Friday 09.12.2011

Elemental furies unleashed yesterday: too dark by quarter to three for pics and in any case couldn`t have held camera still. Did begin to wonder if we should have stayed indoors as the wind snatched every breath from my lungs and even the woods offered little shelter. In the event took an hour and a half to walk what would usually take half that.
A relief then to walk out today, sheet ice on the road and still a freezing wind but not apocalyptic and the woods once more a quieter haven. Cold with that pure winter light that has an almost mystic quality.

Could easily have imagined strange creatures emerging from the trees but perhaps that`s more to do with the fact that I`ve just finished reading Hood by Stephen Lawhead,the first in a trilogy re-telling the legend of Robin Hood.** It is a straightforward boys-own romping adventure, fast paced historical fantasy requiring nothing more sophisticated of the reader than that they wholeheartedly join in. And I`m delighted to say there are two more volumes - both with enticing covers - which I`m going to save as a treat to read over the festive season. Brilliant.

**He was Welsh - who knew?!