the Lakes were lovely warm and sunny and mostly dry! - We used to phone the lady friend (Yorkshire lass, who lived not too far from our walks) who organised the group walk, and bait her about how much better the weather was on the Cumbria/Lancashire side of Pennines! - got to keep the War of the Roses going!
I agree about the high “fog” being low cloud. I used to drive through that going over Snake Pass between Manchester & Sheffield. Difficult with dim 12v lights on an ancient Renault 4.
The other “fog” we get is a weird bank of it that comes in from the sea - I’d call it a haar in east Scotland (there’ll be other names): it ruins camping because it’s cold & it lingers for days while it’s sunny just a few miles inland. OH (from Yorkshire) calls it a sea fret. Rare on west coast, in my experience. Isle of Arran pin sharp today & the Paps of Jura clear (4 hours drive & at least 2 ferries away).
Yes, if course it was cloud. The last time I experienced it was in 2014 when we stayed at Wyming Brook CS on the far side of Sheffield. OH went to the snooker and I went back to the site on the bus. Got wet up in the clouds. Also had it in Tenerife ages ago.
Very many years ago when I was 13 we went to stay with great aunt who lived on Bute. Horrible weather but for 1 day when we went to Loch Lomond. On the way back we could see the Paps of Jura. "It will rain again tomorrow" said Dad. He wasn't wrong.
Well, you know what we used to say in Morecambe 'if you can see the hills across the Bay it's going to rain. If you can't see the hills it's already raining'.
Quote: Originally posted by Mrs. Bonce on 31/3/2024
Very many years ago when I was 13 we went to stay with great aunt who lived on Bute. Horrible weather but for 1 day when we went to Loch Lomond. On the way back we could see the Paps of Jura. "It will rain again tomorrow" said Dad. He wasn't wrong.
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We go over to Bute regularly and Mount Stuart is one of our favourite big houses to visit: it’s unique. Love it.
Dad's cousin used to work there. I don't think we went, can't remember anyway. I do remember us hiring a small motorboat and encountering a ferry wave. Rather scary! Mum refused to go to Scotland after that. Holidays were always in Wales.
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