Like the rest of the North of the UK we have snow, though in truth less than what we expected, but I still had to clear our drive. This is not an easy task, having to scrape the snow off then apply a layer of road salt. It takes me roughly an hour, depending on the depth of snow, but I must admit the older I get, each year seems a bit longer.
The forecast for the rest of the day & tomorrow seems like we will be getting a load more dumped on us, so I hope the amount of salt I have put down prevents me having to go out & clear it again. Though some years I have had to go out 3 or 4 times to clear it.
One good thing coming out of this is Avimore have opened their ski slopes early this year, so allowing what is a relatively short season to be extended. We may not have it very thick, but with their runs all being above 3000 feet & the use of snow blown onto the slopes (via mechanical snow blowers), plus compacting it down, they have more than enough to satisfy the skiers.
In the before & after photos below, you will notice the brown mixture at the top end of the drive, this is the sub standard road salt they gave us to use up, which contains more sand & grit than salt. The bottom half is done with the proper near 100% salt, so much better. That is the same neighbours house though the colour is different, it wasn’t repainted in between shots, it was just in the first shot n it.
