Walking in the snow

On Saturday evening, while sitting in front of the TV (watching a documentary about Wilco Johnson), I lifted the blind in the living room to see a sight I've been waiting for all winter. I made sure all my camera batteries were charged, and planted the idea of a morning walk in the head of my beloved.

Come the following morning, and a look outside was a bit of a curate's egg. There had been some overnight, but not a great deal, and it looked very much like it was melting.....

We wrapped up and set off anyway, as a good walk is a good walk whatever the weather. We headed off into the countryside and had a really good walk, watching a kestrel hunting for a while, and trying to work out whether the footprints in the snow were of animals of interest.

There is a path that runs down the side of the peat bogs and it has a view which I've used before. It has a lead-in line and really benefits from a figure for your eye to rest on. Thankfully, it is a regular route for dog walkers, so I didn't have to shoo Gel off to act as a model.

As you can see the snow was a bit paltry.

We took a different path to the one we'd normally use, and ended up having had a nice circular walk.

Here is Gel, all wrapped up against the cold.

A little over 10,000 steps.