365/323: 08 January 2011: Solway Sunrise (for a change)

The Solway is famous for its sunsets but the view across to Criffel can look pretty stunning at sunrise as well if the weather is right. This was taken on the beach about 2/3 of the way to Skinburness. Very icy – had thought to walk across the pebbles but they were all coated with a thin sheen of ice - twisted my knee and nearly broke an ankle.

365/292: 08 December 2010: Frosty, frosty, very, very frosty…

…it’s very frosty. And I’m glad I took the opportunity to grab this shot because it thawed about 3 hours later. The gardens in the hotel were rather surreal because there was so much hoar frost that it appeared to have been rendered in black and white rather than the usual mix of colours.