Snow, Snow, Snow!!!!

Glencree Valley has such beauty and you can really see it on a day like today! This picture is taken from the crossroads, so I’m standing right at the foot of the Valley looking up towards Kippure in the distance and the clouds are covering the mast. From this picture the snowline is very obvious, in fact for quite a bit it is above the level of the road (on the left of the photo), and then as you gradually get higher up the Valley, beyond Crone Wood, it covers the road too. On the right hand side of the Valley you can see Knockree Youth Hostel has still got green fields below it and whiter ones above it. If you were on the other side of that mountain, climbing higher above sea level, the snow starts covering the road around Barnamire, and gets much thicker at Cloon Wood and keeps on getting deeper the higher you go!! So you now have prior knowledge if you decide to take the Glencree Drive this week. Keep in mind though Michael’s tractor is in a million bits in sick bay and is in no condition to pull anybody out of ditches!

But that’s enough of the geography lesson. Lots of people love coming out to see the snow, try their hand at making a snowman and get over enthusiastic tobogganing! These guys were having great fun this afternoon, after all the homework had been hastily done!

Most of the fields have no stock in them as they are inside for the lambing. So Michael is really busy looking after all the little ladies on the maternity ward. I help him to feed the ones who have given birth and are now in a ‘private suite’. Like the human equivalent you only get a short stay inside after giving birth before you are unceremoniously kicked out into the real world. Although not in this weather!

The baby goats are starting to show their characters. They are really playful little rascals and now spend a lot of their time hopping on and off Mum. Only a few days ago they were still small enough that two could jump up on her at the same time. But now they are that bit bigger and only one gets to be ‘king of the castle’!!

The little fluffy rabbits are also getting more friendly and we now have decided on names for them ‘Max and Ruby’! Although we still have to confirm which is which!!