This was the sight that greeted us as we drove back into Shropshire from Wales last Saturday – a snow-dusted vision of Titterstone Clee. A windscreen shot too. Here and there along the country roads there was also some astonishing ice art in the hedges. Temperatures were so frigid that when cars drove through verge puddles the water splashed up on to the bare twigs and froze in cascades of tiny silver icicles. I’ve never seen anything quite like it, and certainly not in March: Christmas trees all over again. Anyway, March may be summed up in one word: FREEZING.
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Tish Farrell 
The water splashing up and making icicles sounds amazing! I would love to see that!
The effect was both astonishing and very beautiful – mini ice storms.
And we’re not even out of it yet! Though there is considerably more Spring in the air at the minute. 🙂 🙂 Absolutely love that lead photo, Tish!
Thanks Jo. That was a happy in motion snapping 🙂 As to more cold, that was the talk while I was having my hair chopped yesterday. More snow for Easter!!??
Oh, p-LEASE, Tish! Have a care! 😦 Spring here today and a lovely outing up the coast. Best grab it while I can 🙂
Hope you had a good outing – and not too windy. Here it’s been bitter again. Snow still lying about here and there. And sleet for Easter.
Excitement at a Roman fort. And 13C- whooppee! 🙂 I refuse to believe in further wintry weather 😦
13C – wow-ee!
Your photos are fabulous Tish; I so love the blue tint, especially in that shot of the fence, gate and clouds. I could feel the cold catching in my throat. 🙂
I think that’s my favourite too, Su. Thank you.
We were chatting over breakfast this morning about whether we could live in England … it still offers a degree of individual freedom one struggles to find out here. (Maybe this is imagined?) Although there are undoubtedly places in the UK where one would be nuts to simple ”go for a wander.”
I said I would probably struggle to adapt again, largely because of the weather.
And your pictures, albeit beautiful, and the description of the frigid conditions confirm my suspicions.
My dad sometimes calls me ”Sunny Jim” in a humorous sense when he wants to reprimand me over something, and the description is close to being more literal than he knows!
Brrrrrr!
Here comes the sun … little darling, it’s all right… (George Harrison)
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It is quite bracing! But even so, I can well see your point. Could do with some African sun right now.
Well, at the mo it is throwing it down – has been since around 10 last night – and quite chilly.
The pond/pool is overflowing and everything is very soggy!
That’s not what one expects in your domain. It’s been tipping it down in Kenya too – homes washed away in areas that have been short of rain for years.
Drought or Flood. It’s 17:15 and still throwing it down. I suspect it will rain throughout the night once more and maybe clear up a bit by tomorrow.
Otherwise Ark might be in need of an ark!!?
In the words of someone I know …
Oh, you. 🙂
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I think you soon acclimatise to the weather here, and the fact that you can walk home at night without fear is something that I appreciate. Living behind electric fences, having guards, keeping a gun in the glove compartment in the car. Thinking that is the norm. Those are things I am not sad to have left behind.
Those are very big considerations.
I was quite shocked on returning to Jo’burg in 2001 to feel more afraid than I had in the bush with scorpions and snakes and the possibility of charging elephants or hippos.
I know what mean. It’s v. sad though.
Awfully sad, because it is such an amazing country.
Yes … I can appreciate this.
you have captured cold in photo form – wonderful
It got right inside the camera! 🙂 Thank you ksbeth.
Beautiful landscape photos, Tish. I can’t even begin to imagine how cold that is to see splashed water almost immediately freeze.
Thanks, Draco. The ice works were extraordinary.
Wow!
she is out there. Spring I mean. We are back down into the 30’s again but soon,very soon hopefully things will settle down temp wise but then we will have more Spring storms.Poor farmers have a challenge.
So beautifully captured! Hope spring is on its way. 🙂
Thanks very much, Amy. As to spring it is and it isn’t on its way. People keep muttering about more snow being forecast for Easter. Hmph.
Gorgeous gallery Tish – of shape and colour of winter. Do you have a new camera/lens – such professional shots!
P.S. Spring taking a page out of winter’s book at least til mid -April I hear!
You do say such nice things, Laura. I actually use 3 point and shoots – lumix, canon ixus and aged steam powered little canon that is brilliant because it has a view finder, albeit with life forms living in it. I swap from one to the other, which is a tad confusing re settings.
😀 the life forms make all the difference
Wonderful photographs and yes March has been freezing….and guess what more snow is being forecast for easter…..ah well….time to get the strawberry vodka out 🙂
Oh yes. We’ve still got some. Thanks for reminding me 🙂
These are beautiful Tish – they actually LOOK cold!! We’ve been lucky this month and are looking forward to warm sunshine from now on. Our friends in the northeast are not so lucky!
It’s been a very long winter for many. Happy spring!
Seeing Titterstone Clee was always a sign that we were almost home. How lovely to see it again in a dusting of snow. Lovely, albeit cold looking photos Tish.
It did look stunning dusted with snow.
Those photos do capture the cold. Oh my more snow for Easter 😱 you won’t be putting the thermals away for a while yet
No we won’t, though to be fair to the weather forecast it did say sleet AND 10 degrees – sort of hot sleet then.
Goodness the weather is very confused 😱
I really love your pictures … and what mountain is that? It’s looks pretty big …
It’s something of an optical illusion, and must be to do with the snow. It’s really only a hill, and to be truthful, though we’ve driven along this road many times heading towards Ludlow out of Wales, I’ve never particularly noticed it before. Titterstone Clee is the name. There is also Brown Clee. We rather take them for granted. Just part of the Shropshire landscape!
It looks beautiful, hill or mountain 🙂
Tish these cool shades are beautiful and perfect for portraying the climate.
Thank you, Gilly.
Gorgeous. The three trees seem to be talking to each other.
Gorgeous view 😍
Thank you 🙂
Freezing is difficult for me these days, but these photos are a pleasure.
So glad they please 🙂
It’s so lovely to see the winding of the wheel of the year on your side of the world Tish, thank you for these gorgeous photos
So nice of you to pop over to our end of the planet, Athena. I always smile when I find you here 🙂
Hi Tish, big hugs to you, I always smile whenever I see your posts. xxx
🙂 Hope you’re writing!
No I’m cleaning my house, hill walking, having conversations with people, reading about how to write but not actually writing hahaha 🙂
I know ALL those diversions. Bum on seat required as another writer once said to me 🙂
Thanks Janet I am going to make a conscious effort to sit down more! 🙂