Blue Flash

Here's a fine end to a long slog. I've just started a couple of weeks off and walking home on Friday, just as I crossed the river, I saw a flash of blue zipping along under the bridge a foot above the water.

I'd never seen a kingfisher before, but I have now.

Mind you -- just in case it all seems too springy -- it's snowing thickly today, and there's more promised.