Last weekend, we went for a walk around Barnluasgan Loch, which was completely frozen over.  This is Aidan slipping and sliding about in the car park before we even set off on the (thankfully flat) trek around the loch:

A view of the loch:

Arlo and me.  You are allowed to be a style crisis during cold weather, right?

This robin followed us around a quarter of the circumference of the walk.  If birds had lips, then I am sure he would have been licking them.  Poor wee thing was probably so hungry he would have snacked on Arlo given half a chance:

Aidan:

Orin pulling a crazy face as always ….

… I cannot imagine where he gets it from:

Aidan writing everyone’s names in the snow:

Evan:

Aidan and Orin drawing lines in the snow with their swords:

Orin making a snow angel:

I would like to be able to say that Aidan is also making a snow angel in this photo but actually he is sprawled out having slid for the umpteenth time:

A cluster of snowflakes:

Some more views of the loch:

Chris and the boys out on the ice.  Worry ye not - we only allowed them to walk out as far as they are normally allowed to paddle:

The boys turned this slope into an ice slide:

Aidan:

Arlo:

My bootprints in the snow:

The Crinan Canal is also frozen over: