Fun in the snow with Mollster march 23/4 th 2013

With heavy snow fall overnight friday , i could not get the car out to go to work, so it was a good time to spend in the snow with Molly. looking out the kitchen door it looked very deep in drifts.
Molly went out to investigate  lol

Walking down to the woods , Roydon park which is only a few minutes down the road the trees look wonderful covered in snow.

Pity there is no sun, but never mind lets find a suitable place to throw snowballs for Mollster , coming out into a small clearing the snow is quite deep and there is plenty of space. having not tried throwing even a ball for her to catch mid air , this might take a while for her to learn!  shes having fun running in it first, then rolling and burrowing  hehe

                                                               This is one happy dog :)

Now after throwing a few snowballs she is already catching them , i manage to shoot a series of her catching mid air using a fast shutter speed to freeze the movement.


                                                                            "SPLAT"

                                                                        "GOT IT"

                                           am i good enough for England goalie?

Well that was a great half hour, so much fun and she really enjoyed it ., off now to go up to thurstaston hill for a few portraits in the snow .

i am shooting a few videos while walking , here is one of her running in the snow

We are now up on the hill overlooking north wales coast , its great up here, big drifts from the overnight snow .  she is posing nicely for me

               Still cant believe this is near the end of march!   gorse in flower and deep snow !

                                 the strengthening wind has blown one ear up!   haha

                                   one final image , a happy Mollster,but she doesn't look it  lol

                                  

What a great morning its been , we don't get this much snow very often so making the most of it:)

Snowdons PYG track march 18th pt3

Continuing the walk ,PT 2 HERE we are heading up to the view point above Glaslyn , the ground conditions are getting very slippery now with the snow getting deeper and i can see walkers struggling to get up the steep section above the lake.

Fabulous views from up here today , it doesn't feel cold either with the sun reflecting warmth off the snow.  Mollster is really enjoying herself and she sinks up to her belly in the snow here .

          walking a little further up the mountain side to get clean undisturbed snow to get this image.

The summit of Snowdon is shrouded in mist and low cloud ahead of us as we climb higher to get our first view of Glaslyn.

                                                           Posing again are we Mol?

We have now reached our first view of Glaslyn with Snowdon behind, Mol is posing again , she is showing off i think!

                                                           this is the view ahead , stunning 
I turn around to the view behind of Llyn Llydaw and she is posing yet again!  come on Moll, get out of the way for a change

come on Mollster , we need to get a move on. a long way to go yet and to get back to car park before the ticket runs out.   Glaslyn in the distance is our target, the path passes high above it.  we are making good progress now.

                                          look at her zig zag tracks in the snow  hehe

 

 We have now reached to top of this section, the sky is really threatening but it is going the other way, looks like its snowing in the distance but the suns out here

This is Glaslyn with Snowdon behind, this path climbs steeply up the right hand side in the image below , would need crampons to go up there today i think for safety.

                                                                 Looking confused!

Heading back now after a photo shoot , its been a superb walk, a little slippery on the steeper sections though. Mol is running through the deep snow now

the view back towards the car park, sun has disappeared now. I have to take it easy going down now, don't want to slip!

We have reached the style i had to get Mol to jump over , from this side i have to help her as its a higher drop , she still hasnt got the hang of jumping these yet!

having reached the bottom near to the pen-y-pass car park i take one last image of Mollster with the Lamberis pass in the background.

what a fantastic day we have had, really didnt expect that much snow , but with the sun it was quite warm most of the day.  the forecast is for more snow so i think there will be many more snowy adventures this spring, winter doesnt want to relinquish its grasp this year!

Snowdon Pyg track pt2 March 18th 2013

Continuing the walk along the Pyg track, the snow is quite deep, glistening in the warm sunlight. Molly is really enjoying herself,eating loads of snow and ploughing through the deep drifts.
of course she is posing a lot as per usual :D

Really thick dark cloud has been building but luckily it has gone around the back of snowdon , gives a good contrast to the snow in this image.

 

                                       Mollster has found another posing platform  haha

the views are amazing today from up here, looking down on the lakes that we walked around earlier this year in the snow.  HERE

                           this small stream leads nicely into the image, I like this composition.

the path is clearly visible where other walkers have been today already, if we get any more snow it will not be easy to negotiate this path!

          I love how the snow looks like it has been folded over the landscape like marzipan :D

         She is loving this ,  pity I didn't get a pic of her falling in this stream a few minutes ago!

       we are heading up to the high viewpoint overlooking Glaslyn now , with Snowdon behind. still a way to go, but it is a lovely morning and walking in the snow with sunny skies is always great

         the dramatic dark sky does look good , Molly is ploughing through the deep snow again.

                 Yay!    posing again Mol. she struggled to get up on this one in the snow    haha

                     come on Mol, I'm waiting for you now!  blue sky appearing again :)

             we have just stopped for a photo shoot, wonderful background for her to pose against!

                                                                 the trip continues in part 3