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This was a repeat of November’s\u00a0Snow on Colt Hill<\/a>\u00a0walk, but with less snow, less icy wind, more birdsong, an extra dog (Sweep came along as well as Eddie), and a red squirrel on the way home.<\/p>\n Audrey forgot her hat and gloves and I forgot my sandwiches. I was under the weather and by the col below Colt Hill was flagging a little but, fortified with jelly babies, was able to trudge on up the last few metres into the cloud and walk through the sandstone arch. The descent was a bit slippery but the humans managed to stay upright. Poor Sweep had slipped in the mud but all his sniffling about in the snowy grass had him clean in no time.<\/p>\n Below the snow line<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Above the snow line<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 5.7 miles 2h 45m ascent 356m This was a repeat of November’s\u00a0Snow on Colt Hill\u00a0walk, but with less snow, less icy wind, more birdsong, an extra dog (Sweep came along as well as Eddie), and a red squirrel on … Continue reading <\/a><\/a>