First snow

The view from my balcony in the morning

The clocks changed during the night and I woke up to several inches of snow - winter arriving right on schedule. Too windy to fly, too cold to cycle, not enough snow to ski or snow shoe - so that left hiking. I had a lazy morning - enjoying my extra hour in bed - before going for a bracing hike in the Thorame valley in the afternoon. The wind and sun had dealt with much of the snow by then, but there was still plenty in shaded, sheltered spots. 

And, of course, I got back to my car just as it was getting dark…