Took a spin up there last night to see why. The drifts go on like this for about 2 miles

sorry if the image doesn't work, not sure how to link to a Flickr image.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciwilkinson/4253573006/

Wow – the south side of the Pentlands has acted as a bit of a barrier – took a tramp up White Hill on the North side last night & it was only up to the waist in 1 or 2 'drifted' spots.

Obviously you've got the Flickr link sorted – there was a lot of discussion on linking pics late last year – see here, for some tips…

ta for the linky link.

The drifts were like this most of the way from Silverburn to 9 mile burn

no wonder the gritter got stuck. You could see where they had used a JCB or similar to move the snow and dump it over the walls where possible.