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Snowandrocks

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  1. A very pleasant few days with lots of sunshine, relatively light winds and mild enough to work outside without a jacket. Could do with a decent dump of snow on the hills though - the Lecht and Glenshee even seemed to miss out when much of Aberdeenshire was buried back in January. Not sure how the things have fared further west this year?
  2. Yep, worst winter for rain I can remember here in Aberdeenshire. So much so, our neighbour has decided to pack in farming altogether. He's in his late 70s but planned on carrying on until he couldn't. He seemed relieved to be able to finally relax but not sure he'll know what to do with himself when the last float heads away down the farm road next week. Quite pleasant outside at the moment though, flat calm with the odd star visible. Had too much wine beside the fire pit already!
  3. Interesting that they suggest sea ice might extend down to 50 degrees N. I suspect the reality won't be nearly as dramatic but polar bears would maybe give the seagulls at Aberdeen beach some healthy ice cream stealing competition!
  4. A friend who stays at 400m in one of the glens off Strathdon just posted on Facebook to say that they've had a fun journey home in near white out conditions. In trying to get home they had to abandon their pickup in a drift and continue on by Tractor. Sounds promising for the Lecht and Glenshee at least!
  5. Occasional short spells of snow blowing through but surprisingly dry so far - pretty miserable though with existing snow cover just about hanging on.
  6. After a glorious start to the day with unbroken sunshine and a gentle warm breeze the wind got up quite a bit in the afternoon. It was still easily warm enough to be planting trees in short sleeves though and the pickup was still reading 14c when I nipped out at 1830 - quite impressive for the 2nd of Feb!
  7. Oh well, that was a bit of an anticlimax, nothing more than a bit blowy on the more exposed bits of the bypass Must have timed it well and missed the worst.
  8. Currently sitting in Dundee "enjoying" a McDonalds for lunch before continuing home towing a big box trailer. It's fully loaded to 3.5T so in no real danger of being blown over but it's still going to be a slow and steady trundle up the A90 and round the Aberdeen bypass. It's quite blustery with occasional spells of driving rain here but nothing massively out of the ordinary so far - sounds worse further north.
  9. The mountainous track of the air to Kinlochewe must have something to do with it, whether a true Foehn or just mixing, because I messaged a friend on Skye to ask if he was sunbathing (maybe 30 or 40 miles away) and he replied saying that it was 8 degrees and blowing a gale!
  10. Absolutely not a climate denier (as much as I dislike that term) but it is interesting just how localised the hot spot was today. When I saw the temperature online this afternoon I messaged a friend on Skye (just across the water, maybe 30 miles away) to ask if he was sunbathing. I got a slightly confused reply to say that it was 8 degrees and blowing a gale!
  11. Beautiful bluebird day so decided to take a walk around the tops of Bennachie - turf and puddles frozen hard and a bitter wind but did manage to find a little sheltered spot in the sun to have my flask of tea and yum yum. VID_20240126_111327.mp4
  12. No damage to report here but did see that someone had 2 touring caravans blow away overnight on the Suie Rd so it was as lively as it sounded at 3am. Still pretty blowy out there now but at least the sun's out.
  13. Getting quite lively here now in Aberdeenshire, not outrageously so as yet but lights flickering and chimney whistling away merrily.
  14. Quite pleasant out there, definitely thawing but quite slowly with only the odd drip from the roof noticeable. Dogs enjoying the snow while they can. They do like each other, honestly! HwVideoEditor_2024_01_19_143823802.mp4
  15. Wind definitely getting up now - again, hard to tell if it's actually snowing or just blowing in. Was quite drifty in places earlier today even with only a moderate breeze so I agree, my trip to Buckie with the trailer first thing could be fun.
  16. Lovely but cold day today after another 4 or 5 inches of powder overnight. The wind got up for a bit in the afternoon with snow blowing around in the usual places but decided to go for a XC ski to make the most of the sunshine. Conditions were great in the shelter of the woods but almost unskiable on the areas that had caught the full amount of unconsolidated powder. Need fatter skis - will definitely sleep tonight. The coming thaw should actually improve the skiing greatly, for a while at least! VID_20240118_133625.mp4
  17. Big flash - thunder snow must be somewhere close. Hope you caught it MS? Great end to a very pleasant evening sitting in one of the demo hot tubs surrounded by snow. Seems to have been out over Rhynie - impressive the flash can travel so far. I guess it seems brighter with the snow reflecting.
  18. Our friends in Dunvegan on the west coast of Skye have just sent this over. They're currently XC skiing down the main road through the village. Quite unusual for them to get proper snow right to sea level. They usually have to come over here to stay with us to use their skis. VID-20240117-WA0011.mp4
  19. The real fun on that little road is when the wind gets up and it starts blowing in - had a very sketchy run over there one night last winter and only made it through the worst bit by taking repeated charges at the drifts in near zero visibility. Was thankful to be in the Hilux with all terrain tyres on it. Had visions of having to walk home! Snow coming down nicely now here too, unsurprisingly.
  20. The Facebook Deeside weather chap with all the weather stations dotted around Aberdeenshire is going for as much as 40cm of additional fresh snow by Friday morning. Might be optimistic I think but would be nice on top of the existing deep cover.
  21. I suspect the schools would be more resilient if the council insisted that staff and contracted buses had snow rated tyres to get rural contracts in the first place. I drove a taxi as a student and the thought of driving professionally all year round in Aberdeenshire on summer tyres wouldn't have even entered my mind. It's not realistic to expect that every road will be kept black, regardless how thoroughly treated they are. In any case, I used to love snow days - I think I probably got more benefit from XC skiing, sledging and being towed around a field by a quad bike than I would have from a day in school!
  22. The last few years have actually been pretty decent for snowfall and low temperatures here in Aberdeenshire, I think we've had at least one lengthy spell each winter with deep (>20cm) snow each winter and temperatures below minus 10 (~ minus 20 on a few occasions) for several years now. That's absolutely not to say that the climate isn't warming on average but do remember that lack of snow in Southern England isn't necessarily representative of elsewhere in the UK and that weather events will still happen against the overall warming trend.
  23. Flat calm with moderate snow on for the last few hours - pretty tame snowfall rate compared to the showers last few days but still slowly accumulating. Perhaps getting on for an inch of fresh.
  24. I wonder if the temperature will rise for long enough to consolidate the snowpack before the wind gets up. The current deep lying light powder blows around whenever there's even a slight breeze, a gale would be messy!
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