The South Downs on a late winter’s day

Originally uploaded by dog walker2008

This last month has given us some great walks with cold crispy days and the South Downs have been at their best. Since I last blogged, I’ve been very aware that autumn has given away to winter. The early morning frosts have been fantastic, even this close to the coast. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to capture the wonderfully abstract patterns made by frost on camera – but the camera can’t always do justice to nature.

I’ve curious as to why the dogs are so much more lively on days like these – do they need to move around more to get warm? And the big dog winds himself up into a real lather, doing “spinneys” around the little one, who finds the whole performance decidedly irritating.