Most probably this is the strangest winter we have had since being here, I am not alone in saying this even the real locals have not seen one like this for years. We seem to go on alternate days of green fields, then white, green then white, continuously. Today as you can see is a white one. The only constant factor is that the Munro’s have stayed white, which is good as it allows the ski centres to do a roaring trade, bad as we have had the usual hill walkers getting caught out in the bad conditions & having to be rescued, not always with good outcomes.
We woke up to a heavy snow storm this morning depositing a fair lump at our level, about 2″ . Unusually no snow plough up today (expect because it is half term & they only come up to clear to allow the school bus up), so it was fun getting out to Pitlochry , but with care we did it & on our return the amount of traffic & the sun had cleared it away. Decided to go up & take some photos further up the hill this afternoon, but only got a third of the way as the higher I got the thicker & worse the roads got. Did managed the shots below, which show you just how beautiful our countryside looks in these conditions.
The first 3 shots our the trees up the Glen, the tall shot showing Carn Liath, have not managed to climb this even in the summer (just to old), a couple of years ago I got to about as high as the top of the tree, which is just about halfway.
The 4th shot is Monzie Farm ( pronounced monaaaa) nestled down in the Glen and a fairly remote place to live, I should think the only way out for them today was on a quad bike.
Just coming back down from taking those photos & out the corner of my eye I saw a large bird flying, only to realise it was a Heron, a strange place to find one, on the moors, but I guess there would be plenty of frogs around in the damp, boggy areas. Anyway he landed & I set my camera up, but do you think I could find it, it was so well camouflaged by the snow. Eventually I did spot it & managed the attached shot.
