During
the early hours of Easter Sunday 2008 (23 March) there was a fall of snow over
parts of the country and happily for me my local area in the hills east of Manchester
received some of the heavier falls. This was the scene around 0700 in the morning
on Stockport Road, Mossley with snow cover 8-10cms deep.
The view from Stockport Road over the valley towards Greenfield with the clouds lifting from the hills beyond
Quick Road on the Mossley
/ Saddleworth border heading up to Lydgate, only one motorist had ventured out
in it so far.
Oldham Road, heading down from Grasscroft to Greenfield, which had been cleard by a snowplough
Geese in the fields.
By mid morning the sun had come out, this is the River Tame as seen from the canal towpath near the Mossley border
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal with Wharmton behind.
View from Roughtown, Mossley towards Greenfield and Wharmton
Daffodils in the snow, which was thinning out in the sun though plenty of snow remained throughout the day
View
from Lydgate towards Alphin Pike and the Saddleworth hills in the midday sun.
Looking down from Lydgate to a train leaving Greenfield
Lydgate
The view from the side of Wharmton looking down the valley to Mossley and beyond
A small drift on the hillside of Wharmton
Looking north east from Wharmton towards Standedge