Adventures with friends are the best kind!

Trig point acquired on Totley moor! And a hilly, icy, slippery, muddy 10 miles banked!

We were blessed with good conditions in the first half a little bit of ice but nothing too crazy, the second half became icier with areas being treacherous. Naturally the pace slowed to pick our way across but where we could run we did. Kate looked strong and ready for her race, I could tell I had not run in the peaks for a while, and while tough going I loved it!

We headed across streams when disaster struck, Kate was ahead of slightly and as she moved onto a boulder on a steam into a rock pool, she moved to allow another walker by and fell in hitting her head, luckily the walker responded fast and pulled her out as me and Paul scrambled over.

This where the kit paid dividends, between our bags we were able to get Kate fully changed into warm and dry clothes, we got the wet kit into our bags, we checked Kate over, gave her some fuel, and the lady that had pulled her out rung out her hair.

We decided to divert back and take the straightest line to the car, hoping that by moving again we could warm Kate up, this worked, and we got back to the car with Kate a little shook up, but ok.

Warm dry clothes and a steamed chai in us we headed home.

Lessons learnt:
⭐️always check rocks and icy conditions assume they have ice on them
⭐️always carry a full change of clothes when you’re far from home
⭐️ don’t run in areas like the Peak District on your own if you’re not familiar with them and
⭐️ always ensure you have full safety gear

If we hadn’t all stayed calm and had these things today may be different, I’m so glad the walker was stood near Kate to get her out and straight away and so grateful that Kate is ok, even if bruised and battered.

Despite all this it was a wonderful day and a learning experience for us all, which we are all using in a positive way!