There was a scatter of snow again at our house and more to be seen on the hills in the distance so we set off for As Pontes and some higher ground. There was not a lot of traffic around, we did see a big white van stop half way up this one and start to edge his way slowly back down in reverse but no real signs of chaos anywhere. I was wishing I had some BF ATs on the van but we didn't have any problems.
As soon as we stopped the children started a snowball fight.
No sledges in the shops so we used boogie boards - good for sitting on...
and standing on...
Jen managed a few runs too.
Quads were out having fun too, there are hundreds of miles of dirt tracks through the forests and hills, a couple of quads is on the wish list.
Every hilltop is lined with rows and rows of wind powered generators, if you double click on the image you will see what I mean.
A 10 minute snowfall painted lines on the trees then the sun was back out for a while.
As the sun started to drop the temperature dropped too, we watched a few clouds drifting past the rapidly filling opencast site at As Pontes in the distance and said 'good bye - see you tomorrow' to the snowmen.
There is a scatter of snow outside again this morning; judgind by the red sky in the morning there will be more on the way
a morning of marking my students work then we are off out to play again.
Lorena just loved it
Lorena just loved it
Rowan had to be right in it
Then it was time for sliding.
Callum made his own little track
So did Rowan
And Mel
Sam buy Mel some real proper winter socks before you come back over :-)
The generators look quite elegant but close up some of them hum, rumble and squeal, they do a good job although these mountains do feel tame and a bit less wild than the bleak bare tops they once were.
