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February - Month of Snow and Snowdrops .... oh and frogs!

February is nearly over and spring is most definitely well on its way.   Before we move on to March I thought it important to put down on this blog just how cold February has been here, even in the south west. I really wanted there to be some snow this winter.   I had hoped to take some kind of iconic photo for each month of the year and I had planned on February's being snowy!   I was somewhat defeated however, although the temperature was certainly low enough, it combined itself with dry weather and so we had hard frosts, the kind that are difficult to clear from your wind screen early in the morning. In the event I dragged my husband off to search for snow on high ground.   And the highest ground around here is Dunkery Beacon.   If you can't find snow there, you are unlikely to find it anywhere in West Somerset. We set off with a flask and cookies, parked in the little lay-by up on the moor and slipped our way up to the Beacon. The well trodden smo...