After overnight frost and snow showers, today's walking conditions along tracks, roads and pavements were far from ideal for two senior citizens but the bright sunshine tempted us out. We are almost addicted to a daily walk, and I think we'd have gone mad had we stayed indoors all day but, had we had an accident, we'd have been justifiably blamed for not staying safely at home.
So, with this very much in mind, we teetered out but when we passed the entrance to the coniferous plantation we noticed that....
....the ground was devoid of snow. I assume that the snow had been caught by the leaves high above, and then melted in the sunshine.
So we followed the route which we use to get down to the village, and found that the only unpleasant sections were the few steep, snow-covered slopes along the track.
Places like Roe Corner were transformed by the snow and, living up to its name, it had plenty of....
....deer tracks; and it was interesting to walk through the woodland which....
....we'd named Speckled Wood, not for its dappled sunlight but for the speckled wood butterflies which flourished here last summer.
The forested areas were almost devoid of bird life - this bird, which I can't identify, being one of the exceptions - except along the sections of the path which backed on to gardens with feeders; and there was no sign of any squirrels.
So two eighty-year olds had a very pleasant walk, arriving home safely but very relieved that we'd had our daily exercise without being a nuisance to anyone.
That's a Redwing Jon, perched in his breakfast tree. Thank you for taking us on your walks.
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