Winter has officially arrived. The temperatures have remained between -7c and -10c during the day, dropping to -18c in the early morning.
I must admit that the cold is not as unpleasant as one can imagine. We've all increased the layers and put on the big snow shoes. My outfit when training the dogs in the forest includes 1 insulating T-shirt, keeping me dry when sweating, 2 thin fleeces, 1 thick fleece and 1 scooter overall, 3 pairs of socks, 2 pairs of gloves, 1 fury hat and 1 scarf pulled over my face up to my nose.
When training the dogs yesterday, my eye lashes were covered with a thin layer of ice. I felt very proud to look like those men and women I've seen on so many pictures.
We've now increased the daily training to 23km, so each team runs for a couple of hours. With the winter time, we now come back from the afternoon training in the darkness as the sun sets around 3.00pm.
These cold temperatures have brought some sun and clear blue sky. The forest looks absolutely beautiful under the morning sun. The entire forest is covered with a layer of frost which sparkles like diamonds all around us. Photos to follow soon on Facebook.
