What a difference a few days, some exercise and a wonderfully bright morning can make. This  mornings dog walk although darker than it was before the clocks went forward was more rewarding than normal with the sound of owls hooting in the woods on one leg of it and hearing the foxes on the way back in. Not to mention the sounds of the birds all getting excited in the pre-dawn light. Even though some of the fields are still covered in snow here and it was bitterly cold this morning at least there is the hint of Spring.