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Staffs and Worcs canal near Compton lock

Near Compton lock

These pictures feature the front and rear ends of the same moored narrowboat.

Near Compton lock

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Rosebay willowherb weighed down by snow

Rosebay willowherb weighed down by snow

Growing right by the umbellifers pictured on the 14th.

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Snow on ivy berries

Ivy berries: snow

During the snowy spell, the ivy berries I saw were either covered only by a small cap of snow, as here, or completely hidden in a blanket of white.

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Compton lock: snowy scene

Compton lock

The lock icing up just before Christmas.

Compton lock

Compton lock

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Snowy crab apples

Crab apples: snow

From the tree by Compton lock.

Crab apples: snow

Fruits on the same tree were pictured sprinkled with frost in an earlier post.

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Snow-covered sloes

Sloe berries under snow

Another episode in what has turned out to be a series recording the changing appearance this year of berries on the sloe bushes between the Railway Walk and Barley Field in the Smestow Valley Nature Conservation area.

Blackthorn, snow