Winter Arrived
31st December 2014
After lamenting the lack of snow so far in winter 2014, we had some on Boxing Day.
As fate would have it, I was away for the holidays in sunnier climes down in Exeter.
Sheffield, as usual, ground to a halt when the first 1.1mm on snow landed and settled. If ever there is a Zombie Apocalypse which coincides with the first snowfall of the year, then the good people of Sheffield are doomed. No-one is leaving town.
Note to head zombie (presumably biding time on the Tory back benches) - postpone the summer invasion plans.
Anyway, I survived both the snowfall and any zombie related incidents (although I haven't seen my neighbour recently) and made it back from Exeter in time for a trip out to the Peak District.
For once the sunrise coincided with some nice light at sunset and I chose to head out to photograph the Salt Cellar rock formation, which sits above Derwent Reservoir in the Derbyshire Peak District. The white, cold snow scene was a joy to photograph against the warm tones of the orange sunset and blue, cloudy skies.
Despite my whole body feeling like it had been rolled down a hill in a tumble drier by the time I returned, it was a wintry trip worth making.
If there are any zombies out there and if any of them have spare body parts, then I wouldn't mind using them. My legs don't seem to be quite as good as they once were.
Photo of the winter Salt Cellar is in this gallery
As fate would have it, I was away for the holidays in sunnier climes down in Exeter.
Sheffield, as usual, ground to a halt when the first 1.1mm on snow landed and settled. If ever there is a Zombie Apocalypse which coincides with the first snowfall of the year, then the good people of Sheffield are doomed. No-one is leaving town.
Note to head zombie (presumably biding time on the Tory back benches) - postpone the summer invasion plans.
Anyway, I survived both the snowfall and any zombie related incidents (although I haven't seen my neighbour recently) and made it back from Exeter in time for a trip out to the Peak District.
For once the sunrise coincided with some nice light at sunset and I chose to head out to photograph the Salt Cellar rock formation, which sits above Derwent Reservoir in the Derbyshire Peak District. The white, cold snow scene was a joy to photograph against the warm tones of the orange sunset and blue, cloudy skies.
Despite my whole body feeling like it had been rolled down a hill in a tumble drier by the time I returned, it was a wintry trip worth making.
If there are any zombies out there and if any of them have spare body parts, then I wouldn't mind using them. My legs don't seem to be quite as good as they once were.
Photo of the winter Salt Cellar is in this gallery