If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters. Brit photographer Simon Phillpotts captured a family of red squirrels darting about in the freshly fallen snow, looking frantically for somewhere to hide their nuts. The adorable squirrels were caught on camera near Hawes, North Yorks., as the country surrenders to the annual traffic and travel chaos caused by widespread snowfall. Simon braved the freezing temperatures to grab these amazing shots of the squirrels as they frolicked in the snow, jumping into drifts and hunting for grub amongst the white stuff. Simon said: "They were just running around, burying nuts - they don't stop, even in winter.
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
Pic By HotSpot Media - GAME, SET-TEE AND MATCH: COUPLE INSTALL TENNIS COURT IN LOUNGE- In Pic - Ben Walters’ message to West Midlands Police via social media .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .