Down by the lade is a very popular place for tourists from all over the world - its so picturesque with lots of walks along the river and lade with many little bridges and alot of wildlife including the odd groose in the hedgerows , some Roe deer and lots of Mallard ducks.
The ducks will probably feature quite abit in this blog in the springtime as they seem to like visiting our gardens around here especially after it has rained as they seem to like the puddles. They also like to get fed by the locals and are cheeky enough to even waddle through your front door if you're not careful (I am speaking from experience!). They also like the garden ponds around here too - they can make quite a mess in there. Plus mother ducks have no road sense here - many a time they stop the traffic as they waddle down the middle of the road with about 8 - 10 chicks following behind. Another few months before all that happens again - until then we have this..............
Click on the photos to see the Lade in greater detail
Today most of the Lade in our neighbourhood was frozen.
There were not so many ducks here today - it was quite hard to get a good photo of them as they were in the only part of the Lade that was not frozen and it has a steep bank and I did not want to slip down that bank! It was -7C /19F as I took these photos so I dread to think how cold that water would have been.
The Lade is really beautiful with a covering of snow and ice.
Then I walked over to the river - a 2 minute walkaway. The riverwalk is also part of the National Cycle Network.
More of Our Neighbourhood
A Panoramic View from our front garden
the light levels were getting very poor by this stage
The river meanders along these trees and along with the National Cycle route.
The river meanders along these trees and along with the National Cycle route.
6 comments:
Would you like to have a white christmas this year? Here's wishing you Merry Christmas! May your days be merry and bright.
It's so pretty there! I really enjoyed your pictures. We still haven't had snow here and I'm hoping we get some soon.
I've noticed that picture taking lighting is for a very short period of time around here too now.
Nothing like Texas. I would like to visit a place with that much snow but I get cold at 70 degrees so living in such a place is out of the question.
Beautiful photos but, by 'eck, that river looks cold!
We've still got our snow - but I'm just a wee bit envious that you've got more.....my inner 8 year old is having such fun! :)
Your blog is lovely. The winter pictures look magical. What is a lade? I've always wanted to see Scotland. I've added your blog to my favorites so I can check back often.
Cheers,
Cindee
Cindee - good to meet you. A Lade is a scottish name for a man made canal made to link all the linen mills that there once were in this area. There are a few disused water wheels along this Lade - in the days when water was the main power.
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