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The Saga of the partially felled trees continues on the farm road. Field fence flattened this morning. Forester says machine was coming today anyway but has said they will reinstate fences and stone walls Electricity firm take trees down in red zone next power lines and second machine takes down rest. Any saving gone in new fences etc. Internal dispute in milling companies in house transport seems to have been the problem. Without being political this country is in a mess A 6 week job from cutting to clearance has taken 19 months and counting.
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The frozen snow remaining on farm road brings back memories of the sixties and seventies when if you got the usual heavy fall at New Year then from then to Mid March it was possible to have a snowy walk in one of these cold spots in the woods during any mild interlude. Did not need to snow again providing there was the occasional ground frost to preserve the frozen snow.
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Mostly calm dull day here with little wind Now windy with driving rain in the last 30 minutes. Still ice and frozen snow on farm road between two partially felled woods. Ground was just starting to dry up a bit too. Managed to fill in worst of potholes on farm road this afternoon in good conditions.
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Just to add have always treated March as winter up here on the farm. Since we are closer to the Arctic North and East winds in spring are always colder and their frequency also increases in spring.
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Nice bright afternoon remaining snow crunched up by 4.00pm at air temperature of 2c. Out to dentists early pm side roads and car parks still very icy. Small hill near dentist everyone just getting stuck me just cruised up not winter tyres but all season ones since Mrs Northernlights retired enough to give you grip on this ice.
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Snowing again here with a breeze getting up. If we get some drifting overnight then the drifts will probably resist the thaw for a number of days especially as my local forecast on here gives the possibility of at least a ground frost most nights next week when sky clears Remember ground is very chilled. Ground frost will happen under clear sky in shelter out of mild wind very easily. Maybe not quite so mild as further south. If some of the drifts hang on for a week or so then maybe the ancients sayings may come true ."Its waiting for more" Seen this loads of times after cold spells in the past going back decades. Forecast very mild but clearing skies prevent it from getting too mild and then 5he next cold spell shows up.
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Following on from this morning we have had several moderate snow showers. Some more photos from round the Firth Currently -1c As said yesterday a really good 3xample of a snowy arctic northerly. To answer Hairy Celt I was washing a trailer last Sunday morning Big shower came in off the Firth tuned instantly to snow and its never really got above freezing since . Of note is the snow lying right to the edge of the sea shore right round the Firth
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The intensity of the showers bright blue skies between them and the strong stormy looking clouds along with vivid greys and yellows do take me back to some of the snowy northerlies of the sixties and seventies . The low humidity of the Arctic air is impressive too. Some icicles forming on steading roof too. A lovely old school snowy northerly and it's happening in January as it should
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Showers to the north have arrived with another inch added in the last hour What a fabulous winter week and I am sure it won't be the last snow of winter/early spring I am beginning to think Honga Tonga Volcano has a lot to answer for with the exceptional humidity and wet of last autumn/ early winter and the really good ice growth in the Arctic even on the Danish and Swedish coasts as alluded to by MIA on here. Looking to the north seems to be a lot of snow heading in our direction for this evening.