They all went off to discover the Pole

Owl and Piglet and Rabbit and all…

Waking up to snowlight on the ceiling is a good moment in spite of all the inconvenience.

My subsequent expedition was on a modest scale of one.  The wind was strong and full of fine wet snow, so I carefully put into practice the lessons learned from frozen explorers and astronomers:  wool is warmer; layer up; get boots and gloves warm before you put them on; fill up all the chinks by tucking trousers into socks, gloves into sleeves, scarves into coats, hats into collars.  (Didn’t need the lessons about avoiding snow blindness though!)  I don’t usually bother with walking poles, but today I was glad to have them, having reached the age at which you no longer bounce when you fall.   (Click into a photo for the gallery)

That will teach it a lesson

So much for sheltering in the car port

Not deep, but the road surface was fiendish. I was pleased to catch the fortuitous pigeon

Although it was windy, the damp snow clung and limned every leaf or twig

… and I mean limned EVERY twig

Would have been reluctant to do this slope without the walking poles

especially as this stream at the bottom looked very deep and cold

The storm beach had been cut away by recent weather, so this was my furthest point.

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