Thanks Dodgy. Snow long gone - I squelched my way up Fell End in the rain this morning. I don't know which Tess likes the best - snow or a sandy beach. On either she races back and forth, digs furiously and rolls around like a demented thing. Great fun!
Went to feed hens this morning, both locked in due to Avian Virus. Punky-Boo could not stand up, worryingly she tried to get up to feed and couldn't, struggled around pecking up corn. After cleaning out the nest box, stood watching as she struggled about, then she just got up and walked away! Pleased about that! Had a very squelchy walk towards motorway, coming back towards home down a little muddy bank, went flying up in the air, landing on my shoulder. I got up like my hen and walked away but it knocked the stuffing out of me!