Where Has All The Snow Gone ?

Swapped the boat for boots and headed up into the local hills.   This was a repeat of a walk I had first done about thirty years previously, and have done countless times since. 

Started at the NTS car park and headed up to Loch Skene...

The tramp along the fence line was not the usual bog trot, thanks to the cold weather having partially frozen the ground.  Once on the shoulder of Lochcraig Head, the view back showed a small inversion in the main Moffat Valley ...

Whilst the route onward still led uphill ...



Although near the top, the grass was a covered in hoar ...

Further round, beyond White Coombe, the cloud had came down over Lochcraig Head.