That’s what we are told and I do believe it, but it hasn’t always felt like it in Wales; we had snow before Christmas and again several times since.

Here are some of this winter’s chilly images from our woodland.

 

Below is a strange phenomenon spotted on the surface of the frozen pond — a winter corn circle! I guess a spot of something organic has polluted the centre of the surface of each, diffusing outwards, lowering the freezing point (like salt on the road) and creating the perfect circles of melting frost.

Is that why it thaws around the margins and island or is that just the temperature differential between the ground and the water? Food for thought.