Advice please.

Trencher wrote: fresh snow). The one time all bets are off is freezing rain, which coats everything in thick shiny ice. That's rare though.

Trencher

It wasnt so rare in West Yorkshire this morning, It had rained in the early hours and froze, We had a dusting of snow on the top and voila a road you could ice skate on.It took me 15 minutes to de-ice the car and the doors were stuck fast.


AJ Adele

total curiosity ..but WHY do you fall over..maybe its a balance thing ..possibly you should try a Bosu (wobbly half ball) to develop your balance..
just a thought

Rose, I have some, and so does my OH. We use them a lot in resort, and they have saved us from many falls. I went and purchased some on ise'srecommendation. Very worthwhile and cheap as chips.

daved wrote:total curiosity ..but WHY do you fall over..maybe its a balance thing ..possibly you should try a Bosu (wobbly half ball) to develop your balance..
just a thought

No, not a balance thing, just go at things like a bull at a gate and clumsy.
My worst fall last year although crampons would not have saved me. Went on a long hike up hills, through woods etc, miles from any-where. Me as usual needed a pee, miles from anywhere, so had to make a dash behind trees. Forgetting that bracken and twigs under the snow curl over, hooked my foot in one and literally flew through the air and down an embankment. Not funny :oops:

You many find you don't need crampons, at the moment it's cold enough here that ice isn't forming and we've just got packed snow. It needs to be a little warmer to melt some snow and have it refreeze to get really icy.