Sunday 25.3.2018

Still a Westerly and cool but much gentler and it was hats off in the woods where the light was gentle

and the shadows long.

Curtains of rain on the horizon and dramatic clouds overhead, two pairs of peewits on the freshly ploughed fields and bird song echoing round the much quieter woods. Not holding any breaths just yet though: a white Easter is forecast.

Friday 23.3.2014

Pelted rain all morning, easing to spots and spats by the afternoon driven on a strong, unfriendly wind which side-swiped us all the way up the road and was ridiculously cold considering it was a westerly. In the woods the trees thrashed about, creaking and squeaking as they rocked backwards and forwards, the sound of the wind in the branches like an angry sea, drowning out all other sounds.

Patches of blue in the sky, the occasional burst of sunshine, the rain still spitting at us - could almost have been April Showers....except for that wind, which continued battering us all the way back, past singing gates and keening telephone wires until we arrived home, windswept indeed - and very satisfied. :)

Wednesday 21.3.2018

A strong, cool buffeting wind as we walked up the hill but noticeably milder than the bitter temperatures of late which one way and another seemed to have paralysed normal routines.
Today though the larks had re-emerged and there were the first peewits...a true sign of the year turning.
And though the snow - at first anyway - can be beautiful on a bright sunny day, it`s easy to forget how easy on the eye are the greens and browns and greys:

Still some snow on the hills and the distant mountains

but it felt like winter was on the run today.

Still, snow brings adventures and there have been good gigs and other walks....but they will have to wait just now, bed calls.