New Years Day

A very cold foggy start to the day, and the frost lingered well past midday, never clearing in places. The sun helped raise the temperature for an hour or two but once past two o’clock it felt cooler again. The tap in the tack room had an icicle this morning and the stable yard was icy in places – all the drinking troughs were frozen over and had to be thawed. The donkeys had a few hours in the paddock and the sheep ate a couple of buckets of hay and didn’t mind whether they were in sun or shade. A clear sky at sunset with the mist rising in the valley. A very Happy New Year to all (both) my readers!