Snow!

After checking the weather forecast for the weekend I suggested to DH that we went walking yesterday, not today. So, hot chocolate and sandwiches packed, and up to the Lakes we went. The weather was looking pretty good - blue sky but cold - until we came near to the turning for Staveley. We noticed that quite a few cars going the opposite way had snow on their number plates ....... and then we were driving in snow! It seemed to come from nowhere and we were very quickly slowing down as the road was turning very white! 

We parked up at Ambleside to this ......

Normally we would have headed up the steep road to Lily's Tarn, but looking at how slippy the road looked, we opted to carry on walking towards Rydal Water. The views were beautiful ....

 

Sadly, the blue sky didn't last very long. 

We walked up the hill overlooking Rydal Water and stopped for lunch. 

Despite the lack of sun, the views were incredible, made better by the snow and mist. 

All in all a fabulous walk. And when we got back to Ambleside we saw these......