Tales from the Cottage: Snow

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Tuesday, 28 December 2010

01 December 2010 - Snow

Ahh, definitely thawing. Maybe.

The cows are enjoying the view from the hill.

30 November 2010 - Snow

Is the snow beginning to clear?

If so, theres not much hope of getting into Ambers house.

Friday, 30 April 2010

30 March 2010 - Snow

Just when you thought you'd got through the snow of the winter - more of it comes.

Sunday, 7 March 2010

25 February 2010 - Snow

Well the snow arrived with a vengence. Nearly a foot of it fell overnight and made for a nice surprise the next morning.

and that wasn't the only surprise. The snow had taken down some powerlines so we were without electricity. I can confirm it was very cold in the cottage!!!

Saturday, 9 January 2010

This morning there was a robin outside the kitchen waiting to be fed. It would appear George the pheasant had eaten ALL the seed leaving not a lot for the little birds. Greedy George. Plenty of seed to go round though and this little robin got plenty of seed to munch on.

Heading out in the car, it was apparent not everyone was having a safe journey today. A lorry had for some reason decided to park on the Keir roundabout. It had come down the bypass but for some reason didn't manage to stop before continuing and parking up on the roundabout. Oops.

Andrew laughed at this picture since a rather awkward lamp post had got in the way of what is otherwise a picturesque photo of trees in Boness looking out towards a foggy Forth. However, I rather like the photo and think the lamp post actually makes the picture. What do you think?

Then over the Kincardine bridge towards Culross in Fife for a spot of birthday present shopping in the little pottery/gallery there. Always loads of nice stuff there and well worth a browse. It's even such a pleasant stroll through all the narrow streets and tiny houses in the village. It's won quite a few "best village" awards and you can see why. This picture is looking out across the Forth towards the famous polluting Grangemouth. Nice sky though.

Then back to the cottage for dinner. No sign of the snow shifting in a hurry.

In fact, the next picture was taken about an hour later as Andrew headed out to the shed to chop kindling for the fire. Looked like a bitter night was heading our way.

Sunday, 3 January 2010

02 January 2010 - Sled

It being particularly snowy at the cottage, Amber and I braved the elements and headed out sledding.

Looking back from the Christmas tree hill you can see the cottage covered in snow.

Amber sledding down the hill.

Amber at the bottom of the hill.

The view over the trees.

Amber coming down the hill.

Me having wiped out at the bottom of the hill.

Amber having wiped out at the bottom of the hill.

The snow then started up again and you can see the cottage beginning to get fuzzy behind the snow.

Amber couldn't be bothered waiting as I took my pics so headed off back to the cottage.

Saturday, 2 January 2010

31 December 2009 - End of the holiday

We stayed in Guildford close to Andrew's mum. Our hotel was just across from Guildford Cathedral. Now this cathedral is noteable for two events. Firstly, it was used in the filming of The Omen and secondly [and more importantly] Andrew was a choirboy and sang in this cathedral. Sadly pictures of the latter are not available but here is the cathedral.