Today, was positively balmy, compared with the extreme cold temperatures and the chill factor of the biting winds, that we endured last week! There were some remains of snow and ice, but it was mostly thawing fast. As I walked through Collett Park to meet up with Belinda, the ducks and seagulls were out in force and some were a bit puzzled why they could walk on the water, which was still half ice! My pics on the top row above, show the state of the allotments - a lot of work ahead for the vegetable growers of Shepton!
We saw plenty of footprints in the snow and dog walkers, eager to get out now that everybody can move around, instead of being cooped up. On many fields and footpaths, mud had replaced snow, but there were still patches and drifts of the white stuff lying around...
By the end of the walk, the sun had come out. I was surprised to see a drift of snowdrops looking so perky, but then I read a notice in a shop window that they contain a natural kind of anti-freeze so that if they collapse in freezing conditions, they quickly recover once the temperature rises.
I do love trees, especially in Winter, when you can see their sculptural skeletons. This tree that I am looking at in the bottom right pic, has split into two. Its trunk must have had an enormous girth originally, so it must be quite ancient!
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