Looking out of our bedroom window this morning towards Pendle Hill it looked quite inviting with it's layer of mist, it looked so atmospheric so a quick dash to the summit to blow the cobwebs away and get in the last walk of 2010.
Friday, 31 December 2010
Wishing you a Happy New Year from Pendle hill
Looking out of our bedroom window this morning towards Pendle Hill it looked quite inviting with it's layer of mist, it looked so atmospheric so a quick dash to the summit to blow the cobwebs away and get in the last walk of 2010.
Friday, 24 December 2010
Not so Deep! but certainly Crisp and Even
Christmas Eve 2010
We've been on our last walk before Christmas, not a long one but certainly worth the effort because of the pure crisp frosty air. Below are just a few shots of Stainforth Foss and Catrigg Force under wonderful frosty conditions. But first I'm really suited with the Christmas Card my daughter and family sent us for Christmas, she's used one of my christmas card scenes that I photographed when we visited them earlier this month.
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
We've been on our last walk before Christmas, not a long one but certainly worth the effort because of the pure crisp frosty air. Below are just a few shots of Stainforth Foss and Catrigg Force under wonderful frosty conditions. But first I'm really suited with the Christmas Card my daughter and family sent us for Christmas, she's used one of my christmas card scenes that I photographed when we visited them earlier this month.
Stainforth Foss
Along the fell to Catrigg Force
Pen-y-ghent
In a deep wooded gorge Catrgg Force
The frozen Catrigg Force about 60 ft in height
Walking back to Stainforth with Ingleborough in the distance
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
We've avoided the snow again
Wed. 22nd Dec 2010
There's been some terrible disruption because of the heavy snow in many parts of the country but thankfully we've had very little, no more than 2- 3 inches, yes it's been very cold down to -12c in our immediate area and down to -17c in other parts of N.W. England. I haven't done much walking over the past couple of weeks just a few circulars of no more than 6 miles from our house. Snow conditions photography-wise have been very ordinary so there's been very few photo's taken.
Looking S.E. to the snow clouds that past us by
A few holly berries that still haven't been eaten by the birds
A few wild orchid spikes all that remain from from last July
Icicles hanging from Barden bridge over Pendle Water
This is a good stretch on the River Calder to (I hope) watch Salmon spawn now that the river has been cleaned up and the weirs have been removed on the lower reaches but so far no signs of the Salmon
Redshank on the River Calder
Finally..... wild orchid spikes in my garden and the same orchids in july in their full glory
There's been some terrible disruption because of the heavy snow in many parts of the country but thankfully we've had very little, no more than 2- 3 inches, yes it's been very cold down to -12c in our immediate area and down to -17c in other parts of N.W. England. I haven't done much walking over the past couple of weeks just a few circulars of no more than 6 miles from our house. Snow conditions photography-wise have been very ordinary so there's been very few photo's taken.
This is a good stretch on the River Calder to (I hope) watch Salmon spawn now that the river has been cleaned up and the weirs have been removed on the lower reaches but so far no signs of the Salmon
Thursday, 9 December 2010
Chrstmas Card scenery from Shakespeare Country
Over the last 4 days we've been visiting our daughter and family in Alcester in Warwickshire in the heart of Shakespeare country .The weather has been very cold with frost both day and night, perfect for Alcester's....
St. Nicholas's street festival which is held every year in the town's main street.This year it has had an added bonus with the formation of freezing fog which gave the event a sparkling christmassy feel and left the surrounding countryside coated in hoar frost, everywhere you looked it was like a scene out of a Christmas Card, the whole countryside was absolute magic.
The sparkle is from the tiny ice crystals illuminated by the camera flash
