The farms most affected by the snow are in west Cumbria, the Pennines, the Peak District, Shropshire and north Wales.
The Friarage is a 230-bed hospital serving 122, 000 people from the North Yorkshire moors to the central Pennines.
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But then fighting for Yorkshire after being born on the other side of the Pennines has prepared the 32-year-old for such battles.
Liberal Democrat Peer Lord Tony Greaves, who lives in the South Pennines himself, is concerned about the growth of bracken.
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Nottingham and the Pennines had the most snowfall on Monday but Lincolnshire was predicted to have the heaviest showers today.
The Forestry Commission said 80% of the black grouse population was concentrated in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
More snow is likely in the Pennines and Scottish and Welsh hills but the Environment Agency has warned about flooding in some areas.
An NFU spokesman said the recent snow had the worst effect in north Wales, Shropshire, west Cumbria, and the Pennines, and left a "devastating picture".
Thack Moor in the North Pennines, about 12 miles north of Penrith, is 2cm above the 609.6m (2, 000ft) mark that signifies mountain status by Ordnance Survey's (OS) definition.
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The mist has rolled back and there is golden light on the crags and views in every direction: the Pennines, the Lakeland Fells, the Cheviots to the north.
And areas along the eastern side will bear the brunt of the wintry weather with more than 5cm, and possibly up to 15cm on high ground along the Pennines.
Showers continued through much of the day, falling as snow in the Scottish mountains above around 200 to 300 metres and over the peaks of the Pennines and Welsh mountains.
And the Tigers boss says that, after a year of frustration across the Pennines at Eastlands, the 28-year-old former Barcelona star will be keen to prove his top flight credentials.
In recognition of its special qualities the North Pennines has been designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), as well as a European and Global Geopark - highlighting its globally important Earth heritage.
Roads in northern parts of Wales, the Midlands into the Pennines, southern Scotland and Northern Ireland would be the worst affected, while gale force winds would blow snow and drifts across trans-Pennine routes, they added.
There are a number of active faults that line the Midlands Microcraton, and many of the tremors experienced on the western side of the English Midlands, up to the Pennines, are a result of rocks jostling in this area.
Over the past four years, the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership has blocked moorland drains with peat dams to try to restore important blanket bog habitats in the North Pennines, and prevent the erosion of the peat.
From this Iron Age hill fort, built in 400 BC, the views sweep down from the North York Moors and over to the Vale of York and the Vale of Mowbray to the distant Pennines, a low-rise mountain range sometimes dubbed "the backbone of England".
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