beauty spoiled

 Snow over there..

 blown away!

 ice on the Water of Coyle

 home sweet home

 cornmill, "Millmannoch",closed 1970,

 despite extending the building (the bricks) and the wheel in the old lead (leat)

 trees in jackets!

 icy runoff

 and rubbish....

why? Much of what we saw (and picked up three bagsfull over 50metres) could be recycled,or at least go in household rubbish. Other things the council will collect...for free.

grabbing some fresh air

 not a smart drinker

 sun..over there

 sheep...

 and more snow

 one bagfull less of litter on the paths

chilly walk

After last night's snow...only about two inches..the main problem coming up here will probably be ice.

fresh air!

Still icy after more snow, then a couple of hours of rain...but good to have a change of air in our lungs.

Good to get out after a printing session too.  I'm learning much by experience, not always easy,sometimes frustrating.  The Middle Road print isn't perfect, but at least its consistent!!

Onwards and upwards....

still walking

Ladies Walk, one of the original roads around Taiglum...now Drongan since the 1930s

and yet more snow

It sounds like we'll be having a week's worth of snow at least, with more warnings coming our way from the Met Office.
There is plenty to do indoors and we can do our best to walk in between showers.
Only the postlady had been when we started . The car was abandoned there late last night.

 Snowman and his dog...

 We had a slight thaw this morning, so the walk was slushy in the village. As we headed out of the village at 2pm, the temperature dropped.

 You can see the next hail cloud...the tail of it caught us a quarter mile later

 We have a model of this on the mantelpiece..the tractor that the Pirate started his tractor life on, age 9...(but not this one!)
These are in the sheds at a local farm where there used to also be a corn mill

 and back up the hill to home.

a shortened walk.

 my snowman!

 We walked over to Hannahston Woodland walk

 Then the snow pellets started, stinging faces and melting in corners...so I turned back...and retraced steps

 and by the time I'd got half way home, an inch of snow had covered all of our footprints

Since 3pm the snow and ice warning has increased to Amber until after breakfast tomorrow, and it has been snowing most of the time so far.

More printing tomorrow!