Either the lengthening of the day or the extra few minutes spent scraping off windscreen ice allowed the sun to surmount the horizon behind a thin screen of trees to the East of a straight road I use approaching my place of work. The misty grey cloud covering most of the sky trapped these acute sunbeams close to the earth, shedding a pinkish light over the otherwise wintery landscape. Frost clung to the grass on the heaths and the puddles corralled crazy icing in shattered patterns left by browsing ponies and cows.
Southern England was spared much of the exciting weather received in Scotland and the North over the Christmas break, but even so we have our own shipwreck (Technically inaccurate I'm sure as it hasn't been declared a wreck as such). We must regard it as a seasonal decoration for the Brambles Bank. I was mildly disappointed that the poor visibility on Sunday meant that I was unable to see the leaning Hoegh Osaka for myself, but the pictures have been stunning on the island news website, Twitter and elsewhere.
Walking the Forest during the break we heard mostly thrushes, but saw mostly robins. On the heaths crows foraged and an occasional buzzard patrolled. Expecting gales later today the farmland around has already filled with seabirds. On the sunny days the Forest carparks were crowded, but the usual 200 yard rule applied and the paths were no more busy. There were fewer DoE candidate parties. we saw deer from the car, but little sign on the tracks. Most prints were pony, dog or human.
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