On this day in 2010, snow on the ground and the beginnings of a layer of ice on the canal. All pictures taken from the canalside footpath, from the Meccano Bridge which carries the Railway Walk over the canal near Compton, to Castlecroft Bridge carrying a farm track in the South Staffordshire countryside.
The strong blue colour of the snow in shadows was a reflection of the almost cloudless sky. The camera records that colour more accurately that our eyes.