Peaceful

Ice and freezing fog may have kept the nearby roads quieter than usual even for a Sunday morning. It made for a special peaceful atmosphere in the higher woodland.

Here it was nearly silent, only a solitary mistle thrush trying out its 2017 tunes. While lower parts remained shrouded, the few who had made the effort enjoyed bright sun up here; and  where it penetrated to the woodland floor showing up the frosted bracken there were pleasures to be had all round.

Not many winter days are better than this.