Skylark and snow on Shrove Tuesday: 28th February

Light snow on Scout Scar and vapour in the valley below

Snow on roof-tops and plumes of smoke rising through still air to mingle with mist  lit by sunrise. Vapour defines the course of the River Kent flowing  through Kendal. The castle  shows ghostly, then vanishes. Off to Scout Scar, eager for skylark. There’s a thin scatter of snow and I think I can hear them-  tentative and exploratory notes as they settle in to their spring and summer quarters. Then a short burst of song-flight. Late February, they arrive on cue.

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There’s a white track through the bracken, hints of snow merely.   Returning, I see a lark ascending. Valiant creature, with traces of snow on the ground and rain now falling from a louring sky.
From the escarpment I look north into mist that swirls in the valley below. Magical light..