Wanderings (physical)

We have kept up our walks all through January, and missed only a few days because of really bad weather. I don't always blog about them as they can be quite repetitive although I take several photos on each walk and then choose one to put into an 'album' on Facebook. Choosing the right one can be quite difficult, which is when it's nice to have the blog so that I can share a few more.

Sunday we went over to Finstown again. We had planned to go to the Brough of Gurness and as far as the weather in Burray went that was a good idea. Weather on the West Mainland sadly was not nearly so nice and given that much of the ground is still boggy when not iced over and that the clouds got greyer and the precipitation got more marked the closer we got, we decided to turn round and come home. Not before we had paid a visit to Finstown tough where I took a would-be artistic type photograph of some sheds. 

We also took a trip into Firth Park. After our visit on New Years Day I had decided it might be a nice idea to go on a monthly basis, take a photo from the same spot and see how it changed over twelve months. Here's the photo from yesterday 

And to save you looking back here's the one from 1st January

    

Quite a difference. 

Today the roads were icy and the ground covered in snow but the sky was blue and the sun was shining. As we had no excuse for staying indoors we went down to the local beach, where the sand was covered in snow. Which gave rise to some interesting pictures. 

The colours were just amazing and we had a really enjoyable time.