With Halloween and Bonfire Night having come and gone, autumn will soon be turning to winter.
While I love the warm sunny weather of the summer there’s nothing as invigorating as a walk in the autumn sunshine when the air is crisp and clear or a walk in the snow, wrapped up in your winter woolies with cheery red cheeks and looking forward to a cup of hot chocolate
(possibly with a dash of whisky and topped with whipped cream).
It’s a wonderful time of year to photograph too and I’m looking forward to capturing
the changes in the seasons this year.
A couple of years ago we had so much snow that they closed the roads in and out of my home town of Bognor Regis on the south coast of England and we all had to take the day off work. I rounded up a few friends and ventured out for a walk. Although it was very cold the town looked beautiful under a white blanket of snow.
The autumn leaves were still on the trees.
I was born here and I can’t ever remember getting this much snow before.
In fact, Bognor regularly gets more sunshine than anywhere else along the south coast but the deckchair boys weren’t going to make any money that day!
When we couldn’t stand the cold any longer we headed for the pub for brunch
– a full English breakfast with ALL the trimmings.
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That second shot is stunning! What a beautiful place you live in Kathryn!
Thanks Madhu. It is indeed beautiful in the snow or in fine sunny weather too. Not so great on grey, rainy days like today though but I guess that is true of most places.
I’ve been more fond of snow since moving to an apartment (flat) where we don’t have to shovel the sidewalks (we had a corner house) nor the driveway. Here in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the U.S., we had hardly any snow last winter. Now, we have hurricanes!?! Even though we no longer have to shovel snow, by February, I’m ready to be outta here somewhere warm. 2913–Hawaii.
Snow! Hurricanes! You can’t win. Hope the hurricane didn’t hit you too bad.
fun pics and love the English breakie, enjoying your blog Kat
Thanks Rebecca (and I do love a cooked English breakfast, any time of year!)
It’s such an enchanting scene. Fresh snow makes everything look so serene – beautiful pictures!
Thanks Meg. For the first picture, I was very lucky that no one realised the gates were open so no one had walked on the snow. 🙂
These images are spectacular. The second photo of the boat is really amazing, will look good on a canvas. Its time to brace ourselves for the winter. Bognor Regis looks like a very beautiful place.
Thanks Shalu. Bognor is beautiful on a glorious summer’s day when the sea is calm and as a flat as a pancake or as here, when everything is covered in snow and I’ve seen it take on a spectacular, dramatic and exciting beauty, when the sea is whipped up by a gale at high tide and huge waves break against the promenade.
Lovely snowy shots. The second one is a stunner. I wonder if we’ll get snow again this year? I’m with you – love it so long as I don’t have to drive in it….
If only we could time the weather to suit! ..only snow at weekends except if we need to get to the airport …only rains between 2am and 7am…
Oh, it’s been 16 years since I’ve seen snow and I so long to see it again! You look so cute in your woolies covered in snow…but what a reward waiting for you after a walk in the snow. That food looks amazing!
Thanks Jeff. I do love a full English breakfast and walking around in the snow is a great way to build up the appetite!
I can hardly wait for the snow season! Cross country skiing, hot chocolate and wine by the fire. Love the photos. Well done to have gotten such a great collection – you look a little chilly! good thing for a yummy hot breakfast to warm you up! Looking forward to more of your winter shots. Stay warm.
Most years we don’t get any snow here so snow like that was quite a shock! Who knows whether we’ll see any this year. I do love the snow as long as I don’t have to drive in it. And there is nothing like a real fire to warm you up on a winters evening when it’s snowing outside.
Hi Kat, beautiful snowy photos. Love that freezing photo of you! I love snow. We had our first snow this season here in New York couple of days ago. But I couldn’t enjoy it as it came too soon after the superstorm Sandy:( Fortunately, Keith and were not hit hard but we couldn’t help thinking about those people who were still without power and heat. Hopefully, when our next snow fall come everything will be back to normal and everybody can enjoy the beauty of the snow.
It must be awful. I do hope everyone can back to normal soon but sadly I don’t think that will be possible for some. So sad.
I can remember my heating packing up one winter and it was really horrid! It as 4 degrees in my living room for a few days…. Brrrrrr! That was bad enough.
I grew up in the Bahamas and went to school in Chicago. I remember it would always snow on the first day of spring. If I didn’t see snow in person ever again, I would be fine with that, 🙂 however I love your pictures! I know photographing snow can be tricky. I look forward to your documentary of the seasons.
P.S That breakfast has my mouth watering
Thanks and I will admit to you (but don’t tell anyone else) that the photos needed a bit of lightening in Photoshop!;-)
That breakfast has my mouth watering, yum
..and it was particularly yummy (although a little too much!) on that chilly morning.
Hi Kat, These photos are beautiful – I love the beach shot and the one of Hotham Park House. It really brings back memories as I used to live there once upon a time! Where’s the first photo taken from?
Hi Sarah, Thanks for popping by. The first photo is from the bowling green looking towards the pier.
Ooh yes, I recognise it now – that’s the Steyne isn’t it? Ah Bognor, love it!
🙂
Lovely photos Kat. I am now in Thailand and the weather is amazing, so sunny! I’m flying back to Poland tomorrow and it’s also snowing there, brrrrrrrrrrr! Hope I will not freeze to death! The snow always reminds me of Christmas 😉
Thanks Agness. I bet you find it quite a shock when you get off the plane. So will you be home for Christmas?
I love the snow, and living here on the west coast of Australia It’s a lot of years since I saw any. We lived for a while in the New Forrest and THAT was gorgeous in both the aurumn and winter. 🙂
The New Forest is beautiful any time of year. It’s only an hours drive away. I really should go there more often.