Weekend update.

Damned ankle is still swollen and painful so I haven't done much. We did have a small snowfall last weekend and I couldn't help myself, I had to go out and wander in it, taking various shots of varying degrees of quality. I was out for around 2 hours and the snow was heavy for that time. As I have said many times, Aylesbury is a ruin of a town, the beauty is long gone with just the briefest of areas left and even these will go in time as local government is determined to modernise Aylesbury at the cost of any history and stuff the beauty spots. So for the brief moment that I have with the last remaining areas of beauty, let us celebrate them.

Let me just back track to the start of the day. It kicked off with a very frosty beginning. On walking out to the car, I saw this tiny yellow flower squashed under ice on the driveway. I got my camera, put on the macro filters and lying flat out, managed to capture some shots of it, not great shots but enough to be happy. The people walking past must have wondered why the funny man was lying on the ground with his head in a bush but I didn't look up, embarrassment and the thought that I might start explaining myself...I kept my head down and carried on.

On to Morden Hall Park and it was a grey day that was just waiting for the snow so I took the shots I could and was blessed with the weakest of mid winter sun peaking out so I found some gulls and spent an hour or so waiting for some of them to fly in front of it.

A very nice day and a great evening but my ankle was in a poor state by the end of it.

The snow wasn't particularly deep and thawed pretty much straight away. By mid morning the important areas were clear and by Monday it was a pretty sight across the fields with no impact on business or everyday life....shame as I love the disruption that snow brings. Some people complain but it forces people to do nothing and with this 24 hour life, snow days become important.

Anyway, I am hoping to possibly be back to running later this week but I'm not holding my breath.