Catching up on 2018

The year started snowier than usual, here is my bedroom down by the river in January

and the hills above Appleby in February

Even Snowdonia was snowy in March

Greenland 2017 -hiking

 As well as cold we had plenty of wind -always a good excuse to go hiking

 and what hiking, a frozen river...

 valleys running up to tongues of the ice cap (arctic poppies making a guest appearance)

hiking above the tongue of the ice cap

 a glacier tongue runs out into moraines and rubble

 and the final dirty end

 hiking in the snow

 fantastic views of land and sea

 eddying clouds

 fjords on a massive scale

 inland valleys

 tiring work...

 discussing the route, no paths here

 snow patches, sometimes steep and hard, sometimes alarmingly soft

 heading back down to the camp

 with Liz

 hill and sea scape with the ice cap always in command -our memory of long days out.