Yes, the spectre is fantastic.

http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/1174338/1/54882904/Small

This is John Fleetwoods site of photos on smugmug. In this short series if you scroll through there is an inversion and a spectre. Matt.

Best inversion I've experienced was on New Years Day 2000 on Pen Y Fan etc in the Brecon Beacons. A glorious day on the tops with plenty of firework remains!

Spot on, John. Here's a picture I Googled - it even has a BS of two people at the bottom! ...
http://www.mountaindays.net/gallery/image.php?id=4&pic=9

I really do need to get my act together and get the Gallery updated.

Does anyone have some cool photos ?

Garfield

An inversion Happens when the air temperature increases with altitude which effectively holds the surface air, Clouds down, therefore you find yourself above the clouds with summits but no valley bottoms on veiw, marvellous it is to behold.

I stand to be corrected.

John

Please help the ignorant. What's an inversion?

I have seen quite a lot of inversions, but one of the most unexpected was on Whittbarrow Scar when doing Thats Lythe a couple of years ago a true vision of beauty.

Brocken Spectre like garfield in the Kentmere area coming off Ill Bell Exactly as garfields description I didn`t find it errie just intriguing.

John

I have seen one Brocken Spectre and several inversions. The former was off Thornthwaite Crag in the lakes - incredibly eerie. Very peaceful; just this strange shadow with a rainbow halo, which raised its arm when I did.

Best Inversion was when climbing Tryfan - the whole of the Ogwen valley was a river of cloud, all the way back to Bethesda.

I'm sure I have photos of both these but no idea where at present.
Garfield

So who has actually seen either, and where?
Inversions we have seen, best about 4 years back climbing up from Llangynog (on the Berwyn mountain route, but not on the event). It was a classic inversion, we could have walked across on the cloud.
We have never seen a Brocken Spectre, has anyone else been so lucky as to see one - and photograph it?

I have seen a photo on John Fleetwods 'smugmug' site somewhere. Along with the astounding photos of his winter Ramsay round etc. Matt.