Calderdale students on their way home after being left stranded in snow storm

Pupils and teachers from a Calderdale school are finally on their way home after being stranded in snow blizzards on a Scottish island over the weekend.

The travelling party from Calder High School, Mytholmroyd, abandoned a geology field trip on the isle of Arran in favour of helping a local lifeboat distribute food to islanders.

Calder High pupil Joseph Teal, 16, said: “It’s been an experience.”

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Around 1,500 homes in Arran are still without power after two electricity pylons collapsed after heavy snow storms on Friday.

In Arran, residents have spoken of some of the worst conditions they have ever seen.

Elsewhere, in northern England, many cross-Pennine routes remained blocked by drifting snow, including the Snake Pass and Woodhead Pass, between Manchester and South Yorkshire.

One motorist returning to his buried car today near Denholme, said it was the worst he had seen for more than 30 years.

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John Davis said he had left his Seat on Friday on his way home from work and had decided to try to dig it out today.

“I’m taking a day off to try to rescue myself,” Mr Davis said. “It’s crazy. I’ve not seen anything like this since 1977, when I was a kid.”

Nick Prebble, a forecaster for MeteoGroup,, said the cold weather was expected to last for at least a few more days, although there will be a respite from the heavy snowfalls.

He said: “The cold and dry weather will stay with us and it will be a similar picture for the next three days. Temperatures are going to struggle, generally reaching 2-3C (35.6-37.4F). It will feel even colder though, because of the easterly breeze bringing in colder air.”

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