It's not always raining

stone moss snow

would you believe that's a path?

iced forest hike

This is not just your ordinary snow* ;) this is frozen ice crystals on top of a tiny amount of snow. Crazy.  

 

 

 

*apologies to Marks and Spencers

Beech forests are my favourite

Especially if its been snowing. 

Walking in a winter wonderland..

 

 

sheep, mountain side

Never mind four x four as a car feature, we need to invent sheep traction. Nothing - and I mean nothing - scales the mountains, and crazy angles of said mountains, quite like the local sheep. 

The perks of high hills when hiking...

The best thing about hiking in high hills is the fact if it rains you can a) see it coming and rolling across the landscape - as in this pic- giving you some warning or b) you can simply go  further up; I have often hiked 'above the weather' and watched it rain down on the poor souls in the valley ;) 

Country stripes

There she goes...

In a land far far away... I think every story that starts like this must be about one of my dogs. I have one dog who spends her walks within about 6 ft of me at all times...... annnnnd I have another one who is generally about 30 feet away at any given time. A sort of flash across the path and a view like this -  

* disclaimer - only in areas where there are no sheep/people/roads/etc. Otherwise that monkey is on a lead!!