ice across the Thames

It was only for a few days, but the Thames iced across this week.I was starting to get worried that we'd get no cold at all this year, so this should help the plants get their winter chilling... but...

It still wasn't really cold. There was just, inexplicably, a hug bung of cold that suddenly froze the Thames across at Donnington Bridge. By yesterday it was gone, and it was warmer again tonight, and we went out for a pokéwalk which went on a bit. We're getting out and about more nowadays and that's for sure.

Here are the river's resident feral geese, standing in the middle of the river.