Friday 3 December 2010

Oh No, Snow!

In my last post I mentioned that I hoped we wouldn't get as much snow as last year as it made checking the ponies such hard work...here we are, one month later, with even more snow than last year! It has been snowing for the last three days depositing around one and a half feet of the white stuff. The ponies don't seem to mind though. They have icicles hanging off their coats, manes and tails and the snow comes above their knees but despite a supply of good fresh hay they prefer to dip their noses into the snow...

...and eat the grass underneath.


They don't seem to have any trouble wading through the deep snow to get around...



...however, I do and after three days of doing the mile walk to and from their field up to my knees in snow, my legs ache and I feel exhausted.


The scenery has been incredible though and I have taken so many photos but sadly I can't show them all. The one below is of the snowy valley as we walked back home yesterday. It was totally silent and very beautiful.


This next photo was taken of our little house (bottom right) when we were nearly home. We had popped into the local store and bought chocolate bars to have with steaming cups of coffee when we got in...mmm...it was lovely and as I am sure I must have burned thousands of calories on the hike to and from the ponies, I didn't feel guilty at all :)))


4 comments:

Orchids and Nature said...

Beautiful snow scences it really is like looking into a christmas card, You've a lot more snow than we have in N.E Lancashire.

Helen said...

Hi David..it was certaily a deluge and so early in the winter. I expect there will be more snow to come before we see those first spring flowers.

Lesley said...

Happy Christmas Helen! Lovely photos and nice to see one of you too. :) It looks like a lovely part of the country. The first photo is comical - he looks so sorry for himself at having to bury his head in the snow searching for grass. :) I know what you mean about burning the calories off on your trips to visit the ponies - I went for a walk today and it was hard work in some places, plodding through the snow.

Hope you have a lovely Christmas!

Helen said...

Hi Lesley. Happy Christmas to you too. With all this snow we are taking hay over to the ponies everyday so my legs feel like they are going to drop off they are so tired but I must be getting very fit. Pleased to find you are blogging again.