It was a frosty weekend. The first really proper frosty weather at a weekend this year. Nothing like as cold as Bern last year, but a perfect opportunity for a crunchy winter walk. One where you have to wrap up warm and see your breath when you breathe out. And, miraculously, I managed to persuade the tribe that it would be a good thing to get up early on a Sunday to experience the frostiness. Now we hadn't been to Knettishall Heath country park (near Thetford) since early summer, but that was the perfect spot. We were out of the house by 8:20 am and on our walk before 9.We did a combination of the green heath walk and blue riverside walk. It was foggy as well as frosty, which made things even more atmospheric. On the riverside walk we found this stream frozen over.
Alongside the Peddar's Way, which runs along the western edge of the park, we saw these ponies.
After a bit of coaxing we got them to come over to the fence to eat some proferred clumps of juicy grass.Now you might wonder what these three are doing here...
They had found some mud that was completely solid. They could stomp on it as much as they liked, the mud wasn't going to stick to their boots and end up in my car boot!I love to see leaves all frosty. Here are some in close-up.
We had an excellent long walk for about 2 1/2 hours and were back home in time to put the chicken in the oven.You can see more pictures from our walk here in Flickr
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Brilliant photographs - I like the ponies in the morning mist... my birthday's coming up at the end of the month - and a digital camera is top of the list ! There are soooo many to choose from though... I'm surfing the web for clues on the best deal... and as always happens - half an hour turns into 3 ! Especially when I detour for a quick update on 'Interred' :o)
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