Fresh Snow

It snowed during the night and we woke to a decent layer of fresh snow and blue skies. James and I put on our walking boots and set off into the cold, crisp morning. The snow was so fresh that it was not at all slippery and we walked along to Burnside then up the hill past High Burnside to Fernbrae Meadows Park - the same walk that I went on with Marjory one day in December. From there we had lovely views across Glasgow to the snowy Campsies and to Ben Lomond. We drank tea from the flask that we had brought with us, and took photos of the snowy scenes. There were quite a lot of parents and primary age children out sledging, because the schools are closed to most pupils at the moment, apart from vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers. We made our way home via Holmhills Park, it was a very pleasant walk. 

This evening I had a lovely Zoom call with my school friends Libby, Maggie, Helen and Wendy, our first of 2021. Needless to say we talked of all things Covid, and of how nice it will be when, one day, we will be allowed to meet together again in Zizzi’s for one of our long lunches. 

In sad news, today there were 1325 deaths from Covid in the UK - the most in a single day since the pandemic began. Let’s hope that the vaccines start to bring down these numbers soon.