It looks very, very cold and the horses seem well-suited to their environment. I love the closeups of them. Also the rusty gate on an angle. Is this location fairly high up?
Yes, I should imagine those Welsh mountain ponies are well adapted by now. Mr Inquisitive Pony kept coming in for extreme close-ups (too close to focus actually). This series was taken between around 250 to 300 m ASL.
It’s really quite variable. Some winters we have no snow at all – maybe a light dusting on the tops. Other times we get more. This winter I think we’ve had three snowy spells, but it didn’t stick around that long really. A few days perhaps, sometimes up to a week. But yeah, it does remain a little longer in that higher up area. Last time though it all disappeared after a couple of days after some heavy rain and temperatures “way up” at 10 C.
I didn’t realize this is close to where you live. I mean, I know Wales isn’t a huge place, but…showing my ignorance here. What you describe seems to be what’s happening everywhere these days – more weather variability. The first three photos above have the look of a place that’s always cold. Put together with the furry friends, I assumed it was colder or higher than it is. Thanks for explaining!
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These are beautiful pictures – every one of them!
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So glad you like them, Anne!
∞ ♡ ✰ ❁ 𑁍 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𑁍 ❁ ✰ ♡ ∞
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Love the horses!
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They were friendly (hungry?) creatures.
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It looks very, very cold and the horses seem well-suited to their environment. I love the closeups of them. Also the rusty gate on an angle. Is this location fairly high up?
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Yes, I should imagine those Welsh mountain ponies are well adapted by now. Mr Inquisitive Pony kept coming in for extreme close-ups (too close to focus actually). This series was taken between around 250 to 300 m ASL.
∞ ♡ ✰ ❁ 𑁍 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𑁍 ❁ ✰ ♡ ∞
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Welsh mountain ponies, OK. Would that area stay snowy for the rest of the winter or might it melt and then show again later?
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It’s really quite variable. Some winters we have no snow at all – maybe a light dusting on the tops. Other times we get more. This winter I think we’ve had three snowy spells, but it didn’t stick around that long really. A few days perhaps, sometimes up to a week. But yeah, it does remain a little longer in that higher up area. Last time though it all disappeared after a couple of days after some heavy rain and temperatures “way up” at 10 C.
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I didn’t realize this is close to where you live. I mean, I know Wales isn’t a huge place, but…showing my ignorance here. What you describe seems to be what’s happening everywhere these days – more weather variability. The first three photos above have the look of a place that’s always cold. Put together with the furry friends, I assumed it was colder or higher than it is. Thanks for explaining!
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Haha, yes that was just up the road from the house – the fields start two streets up from me. Here is the same area is warmer conditions:
https://geotopoi.wordpress.com/2017/05/28/carneddau-6/
And some views from the tops in the summer:
https://geotopoi.wordpress.com/2022/10/18/carneddau-7/
😌🙏✨
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