Winter Wonderland at Burton Dassett

Do you LOVE IT when it snows? I do! When those beautiful crystals fall to earth and freeze in place, blanketing our beautiful Warwickshire landscape in a carpet of white (every photographers dream!) Whats not to love?!   Kids off school, hubby off school and the chance to go sledging and create some fantastic family portraits. Leamington and the surrounding villages do not seem to get too much of the white stuff usually but every few years we get enough to really do something with.  This time we decided to head to Burton Dassett Hills which is easy to get to for us as its just down the Banbury Road.

Burton Dassett was not as busy as we had expected it to be and it looked more like we had gone to Switzerland with its “mountains”  and folk skiing and snowboarding! We arrived mid afternoon and the light was just beautiful. Fantastically blue skies and the type of cold you can feel nipping at any part of you that isn’t covered up! Just brilliant! Our wonderful rescue dog Lola LOVES the snow. She never ceases to amaze me, although she has collie in her she does not have a thick double coat but she doesn’t let the cold stop her! To be fair she does so much running around catching snowballs, chasing my boys and rolling in it that all the activity must keep her warm enough. You can see from the smile on her face just how much she loves it!

On the first day we also brought along Johnny who has been a constant and wonderful friend to my son Joe. Watching the boys and Lola play in the snow was a real slice of heaven! We went back for a second day of fun, the lighting was very different,there was no blue sky  but the muted light made for a rather spectacular landscapes!

Being able to combine my passion for portraits and landscapes is just sooooo much fun. Cannot wait for it to snow again!