YC was over in The Lakes at the weekend, getting in some much needed hill-time after his injury lay-off. John Telfer was leading the way, blazing a trail over many a Lakeland pass and fell. YC did his best to keep up, both on the hills and later in the bar slaking the raging fellrunner's thirst - but came a poor second on both fronts.
After all that exercise, YC took it easy today with some birdwatching on the Northumberland Coast. There were black-tailed godwits and a merganser at Hauxley, a long-tailed duck and goldeneye at Chevington, and an otter and water-rail at Cresswell - so all very exciting.
Meanwhile in Poland it's distinctly on the chilly side. James reports that it's been down to -13C and that the snow is too fine and dry to make a snowman. So instead Matthew and Phoebe have been doing their snowmen impressions - see below.
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| Who wants to be a junior snowman? I do! |
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| back on the fells |
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| the view from Cresswell Hide |