When I posted a couple of photos on
Facebook this morning, excited at waking up to a white landscape after overnight
snow, my New Zealand and Australian friends mentioned their recent high temperatures
– it was still 32 degrees at 5pm in Nambor, it was sweltering in Ashburton, Christchurch
had had a high of 34 degrees, and one friend en route to Cambodia figured she’d
be wishing she had some snow after a few days in their scorching temperatures.
So I thought I’d share snapshots from my
white walk in our 2-degree temperature here in Wincham in the heart of Cheshire . Hopefully, just looking through
these will help cool down all you hot and sweaty Antipodeans!
If you follow my daily photo posts – this
year it’s a celebration of trees – then you’ll recognise this scene, though the
sheep are a charming addition. They’re probably not locals – farmers who live
on higher ground, both in Cheshire
and in counties further north, often send their flocks south to over-winter.
Across the road from the sheep is one of
the three access ways off this lane to Pickmere, our local lake.
The access ways leads to the fields
behind these houses. I often think this would be a pleasant place to live, with
picturesque views over the fields and lake.
Down the fields we go, towards the lake
in the distance. This is a public footpath and, as you can see, I’m not the
first person to walk this way this morning. Usually, everyone follows a more narrow
route but the field is a bit mucky today so walkers have been meandering, seeking
a less muddy path.
There’s an old jetty, though it’s
beginning to fall apart. The seagulls are often to be seen roosting on the end
as they are today. It’s very misty down here today.
The jetty again, and those seagulls, and
a coot swimming by.
Further round the lake, past the kids
sledging down the hill (sorry, no photos of them!), to the area where the ducks
usually congregate, waiting hopefully for humans to bring them bread. Cute
snowman on the water’s edge!
Homeward bound. I was hoping for better
landscape photos as we’re on a bit of high ground here but it’s just too foggy.
Still, I quite like the indistinct trees in the distance.
Now we’re heading along one of the other
pathways, back towards the lane where we first started our walk. There were
lots of other locals out for a walk, with family, friends and dogs.
Looking along the footpath in the other
direction.
The last photo for today. Just before we
reach the lane, there’s a pond that a small flock of ducks calls home. They
also get fed bread by the locals so came heading over when I stopped to take
this photo. As you can see, the pond was partly iced over – shows how nippy it’s
been.
I hope all my Southern Hemisphere friends,
who’ve recently been overheating, are now feeling a little cooler after that
brief stroll through England ’s
white and chilly lands. I’m off for a hot cup of tea!
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