Freezing February

February got off to a good, cold start with Russian snow roaring across the North Sea to cover a good proportion of the country. Here in North Yorkshire, naturally, we joined in the fun. However, Kirby Misperton is only lightly blanketed - with the mouth-watering promise of heavy snow later today to be cleared by heavy rain tomorrow. Nice.

Anyway, as the school bus couldn't get through, youngest son went out for a walk and took a couple of pictures, which he let me share here.


This is St Laurence Church. I think I have mentioned before that it is built on Saxon foundations, although obviously this building is mostly much newer. At this point we can use terms such as "picturesque" to describe the scene...


Heading out of the village the landscape usually opens up, but today the view is limited to the near distance.

Intermittently it disappeared altogether as another flurry of snow swept in.


Heading back into the village presented a rather bleak picture. You can see how the weather has worsened, as this is just near the church - where the earlier photo showed blue skies.

As I am writing, the view out of the window looks a bit like a television displaying static!

Wherever you are, I hope you are warm and cosy, and if it is snowing, that you can enjoy the view, if not a good snowball fight.