These Boots are not made for walking

Another snow day on Friday; another snowy walk with James. It has been an unexpected pleasure to spend extra time with James over the last three days. Today the roads were much clearer and in the afternoon we decided to head up to Kingsgate to get some groceries for us and Grandma, and then we went for a walk around the Heritage Park. The light was very flat and monochrome, and the loch had big patches of ice on it. As well as the ducks and geese there were two oystercatchers walking about beside the water. We extended the walk into a surprisingly rural part of Stewartfield, which was very picturesque with the paths and trees all covered in snow.

However I have found out that my snow boots, while waterproof and warm, are not designed to be worn on proper walks. Yesterday during our big 12 km walk I got a blister on the back of my heel, however I attributed this to the distance and just put a Compeed plaster on it. But today, on our much shorter walk, I managed to develop not one, but two blisters under my big toes! So my snow boots are going to be assigned to short snowy journeys only, and I will use my hiking boots for anything longer.

My instinct is that the big snowfall is over but it will take a few days for it to disappear, because cold and possibly stormy weather is forecast into next week. But just now we are warm and cosy beside the fire on Friday evening, with our cats sleeping beside us. Lovely.