Today I didn't see a reindeer

Outstanding, but exhausting, day out in the snowy Lapland hills on a guided tour. Walking 4kms has never felt so tiring! We were all tucked up in thick snowsuits and I could barely move, but somehow I kept going up the hill and down again to a place where the guide made a fire and we ate sausages and cheesy bread toasted on the open fire. All pretty cool.

The only regret was that the sun which promised to rise decided, just before peaking its head over the horizon at about 10.30am, to hide behind a cloud again. So no promised clear skies through the day.

I've added a few extras. I think I will have to do a special album for these photographs, but I'm too pooped to think about it this evening.