Tarnbrook Fell

Another very chilly morning, with some rather attractive colour in the sky around dawn, but I'm afraid a warm bed was more attractive than an early foray to the moors, which would have meant scraping frost from the car windscreen. By the time we'd had breakfast and paid our dues, the sky was shrouded with light cloud. 

We drove to the Jubilee Tower, where this view towards Tarnbrook Fell was taken. The views towards Morecombe Bay were also good, but today everything was hazy, muting the colours. We then went to a strip of woodland along Marshaw Wyre where the beech trees added a splash of russet, but there were virtually no fungi. Driving in the uplands proved quite interesting as there was ice on some stretches of road, and I was very aware of the risk of invisible black ice.

The bitter cold, with a lively northerly wind, made it feel quite unpleasant so we decided against a walk on the moors and continued to a car-park outside the Forest of Bowland at Brockmill where there was a walk along the River Brock. This was much more sheltered and we had a pleasant amble, highlights being the discovery of a grove of Mountain Currant and spotting a dipper and yellow wagtail on rocks in the river.

We set off for home just after midday. On this occasion we chose the quickest route, via all the motorways, and had a very trouble free journey, arriving home just before dusk. I was delighted to find that Alex had done all the washing up and the house was tidy  - well, as tidy as it ever is!