Saturday 21.01.2021

 So it was back to an afternoon walk, taking the new boots for their maiden tramp.......they will never look so pristine again.....

It was bright blue and white, a clear sky and ice, very very cold with a nippy wind snapping at the ears.  The sun shone valiantly but couldn`t make much impact on the temperature

It was all very bracing,  so with new boots moving along nicely we took a slightly different route, affording slightly different views to the usual.

 

Once we turned back into the woods we rejoined the well-worn path which led us home as the sun started to go down.

Later, we yomped slowly round the top field in the gloaming, old dog and younger dog, watching the lights appear across the hills and the flashing light of a tractor making its way up the back hill. Earth hard as iron, water like a stone, we made it back down to the fire and tea.