Il faisait froid hier soir

I know there has been a cold snap in a lot of places but it must have been cold here because when I got up this morning I was greeted with this site:

La piscine était gelée

The swimming pool had frozen over. I had never seen that before – not once last winter as far as I’m aware.

Ignore the leaves at the bottom of the pool, I hadn’t got round to cleaning it.

To see how thick it was I prodded it with a stick. I don’t think it would hold my weight but it was certainly a full covering of ice.

It resisted a few whacks

Apparently I need to run the pump a bit more to stop it from breaking.

At least someone was enjoying the ice.

Une bergeronnette grise

Our regular grey wagtail a fait un peu de patin à glace.

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