More Polar Bears and More Hot Chocolate

I'm pleased to report that the strong winds of last night have moved on and it's quite a bright morning - not even that cold. However, to celebrate the Winter Solstice (Summer Solstice for friends in the southern hemisphere) I decided to make another trek through the snow and ice, tiptoeing past the Polar bears, to have a nice hot chocolate at the Gardener's Retreat in the garden centre. Here we see mother and cub - so if this was reality she would have ripped my face off by now. Happy Solstice people!