After a stinking wet morning, we were all surprised to see a sudden dumping of snow come across. Over the space of an hour we got about 5cm of snow which is very unusual for this time of year. So we wasted no time once it stopped getting our boots on and getting out for a walk.

The landscape was fairly well covered but you could tell that it was melting quite fast. Still it was lovely to see for a change. This year has been a bit odd for snowfall. We’ve had about 6 snowfalls which is unusual but not one of them lasted for more than a few hours.

The early flowers are struggling a bit with the snow but it won’t be much bother to them. The frogspawn might have a bigger issue but since it wasn’t really freezing, it probably won’t really have an effect.

We do make rather a mess of the place when we have a group up the top – it was just us that made these footprints. Right up the top, we get a great view of the suddenly frozen countryside.

We trundled on around although it was quite wet under the tree cover due to the snow rapidly melting from the trees. Just before we turned for home off the main track, I spotted these willow trees putting out their catkins at just the wrong time.

I don’t think the snow will do much harm as it had mostly cleared by the end of the day.

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