- An occasional series of longer Reports and Studies -

“A Lough Allen winter.”

December 2010

“Lucky to live in such a beautiful place and lucky
to be able to enjoy an extremely harsh early winter (-16° C)...
This page is a collection of photographs taken around the lake
in the course of a remarkable month.

So much snow and ice transformed the Lake into a barren
exspansive almost foreign landscape, very unusual for Ireland.
Like the Orchids (Spiranthes sp.) we cannot assume we will see
such a sight again... so we tried to catch this special
time in this series of images...”

Happy New Year!

One cold day...       ... across a frozen Lake.     Teeth of Snow!     Islands frozen to the Land.     Summer seeds in a harsh Winter...     ... a rock cracked by Ice!   Frozen shore, still lake, a cold Sun!     Cold Shoreline and Iron Mountain...   A land of still water, ice-trapped Islands, and waiting woodlands...   ... ancient Wood caught in the Snow!     Two worlds passing...     Stark trees... amazing sky!     Only the Windmills are moving.   Frozen Harbour and frozen Fog.         A place of growling and moaning Ice!   Early evening... freezing hard.     Snow and Ice covers the shore...     Lough Allen Carr... or Siberia?         Hope you enjoyed our Winter wonderland!         SEE Lough Allen in: SPRING SUMMER AUTUMN (Fall)     GoTo HOME page.