Winter Wonderland

Today I went snowshoeing in the Fells with Catherine and Rachel. It was unbelievably beautiful. All the trees were heavy with snow. It looked completely different than the week previous when we had been there with our cross bikes. In many places the path was overhung with crystalline tree branches and it made it difficult to recognize trails that should have been familiar.

We followed some cross country ski tracks off the trail into the woods, getting a little lost before finding ourselves on the mountain bike loop, and so we made our way to the reservoir. We spent a couple of moments in quiet reflection, then went on our way again.


It was a wonderful way to spend a snowy afternoon and definitely worth the effort it took driving (or in Rachel's case biking) there on the treacherous roads. We're really lucky to have a little piece of wilderness right in our backyards.