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  • Location: N.E. Scotland South Side Moray Firth 100m asl
  • Location: N.E. Scotland South Side Moray Firth 100m asl
36 minutes ago, carinthian said:

@Northernlights Cattle out to day at long last , free to roam and graze on the lower slopes. Always a nice sight and the pub opens this weekend for summer season !

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Relief all round .Ours were lying flat  out in the sun this morning in spite of a fresher breeze absolutely stuffed with quality June grass.Great when they feed themselves.

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
1 minute ago, Northernlights said:

Relief all round .Ours were lying flat  out in the sun this morning in spite of a fresher breeze absolutely stuffed with quality June grass.Great when they feed themselves.

My farmer friend very pleased. Good lush growth under a strong sun and melting snow providing the moisture. See there is a big contrast in temps across the British Isles but think many in the North have not seen that much rain so far this month after that horrible wet and cold May ?

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK

@Northernlights Thought you might be interested in the following observation being a Scottish farmer. My wife recently observed in one of the bigger supermarkets in the local town of Altenmarkt a segregation of EU and UK meat on display. On closer examination the EU beef seemed to be sourced from the Czech Rebublic/ Poland  and the UK beef was branded Scotch beef.  A fairly big difference in pricing per KG, but needless to say she choose the Scottish Beef ! So it is there to purchase but not in great quantity. The locals seem to go for the UK best when its available and rightly so in mind. I know one local hotelier who will only serve Welsh Lamb and Aberdeen Angus meat in his food operation and skiers queue up for his black Angus beef burgers in a normal season.

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  • Location: N.E. Scotland South Side Moray Firth 100m asl
  • Location: N.E. Scotland South Side Moray Firth 100m asl
46 minutes ago, carinthian said:

@Northernlights Thought you might be interested in the following observation being a Scottish farmer. My wife recently observed in one of the bigger supermarkets in the local town of Altenmarkt a segregation of EU and UK meat on display. On closer examination the EU beef seemed to be sourced from the Czech Rebublic/ Poland  and the UK beef was branded Scotch beef.  A fairly big difference in pricing per KG, but needless to say she choose the Scottish Beef ! So it is there to purchase but not in great quantity. The locals seem to go for the UK best when its available and rightly so in mind. I know one local hotelier who will only serve Welsh Lamb and Aberdeen Angus meat in his food operation and skiers queue up for his black Angus beef burgers in a normal season.

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Very good to hear especially with the Austrailin trade deal happening. However an Australian farmer online said prices were  very good there just now with everything going to SE Aisia and therefore be too expensive to send here with transport costs.

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
37 minutes ago, Northernlights said:

Very good to hear especially with the Austrailin trade deal happening. However an Australian farmer online said prices were  very good there just now with everything going to SE Aisia and therefore be too expensive to send here with transport costs.

Aye, there is no doubt in my mind , the British Farmers produce the best of quality. Although , I did not want to see you lot leave the EU, the UK products are now not labelled produce of the EU and labelled from the UK. So the consumers can see and taste the difference and make their own minds up what tastes better.  I know what I would choose ! Even the cheaper Lofer stores over here sell best British minced beef and sells quite well but never enough stock. Time will tell and the Europeans will eventually discover the best of British meat.

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK

Hot sunshine today , currently 25.6 c. Snow melt in full effect now. Picture from the Alpine meadow above the village.

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK

Well what a dramatic change.  Temp drop of 20C since the weekend. Rain and cloud with temp of 8C this afternoon in the village. 

 

 

 

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK

Nice view to wake up to this morning. Summer returns after a few days this week of cool and showery weather with a lot of cloud.

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
On 03/07/2021 at 09:51, carinthian said:

Nice view to wake up to this morning. Summer returns after a few days this week of cool and showery weather with a lot of cloud.

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Heat builds from today with forecast temps of 32c in Salzburgerland, 35c in Lower Austria and possible 40 c further east towards Vienna. Blistering heat being reported from  Italy.

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
7 hours ago, carinthian said:

Heat builds from today with forecast temps of 32c in Salzburgerland, 35c in Lower Austria and possible 40 c further east towards Vienna. Blistering heat being reported from  Italy.

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The afternoon max of 24.4c in the village at alt 1350m asl , making warmest day of the year so far. 30c reached in the valley in nearby Altenmarkt. Temps of 34c  closer to Salzburg at lower elevation. Forecast hotter for tomorrow generally, especially further east.

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK

Cooler and wetter scene back today. Current temp 11c, overcast and damp. 20c cooler than Tuesday at this  same time.

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK

Much cooler today.  Still plenty of snow patches on the local mountains at around 2300m absl. The recent hot spell saw some of the local hardy Highland breed cattle grazing at nearly 2000m level where it was cooler. The webcams still show them up there .

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK

Not the best of days in the Austrian Alps. Cool , damp and misty. Seems to be the story of the summer so far, a few hot days and then the temp drops under another upper low circulation. 

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
On 16/07/2021 at 09:07, carinthian said:

Not the best of days in the Austrian Alps. Cool , damp and misty. Seems to be the story of the summer so far, a few hot days and then the temp drops under another upper low circulation. 

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Another cloudy wet weekend beckons in The Austrian Alps.

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK

Huge rainfall totals in the Austrian Alps over the weekend. A thoroughly rotten few days. Rain showing signs of decaying this morning with a hint of brightness. Cheered up with F1 Silverstone result . Hamilton win not well received in Red Bull territory!  Good result for the cricket as well. Sunshine Britain !

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  • Location: on a canal , probably near Northampton...
  • Weather Preferences: extremes n snow
  • Location: on a canal , probably near Northampton...

 

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
34 minutes ago, matty40s said:

 

Yes, not surprised with the amount of rainfall in the location over the past weekend. The area is quite low down by Austrian standards and the town sits on the swollen River Salzach and surrounded by some very steep mountains in the Bechlesgarten National Park, so a big run off into the town.

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  • Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Location: Bratislava, Slovakia

All that rain in the Austrian Alps has made its way down the Danube into Slovakia. I've just come back from Devín, at the confluence with the Morava (and on the Austrian border) and there's a lot of flooding. The Danube in spate is powerful enough to also overwhelm the lower reaches of the Morava, which is what has happened here.

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Foot/cyclepath completely submerged

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Iron Curtain memorial below Devín Castle

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK

Early morning hike up the local mountain.

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK

A super hot day looks likely in the Austrian Alps. Could be the hottest day of the year, locally. 

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
21 hours ago, carinthian said:

A super hot day looks likely in the Austrian Alps. Could be the hottest day of the year, locally. 

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This is how the day started yesterday, thats breakfast offerings at the wonderful Gamskogel in the warm morning sunshine. However, the day ended wet as the clouds and storms rolled in. Still managed 25c in the village at 1450m  around mid-day. Today Sunday, has reverted back to a cloudy and damp scenario. The hit and miss summer continues in The Austrian Alps.

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
7 hours ago, carinthian said:

This is how the day started yesterday, thats breakfast offerings at the wonderful Gamskogel in the warm morning sunshine. However, the day ended wet as the clouds and storms rolled in. Still managed 25c in the village at 1450m  around mid-day. Today Sunday, has reverted back to a cloudy and damp scenario. The hit and miss summer continues in The Austrian Alps.

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Nice sun rise early this morning but thunderstorms developed during the afternoon . Currently wet and stormy with lots of lightning ⚡  to be seen over the local mountains.

 

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK

One of the hoteliers in a neighbourhood  ski resort village has a farm located at 1800m . On its pastures ( picture below) feeds the local Pinzgau cattle breed . The produce from this farm supplies fresh meat and milk produce to the excellent hotel side of the business. A very enterprising family operation.

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK

One of the great summer hiking trails in these parts is up the Polla Valley that straddles the border of Salzburg/Carinthia states. The hike ends at the Lanischsee ( the land of a thousand waterfalls ). Pictures taken in the area. The water from the lake is the source of the River Lieser that flows towards the St Michael Valley.

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK

 A promising start to the new week. Monday morning view over the lake. Expecting good summer weather and warmth for most of this week. Peak hiking season in these parts.

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