Evening over the field of barley

A field of barley

Some pictures of the late evening sunlight of fields in south Devon and on growing barley [...]

River Dart – more ice (December 2010)

Again I was thinking that the really cold weather was over but today (Christmas Eve) I went over the Dart in Totnes early this morning  and saw some ice again so I headed out a little later to walk the river bank with the camera.

Despite only being around -2 deg [...]

Hoar frost in south Devon

I thought that the really cold weather was maybe over around Totnes by now (22 December 2010) but checking the thermometer this morning it had hit -6 deg C overnight.  The minor road I live on has had little traffic so had some aspects of a skating rink but I’d arranged [...]

Totnes snow (December 2010)

Rather a hasty one but given most of the hits on the blog in the last few days have been “snow” orientated and quite a few have been “Totnes” too here are some shots from the past few days.  The top one is a few days ago on Vire Island.

Frosty morning along the river Dart

Looking out there was quite a noticeable hoarfrost however the sun was coming out so I decided to take a walk to see what was around.  I was not the only one looking around as can be seen above.  The (grey) squirrel seemed to want to play “hide and seek” with [...]

Ice on the Dart and frost on the beach

It was another bitterly cold night in Totnes with the temperature down to -6.3 deg C according to my thermometer (8/9 December 2010).  Not quite the lowest in the past couple of weeks but close and a hard frost everywhere. However there was a little sun and promise of more so [...]

Frosty autumn morning on the river Dart

It was quite early and with one of the first frosts of autumn on the ground.  I decided to get out and walk down the river Dart a little way from Totnes.  The early wintery light on the river and the frost made for some good photography.  The frost [...]

Ash plume sunsets

Most folk are probably aware that the UK and quite a large part of northern Europe are affected by the volcanic dust coming from the Icelandic volcano at present.  This has closed down airspace in the UK and other countries for a couple of days now.  One by product of this is that the [...]

Snow and ice, Totnes and Dartmoor

A couple of short walks today produced some nice pictures.  Looking over Totnes towards the south of the moors gave me this one.

Looking up the River Dart at Totnes showed how cold it was last night.  Bear in mind that the Dart is tidal and so salty at this point [...]