That’s not snow, this is snow.
Yesterday is started snowing. It was snowing along, nice and slowly, maybe dropping a couple of inches by the end of the day, and we thought we were due another 3 or 4 inches overnight. When I looked out the kitchen window this morning there still seemed to be the same fine snow that we’d seen yesterday falling from the sky.
However, Tom talked his way through my early morning haze, insisting that there had been at least 6 inches overnight. In fact, when I then ventured outside the snow was at least a foot and rising. It snowed and snowed, and when myself and Tom went looking for a nearby hide, late morning, we had to wade through at least 2ft of the stuff. I, of course, thought this was the best thing I’ve seen in a long time.
Here are some pics of the last couple of days. On Tuesday we went log cutting with Alice, the volunteer co-ordinator, and Clair, a long term volunteer from Insh, who knew my co-resident on Islay, David, as she’d worked with him for a week at Insh. Afterwards I went for a walk in the woods North of the lodge and found some Capercaillie poo, and spotted what I’m fairly sure was a vole.
Yesterday myself and Tom chopped wood and checked a fence for snow breaks. Today, only Alice made it in, due to the snow, and schools being closed, so our main job was to clear snow from paths.
Comments will follow when I get a chance… Comments now added.
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- Myself and Tom, just lowly volunteers, have to stack the wood that Alice, Clair and Dougie saw up
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- Tom modelling one log carrying device; myself modelling the “It’s a hat!” hat
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- I’m fairly sure this is Capercaillie poo – it seems a bit big for grouse…
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- This lichen, on a Scots Pine trunk, is almost certainly a Cladonia, but it seems greyer and more speckled than the id pics I’ve found
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- Whereas I’m fairly sure this is Usnea Rubicunda, also on the same tree.
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- The workshops.
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- It’s started to snow
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- Woohoo, it’s properly snowing…
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- Ah ha haaa, it’s up to my knees!
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- It’s not so easy making one of these in 2ft of snow
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- The culmination of years of wishing.
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- Myself and Tom went to find a hide. Tom turned back, it was pretty knackering walking through 2ft plus of snow. Just yards later I found it, and got these shots of a buzzard
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It’s as if you’re in a completely different country to us!…hmm, well ok, you are, but it feels a world away. Must be an amazing experience. Did i mention, great photos by the way:-)x
26 February, 2010 at 9:30 pm
It’s as if you’re in a completely different country to us!…hmm, well ok, you are, but it feels a world away. Must be an amazing experience. Great photos by the way, wish we were there:-)x
26 February, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Can you delete that last one? technical error…still computer illiterate after all these years, should’ve listened to you more closely!
26 February, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Han,
I wouldn’t worry about it, I can’t imagine too many people are going to be reading them anyway. Yeh, it is a bit mad to think that we’re in the same country. In fact I often think that about loads of the stuff I see up here – I don’t think people realise that we have all this fantastic scenery on our doorstep.
Ha, you should be here, I think the Flynnster would love this snow. We now have an igloo out the front of the lodge. Speak soon.x
28 February, 2010 at 10:22 am
Fantastic photos – a proper winter wonderland! Can’t wait to see the full set of photos as I am sure you have hundreds. It makes me slightly smug to know that you will remember these days forever and that they are in Scotland – I almost feel like singing Flower of Scotland – but I will save that for tomorrow! Have fun!
26 February, 2010 at 11:25 pm
Och tomorrow. It’s never good to be beaten by Italy. However, you could take consolation in the fact that if we lose to Italy, Scotland could still finish above us in the table.
As for the photos, I’m running short of space on my laptop so I’m having to cut quite a few, but, yes, I do have more.
28 February, 2010 at 6:56 pm
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