The first post of another new year. I’ve now posted daily for six full years!
For once, it’s some photos that’re relatively fresh, having been made less than a week ago at time of typing.
We had misty weather across large parts of the UK in the days following Christmas, so I made an effort to go out and take advantage of the atmospheric conditions. I probably missed the best of the mist on this particular day as I didn’t venture out until the afternoon, but there is still enough of it around to add a little to the pictures.
These shelters spring up every now and again in the trees close to the Trans Pennine Trail. I’ve never seen anyone building them and I don’t know who makes them or if they serve any particular purpose – there’s the remnants of a small camp fire in front of the second one, so I guess somebody spent at least a little time there, but they don’t look like they will give that much protection from the elements.
Yashica Mat 124G & Kodak Tri-X. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins @ 20°
Taken on 26 December 2024
Steel City Snapper photography 
We called these wigwams when I was a kid – and covered with leaves or grasses, they are rather effectual at keeping out rain or snow. Of course, the grasses work best, and need to be tied down. I suppose for a more permanent structure, daubing with mud or just dirt to weight down the grasses could work, but in rain you could get dumped with mud!!
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I can only assume that kids make the ones that spring around here. They definitely don’t look like places to take any sort of real shelter, especially during winter!
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