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Writing tagged: ‘winter’

Snowy garden

Storm Arwen

In which I (again) bemoan the naming of storms, and experience what it’s like to go off grid.

Published 30-Nov-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, winter
Snowy setts

14 February 2021

I’ve generally had quite enough of winter, come February.

Published 14-Feb-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, snow, winter

23 January 2021

Snowy Hebden Bridge, and a non-snowy owl.

Published 31-Jan-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: barn owls, birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, photography, snow, winter
New-year snow

New-year snow

There’s been snow on the ground since before Christmas, and throughout the first week of the year.

Published 07-Jan-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, photography, snow, winter
Jen in the snow

11 December 2020

The early winter weather has been changeable to say the least.

Published 11-Dec-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, Christmas, Hebden Bridge, weather, winter
Sloe gin

22 December 2019

Putting the ‘slow’ in sloe gin.

Published 22-Dec-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Carolyn, Christmas, food and drink, sloes, winter
Far Nook

1 December 2019

A walk around the lanes before sunset.

Published 01-Dec-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, winter
Snow, Hebden Bridge

3 February 2019

I wish spring would get a move on.

Published 03-Feb-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, Jen, weather, winter
Mistletoe

14 December 2018

Winter is in full flow.

Published 14-Dec-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, birds, Calder Valley, Christmas, Hebden Bridge, redwings, winter
Red grouse

Grouse in winter

How red grouse change their habits in cold weather.

Published 22-Jan-2015
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, favourite places, Hebden Bridge, proto-sidelines, red grouse, the Moor, winter, Yorkshire

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