Dalby Forest 21 January 2023

There wasn't enough snow in the Lakes for skiing, so we went for a walk in North York Moors.

The blue line shows our track. Shift-click on the track link will open it in nakarte.me.

The fields must have all been covered by snow during the week, but it has now thawed leaving this narrow patch by the fence.

Curly horns.

Our side of the valley is all frozen but the frost has been melted by the sun on the other side. Not a cloud in the sky.

This hill (Blakey Topping) has a regular geometric shape. It looks like a quadrilateral, or a pyramid from the other side. Apparently it is all natural, just a product of erosion.

A herd of bulls and cows (with an odd sheep). The cows are facing the same direction as though they have been cloned.

Frozen bracken on Blakey Topping.

A view from Blakey Topping towards Hazelhead Moor.

A frozen puddle.

We are walking along Crosscliff Beck. The bottom of the valley is frozen but higher up the sun has melted the white stuff.

Frozen bracken is like a Christmas tree.	The frost on the upper part of the tree has thawed and the droplets are sparkling in the sun.

Patches of ice on the lake.

Lakeside in winter sunlight with Crosscliff Brow above it.

Crosscliff Wood.

A frozen "peacock feather".

The frost is evaporating in the sun and the fog is blown over the heather.

A forest bike trail.

A narrow ravine is overgrown in moss. This is also a bike trail. We saw similar trees covered by moss in Jura mountains in France.

This deep valley is out of sun's reach.

Dancing umbrellas.

The spring is pushing the winter out.

A skating rink.

The rest of the walk went by the Bride Stones and on the fields, there was no more frost.

Frozen Berberis bealei (in the University park).

Cold weather made the barberries (Bérberis vulgáris) burst and release the red dye.	Berberis darwinii.