Had to choose something which showed the white stuff but the ‘bird in snow’ pic (of which I did get a good one today) was done yesterday, and the panoramic shot of the town… too clichéd. So let’s have the Buddhas instead. Most of the snow’s gone by this evening anyway.
The forecasts have been promising a snowy turn to the weather for a while and today it duly arrived – although it was hardly The Day After Tomorrow. This did not, of course, prevent most of Britain’s infrastructure clogging up as we all fretted about the place, and councils and national government blamed each other for there not being enough gritters. But it’s the same every year.
This bird is apparently a Muscovy duck: not indigenous to the UK (a fuller shot of it is here). Either it’s stopped over for a busman’s holiday, or it’s an escaped pet. I have been told the eggs are very tasty. They’d keep well if laid outside in this weather, too.
Being 42 