9 January 2010 - Sherborne and surroundings

A walk around the town in the snow followed by a walk along part of the footpath to Trent.

Pageant Gardens bandstand.

Sherborne Abbey

Four day old snow still on the ground.

Windows above the new M&Co store in Cheap Street. This used to be Woolworths.

Newland.

Looking down Newland towards Castleton

This wonderful snow woman was outside a house in Bristol road.

Looking north east from Oatcroft Lane near the Trent footpath.

A close up look at the ice crystals in the snow.

Back on the footpath heading down the valley towards Trent.

 Time to turn round and head back. Trent in the distance.

We saw a couple of people sledging down these slopes.

Making a snow angel.

This shot was taken looking south east towards Sherborne from the trig point near the Trent footpath.

The crossroads at the junction of Checcombe lane with the Trent footpath.

Footsteps in the snow.

A high drift of snow on the Marston Road at Charlock Hill.