Ne'er Day walk, Picture heavy

[Toddy]

I went for a walk in the snow this morning with HWMBLT

Out the front door, trees heavy with frost crystals

Where the squirrels have their drey.

Frost crystals on a spiders web, turning it into spikey white strings.

An icy spidery snotter on the stone faces

Snow, snow and more snow. Lots of tracks, fox, deer, badger, people.....

I moved again It's hard to get a good photo of me

Icy spikes on every plant stem around.

No real thaw in weeks here. Unusual, it's normally very mild.

Not so much snow under the Scots Pines though. Ground is frozen solid.

Lots of interesting looking hollow and burrows around.

I moved, again, Well it was a frozen something interesting

Down to the river below the castle.

Just a glimpse past the castle Donjon keep.

There's a theme of cold white woodlands today

Path homewards.

Loads of Robins and Wrens, tried to catch a photo, but they move more than I do.

Deer tracks; very sharp dark slots into the snow catch the eye when out walking.

A lovely walk, loads of, " Happy New Years", home for lunch and then family visited and then we went and visited more family close by.
Home and warm and snug in time for tea

Have a very good New Year folks,

atb,
Toddy

 

[gsfgaz]

Lovely pic's Mary ....

 

[Barn Owl]

Very nice.

 

[gazmc2]

great foties, looks brilliant & a grand nu year to u also!!

 

[hiho]

nice pics. thanks for sharing

 

[warthog1981]

Excellent looks a lot colder where you are than here

Cheers Russ

 

[Toddy]

Yeah, it's been Baltic here this Winter Your camp looked decidedly comfortable

I think it's the high pressure, it's been so calm, very little wind for weeks, and that's allowed the cold to settle in hard. This is the warm end of the County, and it's bitter here, no wonder it was so cold at Wiston

Stay warm out there folks

cheers,
M

 

[Shewie]

Fine pics Toddy

Your chappy definitely has a good eye for a photo

 

[BorderReiver]

Thanks for the pictures, it looks like a lovely walk.

 

[johnnytheboy]

Oh it looks freezin, great photies

 

[malente]

thanks for sharing, I enjoyed it!

ATB Mike

 

[shogun]

great pics looked like a good walk thanx for sharing...

 

[Prawnster]

Great pics Toddy. Looks a bit nippy round your way

 

[Cyclingrelf]

Gosh - you've got some real cold up there! Looks lovely and crisp. Happy new year Toddy

 

[Stryker]

Stunning pics, what camera do you use?

 

[Toddy]

It's actually feeling a bit warmer than it has been.
Just checked the garden thermometer and it's reading -6 tonight. It's very overcast though. Tbh it looks like more snow.
Y'know you can have too much of a good thing.
There's not a packet of salt to be had in the shops, the main roads are the only ones being gritted, and local streets and pavements are like ice rinks, the road in ours has six inch deep ruts in the compacted slush ice.
It's going to be blooming soggy when this all melts

It is beautiful though and it's light, at this usually dull, grey time of year that alone is a pleasure

Hope the New Year is a good one for you and yours

cheers,
M

 

[Toddy]

Stunning pics, what camera do you use?

Sorry, this is me, you know, the technophobe you're asking.
We took HWMBLT's wee one this morning. He assured me that it's almost identical to the one I normally use so I'd be fine with it. He took half of the photos and I took the rest. I just point it, make sure I'm in close up or view, and press the button.
Hang on, I'll go and find it, it's bound to have labels or somesuch on it.

atb,
M

 

[Toddy]

The photos today were taken using a Canon power shot A560, mine's the A85.
HWMBLT is off to bed, if you'd like more info I can ask him in the morning if that's any use ?

I got a brilliant toy for Christmas, it's one of the little paperback sized printers that plugs into it or my phone and it produces sticky backed photos in seconds

cheers,
Toddy

 

[QDanT]

Great pictures of your day out
You must have some mean Flies up there if the Spiders spin Razer wire webs

thanks for sharing - cheers Danny

 

[Cyclingrelf]

Just checked the garden thermometer and it's reading -6 tonight.

Yes, that's a LOT colder than down here. It only hits freezing once in a while here at the moment, so we mostly haven't even had any frost, let alone razor-wire spiders webs. In fact, I've haven't seen spider webs like that in my whole life!