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Golf Ball

            It snowed quite heavily in parts of our region but unfortunately not where I live, even the Malvern Hills were looking quite bare.
So Monty and I headed north west to Shropshire in search of snow, and hopefully a snowy sunset.  Titterstone Clee Hill is the third highest point in Shropshire rising to 533 metres (1,749 ft).  It also has a road that goes a long way towards the top to the old quarry, and now to the Air Traffic Control and weather radar arrays.
All was looking good as we turned off the main road and headed up the single track road call Dhustone Lane.  There are a few houses high up on the Hill at Railway Terrace, and I wouldn't fancy their heating bills.
Just above the houses, the road wasn't gritted, and it became distinctly icy.  I crossed a cattle grid, and the road became steeper...and icier... and my 'Save the Planet' Eco tyres with the low roll resistance decided they didn't want to grip any more... and now there was a car coming in the opposite direction.  Nothing for it, we'll have to go backwards down the hill, and the car decided it wanted to slide off towards the ditch. With some delicate back and forwards I managed to get the thing back straight and not lose it into the ditch, and then ever so gently back done the hill to the cattle grid where discretion got the better of me and we parked up, safely out of the way of any other cars that might come careering down the hill.
So the walk to the top of Titterstone Clee was much longer than was planned, but we were outdoors in the snow! 
We climbed up the steep slope at the side of the old quarry to reach the top, and had a good look around.  It became clear there wasn't going to be a sunset, and if anything the weather was in danger of closing in with another dump of snow predicted.
The view of the Air Traffic Control Golf Ball across the top of the quarry was looking particularly dramatic today, with the rocks, the snow and the glowering sky.
...and I also discovered that Monty looks a fetching peachy pink colour in the snow!
By the way, the only real difference between this and the original version was that the latter was Blue and White.
   

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Shropshire (show map)

Taken on: December 9, 2017

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Camera: Nikon D5200, f/11.0, 1/60 sec, 30mm (=45mm), ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5200
Lens:	16.0-85.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	30mm (35mm equivalent: 45mm)
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
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