Snow, St Andrews, and foxes

We started our day today with a lovely train journey through snowy landscapes to visit Daniel in St Andrews. We’ve had snow in the north east of Scotland this week which has made everything very pretty. I took this next photo at Duthie Park yesterday.

Here are a couple of photos from the train today.

There was no snow in St Andrews which was a little disappointing for Daniel but it’s still lovely nonetheless and Daniel just as happy as ever. He is a very lucky lad. He gets to call these magnificent buildings his home.

On our last visit we wasted time walking around trying to find somewhere to eat so we took the tried and tested option and went to Pizza Express for lunch today which turned out to be a great decision. They’ve expanded their menu and I had a delicious buddha bowl with whole grains, beetroot, hummus and various other vegetables.

On our way to the train this morning I spotted this juvenile gull and gave it some breakfast. It seemed very happy about that.

Last night it was our turn to feed the foxes – we’re part of volunteer group that has been looking out for them – and on our way we ran into the Ferryhill fox who was very hungry and came quite close to us clearly begging for food. It must be tough for them in winter with the snow. We gave her some dinner. She looks very healthy and her tameness made me think there must be someone else feeding her. I sound muffled because I’m holding my glove in my mouth.

One of the cubs from this year who we’ve been feeding has unfortunately run into difficulties and somehow lost her tail. We don’t know what happened as we don’t know where she sleeps or spends her time when she’s away from the feeding spot. I think she would have died had we not been caring for her as she’s also been struggling with mange which one of the other volunteers successfully treated a couple of weeks ago. Hopefully she’s starting to feel better now. Foxes can survive without their tails but she’ll be feeling the cold more without it as they like to curl up and wrap their tails around themselves when they sleep.