{"id":330,"date":"2011-12-21T20:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T20:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidtapley.co.uk\/?p=330"},"modified":"2013-10-10T20:10:57","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T20:10:57","slug":"shropshire-skiing-december-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidtapley.co.uk\/wp_blog\/shropshire-skiing-december-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Shropshire Skiing &#8211; December 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finally managed to score some Shropshire skiing for 2011, and my first Welsh skiing the very next day.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday dawned murky in the village but a glance over to The Wrekin showed lots of white on the top, so a early Friday finish seemed a good idea. By the time I loaded the car it was snowing hard, and it got heavier as I drove over.<\/p>\n<p>In the car park I hooked up with Nicholas, a skier from our local slope who was out for a walk, and we hiked up together with the dogs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"serendipity_imageComment_center\" style=\"width: 600px;\">\n<div class=\"serendipity_imageComment_img\"><!-- s9ymdb:59 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" title=\"Skiing the wrekin\" alt=\"Skiing the wrekin\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/ski_images\/wrekin_Dec2011_600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"serendipity_imageComment_txt\">A good covering<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The hill was looking very Wintry above the half way house but the cover was quite soft as had yet to be &#8216;pisted&#8217; by the passing walkers. Discretion was the order of the day and I decided to ski the grassy pitch from Heaven&#8217;s Gate to Hell&#8217;s Gate. It was probably only 75 meters or so but it was nice to have snow under skis again.<\/p>\n<div class=\"serendipity_imageComment_center\" style=\"width: 600px;\">\n<div class=\"serendipity_imageComment_img\"><!-- s9ymdb:60 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" title=\"Skiing below Heavens Gate on the wrekin\" alt=\"Skiing below Heavens Gate on the wrekin\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/ski_images\/djt_skiing_wrekin_2011.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"serendipity_imageComment_txt\">Skiing below Heavens Gate<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I had a second attempt just below Hell&#8217;s gate but the cover was thin and the grunching noise off putting !<\/p>\n<p>All in all a pleasant walk up. Fingers crossed for more snow this coming Winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally managed to score some Shropshire skiing for 2011, and my first Welsh skiing the very next day. 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