Sounds like a pizza! …and even. There’s over 12″ of snow coating this part of Shropshire – that’s deep for these parts – quite exceptional in fact. It’s even too – there was little wind when it fell. It’s not very crisp though – more light and fluffy (still sounding like a pizza?). With a completely blue sky and bright sunshine, a walk with the camera was unavoidable.
…and snew and snew, as my grandfather used to say. That was yesterday – today, a respite – more snow is forecast for tomorrow – so we’re taking a brief leg stretch along the local lanes.
It’s not a very high peak, but snow on top made the Wrekin look most inviting. I accepted! It’s cold today – lower down, on the northern slopes, the mud on the path was frozen hard. Higher up, the snow had been well trodden and polished, and the path was treacherous. The antics of descending walkers persuaded me to continue over the top and down through the trees towards Little Hill, to return through the woodland. The sun, which had sneaked behind a patch of cloud, came back out and shone brightly again once I was well into the forest. There’s no snow down here, and the air has been warmed a little – there’s serious mud…
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There was still evidence of Saturday’s snow showers on the Stretton hills. We should have been out enjoying the conditions on Sunday, or yesterday, but other transport arrangements got in the way. No such problems today, and once again, the sun was bright and the frost hard – the mud on the path to Hope Bowdler was well-frozen. It’s the walk we did in November (“To the Battlestones“), though today we started from the parking space below the Gaer Stone. Most enjoyable it was too!
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