We never know what the weather is going to be like when we wake up these days. Today it was a sprinkling of snow with some crunchy ice which soon melted. It looked as though we were in for rain but once we got to Barricane Beach the sun had come out. Plenty of people were out on the beach enjoying the good weather. The sea was full of kayakers taking advantage of the more settled waves, not many surfers.
A lot of extra shingle had been thrown up onto the beach, at least an extra foot deep across the central part. This made it easy for me to climb out on the rocks to explore the high level rock pools.
With all the new shells on the beach we had a good look for the little purple shells, some kind of oyster species, that I have been using in my jewellery making. It's very hard to tear your eyes away from the ground once you start looking, there always might be another shell or piece of sea glass to pick up.
The air was so clear that it was possible to see individual buildings on Lundy, even with the naked eye. That's 11 miles away! I took some really zoomed in pictures but they were a little too fuzzy to use. (Click on the pictures for more detail.)
Also slightly fuzzy but impressive at 30 miles away is Swansea with the snow covered Brecon Beacons a further 15 miles away.
As we drove home it was so warm we had the car windows open , coats off and sunglasses on. We did shut the windows once we were up high on the hill. To the north we could see right across the Bristol Channel to Wales, and the snow covered Welsh mountains and to the west the hills of Exmoor also had their covering of snow.
Once home I managed some time outside in the garden weeding up by the scree garden where I can work from the paved areas. Dancing On Ice completes our evening and then it's an early night before the start of another working week. I have really enjoyed being at home this week and feel that I am getting somewhere with all the gardening.
A lot of extra shingle had been thrown up onto the beach, at least an extra foot deep across the central part. This made it easy for me to climb out on the rocks to explore the high level rock pools.With all the new shells on the beach we had a good look for the little purple shells, some kind of oyster species, that I have been using in my jewellery making. It's very hard to tear your eyes away from the ground once you start looking, there always might be another shell or piece of sea glass to pick up.
The air was so clear that it was possible to see individual buildings on Lundy, even with the naked eye. That's 11 miles away! I took some really zoomed in pictures but they were a little too fuzzy to use. (Click on the pictures for more detail.)
Also slightly fuzzy but impressive at 30 miles away is Swansea with the snow covered Brecon Beacons a further 15 miles away.
As we drove home it was so warm we had the car windows open , coats off and sunglasses on. We did shut the windows once we were up high on the hill. To the north we could see right across the Bristol Channel to Wales, and the snow covered Welsh mountains and to the west the hills of Exmoor also had their covering of snow.
Once home I managed some time outside in the garden weeding up by the scree garden where I can work from the paved areas. Dancing On Ice completes our evening and then it's an early night before the start of another working week. I have really enjoyed being at home this week and feel that I am getting somewhere with all the gardening. 
