Snow at last

At last a bit of the white stuff came down and covered the ground up to about 4" deep.
Well it looked a bit dodgy to go out in the car, but i decided to have a try. The first job was to shift all the snow from the drive, that took about 20 minutes and then after three attempts i got onto the road. I was the first one out of my road so it was virgin snow, no problems until i struggled getting up Bridge Hill. Eventually got to Robs about 8:00 and parked on Geoff's drive. We had planed just to have a walk around Handley Wood in the event of overnight snow. Just three of us went myself, Rob and Ike with Rachel's dog Buckle.
While i was waiting i got a couple of snaps of these Goldfinches on the bird feeder.
We set off up Plains Lane and it was just so peaceful and quiet.

Feeding time

Top end of Plains Lane

Lots of lovely white stuff

We headed across the fields towards Handley Woods and Buckle was loving it.

Buckle leading the way

We passed this tree in a field and it just looked great with the sun behind it.

If you go down in the woods today.........

Your sure of a big surprise!!

Spot Buckle in the snow.

Track through Handley Wood

Brook in Handley Woods

It was a climb out of the woods up towards the Midshires Way, passing this pond.

You can just see animal tracks going across the ice on the pond.

This was the last shot from our walk.

It was a nice walk back down the track to Plains Lane and then a struggle to get back up Belper Lane in the car. Made it but it was a struggle, i was lucky nothing came down Belper Lane so i could keep the car moving.
Morgan was staying overnight so when i got home i took him sledging to Shire Oaks which is just 10 minutes walk away.
Took my camera as normal and got a couple of decent action pics of some of the Belper Rugby Club U15's.

Bit of a headache after that.

That's it for this week
Cheers