Sunday 13 January 2019

A "green winter" day in Glen Tanar


We took a walk at Glen Tanar today; the location chosen to maximise shelter from a blustery and strong north westerly wind.





Among the pines there's no obvious sign of winter - everything is green and especially so when the low sun lights up the trees.





A large pine had been brought down by recent storm force winds.  It had been moved off a path by cutting into sections and bodily dragged clear.  Someone with a very sharp chainsaw and a steady hand had been at work here!





The branches of the upper part of the tree showed the beautiful reddish colour of these iconic trees; it's not easy to get close to the upperworks of mature pines unless the fall or, as sometimes happnes, limbs become detached.





I gathered up a couple of handfuls of shavings from the tree to put in a spare food bag - this will be tinder for lighting a camp fire on a beach somewhere in the future!





So far, a "green" winter with generally mild temperatures, even some faint warmth from the January sunshine.  But there may be change on the way.  Subtle alterations in the stratosphere are giving weather forecasters indications of colder conditions towards the end of the month.





In which case this sign "Drive carefully down the hill" might be quite appropriate!

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