gwahn, what have your Christmas wanders and pootles looked like? In addition to some local wanderings with inlaws, we managed a small hill today 8)
Who has been out in the snow/sun/wind/cold/wet/who cares.....?
Been a beautiful day here today, 8km walk round Hardwick
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7501/15509757013_4ce161912c_z.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8643/15943387199_18e401b76a_z.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7487/15942032248_d08b50054e_z.jp g" target="_blank">
20 mile ride around Nan Bield yesterday
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7511/15938908460_d01033455e.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7511/15938908460_d01033455e.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qht5by ]10153692_10152994270731474_6633101099459015474_n[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/22534490@N00/ ]Richard Munro[/url], on Flickr
7km walk along the local river today!
[url= https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8618/16127643981_7865a3ba41.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8618/16127643981_7865a3ba41.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qz9oFg ]10888798_10152997407226474_5041860459713936050_n[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/22534490@N00/ ]Richard Munro[/url], on Flickr
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7580/15943820947_8ae5659b94.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7580/15943820947_8ae5659b94.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qhUfuB ]10891595_10152997407281474_4608438981759472680_n[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/22534490@N00/ ]Richard Munro[/url], on Flickr
We had a beautiful walk from home. Within half an hour the snow was getting quite deep.
Such fun.
Blue sky and fabulous views over to Kinder Scout.
Lunch in a local pub and a stead amble back, mostly downhill.
Perfect day.
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7527/16103626726_6da883a61b_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7527/16103626726_6da883a61b_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qx2ibE ]Meall Leathan Dhail[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/88555557@N00/ ]matt_outandabout[/url], on Flickr
Ingleborough Boxing Day
[img][url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7549/16111425991_54e192522d.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7549/16111425991_54e192522d.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qxHgCK ] Summit visibility zilch[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/30930594@N04/ ]Pennine[/url], on Flickr[/img]
Ingleborough today
[img][url= https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8563/15941815360_8e17cb6f22.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8563/15941815360_8e17cb6f22.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qhHYiw ]On final slope[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/30930594@N04/ ]Pennine[/url], on Flickr[/img]
On the beach today.
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
Inshriach Forest, Cairngorms
[URL= http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss69/deanamoran/Mobile%20Uploads/F8C38E37-237B-4271-8ECD-12917B2949FC_zpsfi2ywegl.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss69/deanamoran/Mobile%20Uploads/F8C38E37-237B-4271-8ECD-12917B2949FC_zpsfi2ywegl.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
Done over 25miles every day including Christmas Day. Today was one of the highlights of the year. Wandering around the Ridgeway/Wallingford/Wittenham/Blewbury area.
Wet and slippery on the south facing slopes and hard/frozen on the north facing slopes. Made my best mud angel yet by racing into the shadows after being in the sun and was quite surprised by a deep hole full of mud...
So many nice sights today from steaming livestock to frozen ponds.
After being covered in mud and then washed in muddy puddles and then the cycle repeated the bike is now making very strange sounds from the brakes.
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
Oscar's first swim and snow
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
Got him in eventually and he loved it despite the temperature
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
Needs to learn to jump properly though
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
It was beautiful
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
Then to The Bridges to warm up and dry out
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
Oscar FTW! Mega envious of the countryside some of you live in...
Oh I don't live there, that's the Long Mynd/Church Stretton/Carding Mill valley. About 45 mins on a good run from me. Miss Houns and I have plans to move that way though.
Oh and thanks,
Christmas Eve.
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
Boxing Day.
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
Today.
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
A lively fresh local ride today, managed 18 miles from the front door by 'exploring'
[URL= http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m263/rob_g_clarkson/42FB62CE-B2B5-4C34-9CA8-AE2D17277573_zpsj9bvli1n.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m263/rob_g_clarkson/42FB62CE-B2B5-4C34-9CA8-AE2D17277573_zpsj9bvli1n.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
Harden Moor this morning
[URL= http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq245/SimonB_09/IMG_20141228_093632601_HDR_zpsqrtahueo.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq245/SimonB_09/IMG_20141228_093632601_HDR_zpsqrtahueo.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
[URL= http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq245/SimonB_09/IMG_20141228_093657074_HDR_zps5gdqg45c.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq245/SimonB_09/IMG_20141228_093657074_HDR_zps5gdqg45c.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
[URL= http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq245/SimonB_09/IMG_20141228_085248705_HDR_zpsc6dztect.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq245/SimonB_09/IMG_20141228_085248705_HDR_zpsc6dztect.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
[URL= http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq245/SimonB_09/IMG_20141228_085938746_HDR_zpscoryodqf.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq245/SimonB_09/IMG_20141228_085938746_HDR_zpscoryodqf.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
Didn't expect to happen upon these in December.
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
Christmas Eve
[img] 
[/img]
Christmas Day
[img] 
[/img]
Boxing day involved riding around looking for a shop to replace a broken spoke after mine broke less than a mile into the ride.
Saturday
[img] 
[/img]
Yesterday
[img] 
[/img]
^That sign is pretty awesome!
My addition is on the sign (Mt Fromme, North Shore):
[img] 
?oh=16b85e740682f4d67ccda621788b1546&oe=54FAC7AB&__gda__=1429655229_0359d9eadac91808b14cff5323e6e869[/img]
^that pic puts a smile on my face...
Some ace pics, keep em coming...
Seals on the south devon coast, Boxing Day
[url=
New bike for christmas (silver early rider)..
[URL= http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc310/jenga101/2014-12-27134001_zpsab879131.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc310/jenga101/2014-12-27134001_zpsab879131.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
Xmas day on the beach near Dundee
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7532/15513717514_a54cb40359_k.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7532/15513717514_a54cb40359_k.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/pCTRJb ]Tentsmuir beach[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/67967301@N02/ ]10000 rivets[/url], on Flickr
Boxing day on the Sidlaws for a ride
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7516/16136036585_c29c30d6f2_k.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7516/16136036585_c29c30d6f2_k.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qzTpvk ]View WSW from Sidlaws[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/67967301@N02/ ]10000 rivets[/url], on Flickr
Yesterday up Corrie Fee from Glen Clova onto Mayar
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7561/15513713284_8326f28120_k.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7561/15513713284_8326f28120_k.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/pCTQtf ]View SW from Mayar[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/67967301@N02/ ]10000 rivets[/url], on Flickr
A rather pleasant break all round!
My days out are normally runs so I dont carry a camera.
Took this handsome little fellow out on his first hilly run around the Clwydians (he is 14 1/2 months old) and he loved it 🙂
[img] https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-w44Y2B4ZF-g/VKFhQyfoh0I/AAAAAAAAcCg/8EJbtzGkIXw/w672-h896-no/20141216_150808 [/img]
Surfer what type of harness is it your dog is wearing ?
Our Christmas morning ritual is a visit to a local grey seal colony to see the pups. This years sunrise was pretty spectacular.
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7494/16113576075_271cca11d6_z.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7494/16113576075_271cca11d6_z.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qxUhMa ]Horsey Sunrise[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/53633322@N00/ ]Andy Kahumbu[/url], on Flickr
Here's one of the 685 new pups this year.
[url= https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8639/15491269724_9c38d996be_z.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8639/15491269724_9c38d996be_z.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/pAUNMj ]_AEK8057[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/53633322@N00/ ]Andy Kahumbu[/url], on Flickr
Chrissy morning swim - well for the dogs - on a fat bike shock horror not near a beach/snow.
[img] 
[/img]
Boxing Day at Russan
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
Watching the clouds blow off Blencathra
[img] 
[/img]
Spring has arrived in Geltsdale
[img] 
[/img]
Disappointing lack of activity for most of the Christmas week, but made up for it yesterday with a fab snowy ride on the single speed in the morning...
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7474/15944042577_22d30c535d_z.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7474/15944042577_22d30c535d_z.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qhVonP ]Roaches snowy ride with Paul - 4[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/30104653@N07/ ]stilltortoise[/url], on Flickr
...then after a lovely Sunday roast I went out with the family for a walk at the Roaches...
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/16136801561_47c77f7790_z.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/16136801561_47c77f7790_z.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qzXjUz ]Staffordshire sunset[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/30104653@N07/ ]stilltortoise[/url], on Flickr
Been housebound and mostly deaf since Xmas eve with a perforated eardrum and ear infections! But got up this morning to another gorgeous morning and thought I couldn't waste it. So headed up to the local fell and had a wander around for an hour or so with the girlfriend.
[url= https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8575/15953350449_f3047a6dc1_o.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8575/15953350449_f3047a6dc1_o.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7463/16139449915_524d70a17f_o.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7463/16139449915_524d70a17f_o.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
How the dickens do you get them to appear the right way up?!
Xmas Eve
[url= https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8581/16137847221_019f74dab9_o.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8581/16137847221_019f74dab9_o.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qA3FKc ]P1120731[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/58162507@N07/ ]SGMTB[/url], on Flickr
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7467/15952351768_48141a56fa_o.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7467/15952351768_48141a56fa_o.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qiDYpJ ]Severn Bridge Rainbow[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/58162507@N07/ ]SGMTB[/url], on Flickr
Xmas eve for me so no snow. Bit of an obligatory photo for the location
[img] 
[/img]
Up at Llyn y Fan Fach today. Was epic.
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
Moon and ant-people over Picws Du
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
[img] 
[/img]
Today.
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
Stroll up the Wrekin today with Oscar for the sunset. The little git pulling me made descended the ice covered track difficult
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
@ranoodog
Sorry only just noticed your post. Its a Ruffwear. Not the cheapest but well made. We keep him quite short but find his undercarriage is always wet and dirty so picking him up meant you got filthy and wet and this has a handle at the top so you can pick him up like a bag 🙂 plus I wanted something that I could lift him over gates/stiles/steep bits when we are out in the hills.
He wears a collar normally but when h comes running I put the harness on and he gets very excited when he sees it!!
Heres a couple from a Wintery ride up the Lammermuir Hills and a trip to the local Bmx Park with my son.
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
