Today’s walk brought me back to the same forest but on a different loop this time. Lots of the country has been hit by heavy snow but we’ve had nothing and it’s actually milder here today than yesterday at a balmy 3°C. Above 150m though, there was quite a bit of snow and ice on the forest tracks. I was glad I brought my walking pole for the extra stability on the slippery sections.

I haven’t been down one of the tracks for a while now and found a few trees down, probably from Storm Darragh a few weeks ago…

The plan today was to leave #1 Son to work for 7am, pack a bag and go hillwalking in Inishowen. Instead I went back to bed and slept until 10! I think I may have been a bit sleep deprived 🙈

Anyway I couldn’t sit in the house all day so headed out for a 9km walk on the local roads and forest tracks. Still really cold with icy patches and a fairly dense fog above 100m. Most likely this would have spoiled any views if I had gone to the hills…