Not very often I post two days running, but as the snow is still here & getting thicker, thought I would post some new photo’s. The first four are from yesterday afternoon, we went for a walk up towards Loch Moraig. I do not think we would have made it as far as we did, but after what must have been a tough morning , the snow plough made it up to us (normally here before 1030am, in fact today it was up at half eight). So though on the walk UP the hill he had not put grit down, so just a bit slippery, we met him half way up, with him coming back down and he was salting the road then. Therefore the return journey for us was easier.
The first two shots were just to show you how stunning the Cairngorms look with some snow around, especially when it stays on the trees.
3/ is the returning snow plough.
4/ Is the wife walking in the wet salty road on our way home.
5/ is from this morning, in between the continuing snow showers I was able to clear all the drive down to the road, then salt it. A task that normally takes me an hour, today due to the fact that in places it was 12″ deep, It took me two hours. Okay we were not going out in the car today, but I like to have it all clear for the postie or any emergency vehicle who may need to come to us or our neighbour in the white house (bottom right of the shot). Once an emergency service employee always thinking like you still are.
6/ Just in case you were not sure if I was using my fisherman measurement to get the depth of the snow, this is the build up on our roof. I have gone around the guttering slicing the snow off at that angle, as when it overflows the guttering, it semi melts & goes into icicles, which has in the past bent the guttering.
