At Last ! Snow and Ice

No Wigtownshire Ramblers this weekend, I wasn't prepared to jeopardise my recovery from my ailments. However the arrival of a little snow and plenty of ice is always a good cure for my sniffles, and I enjoyed a little stroll which has put me well on the road to recovery.

I parked up by the Penkiln Burn at Auchenleck.

A snowy Drigmorn above Auchinleck House

(A bit of an anomaly here, it seems the area is Auchenleck, but the house and the loch are Auchinleck) 

Lots of ice and a little snow

Auchinleck house, a little closer than the first picture

Hard mud and reflections

Fence top growth

Reflective

I love this picture, looks almost an oil painting.

It's water bubbles running through ice on a rocky surface

Plants being encased in ice under a small waterfall

Ditto 

Log Pile

To the right of the smaller hill stands Drigmorn, Red Gairy and Millfore

I'm treading carefully

A new view for me

This is Auchinleck Loch

Same as above but I needed to get higher

Shepherds Cottage Drigmorn

This was once the home of  Ina Chesney, a mentally handicapped young woman, who, in the 1940s, lived with her mother in this remote cottage

 There's a story and painting in the Galloway Gazette about this young lady

Ina's Story

On my way back, is that more snow in the clouds over the Galloway Hills ?

The little and large of bridges

I'm feeling better already !