Weather winter 2010/2011

[Hoy]

Mark and Anne,
That's the amount of snow I usually get at the mountain cabin! Then I have to remove snow from the roof to be sure that the cabin doesn't implode when the snow gets wet in spring rain.

[Paul T]

210cm of snow!    Wow!!

[arilnut]

Hi friends. Here are some pics of our last snow storm. I recieved over 1 foot of snow
with 30 mile per hour winds. This morning it was -17 f (-28 C).

John B
Kansas, USA

[Hoy]

Seems your roof needs thermal insulation! All those icicles tell that you loose a lot of heat that way

[alpines]

Say what you like about the snow but it makes for some very interesting photography. These shots were taken by Sherba yesterday morning.

[Maggi Young]

Indeed Alan, it makes for very beautiful photographs and these from Sherba are lovely.....I'm just glad all I have to do is admire the weather and not experience it!  

Image  P2100293 of the trough, looks, as a thumbnail, to be covered in finest arctic fox fur.....

[alpines]

Image  P2100293 of the trough, looks, as a thumbnail, to be covered in finest arctic fox fur.....

Your observations are spot on Maggi. There was just something about the texture of the snow combined with ice that made it seem magical. Not seen that effect before.

[Maggi Young]

We can see the ice crystals very well in image P2100310... one can almost "see" them growing.
I was wondering about the practicalities, (never mind the expense etc) of cladding your gate post in fur.... seemed a bit extravagant......

[alpines]

Reminds me of those 'wigs' they used to wear in the 60s/70s.
Gate posts covered in fur....now there's a thought.....lots of dead skunks on the road.....that should help to keep unwanted visitors at bay

[cohan]

Say what you like about the snow but it makes for some very interesting photography. These shots were taken by Sherba yesterday morning.

Very true, lovely shots--hoar frost is my favourite. I always think I will have time over winter to catch up on editing summer flower photos, then find that winter is full of landscape shots--its the most changeable season, visually--so many textures and light conditions... There has to be some consolation!

[TC]

After weeks of rain, gales and cloudy skies, yesterday was perfect.  Wall to wall blue, sunny skies and no wind.  Even with a temperature of 5c it felt warm in the sunshine.  We felt the need to go North for the day, and ended up in the village of Killin, in Perthshire.  The pictures are of the Falls of Dochart.  The snow was perfect -  up in the hills !!   After a walk round we came back the long way via Loch Lomond.  Unusually, the Loch was mirror clam.  The views are of the North side of the hill instead of the usual pictures showing the "shoulders", taken from the southern end. Today it is back to low clouds and rain

[Maggi Young]

Shots to charm any potential visitors, Tom 

[cohan]

After weeks of rain, gales and cloudy skies, yesterday was perfect.  Wall to wall blue, sunny skies and no wind.  Even with a temperature of 5c it felt warm in the sunshine.  We felt the need to go North for the day, and ended up in the village of Killin, in Perthshire.  The pictures are of the Falls of Dochart.  The snow was perfect -  up in the hills !!   After a walk round we came back the long way via Loch Lomond.  Unusually, the Loch was mirror clam.  The views are of the North side of the hill instead of the usual pictures showing the "shoulders", taken from the southern end. Today it is back to low clouds and rain

Very nice! The images of liquid water are very foreign at this time of year--the only place (outdoors) I see that is in small puddles in front of my door on warm days which turn to miniature skating rinks at night 

[Hoy]

It's very familiar! Both the snow clad landscape and the calm Loch Lomond and the fells around Nice.

[ranunculus]

Beautiful images, Sherba and Tom.

Just a few from damp and misty Aysgarth Falls, Skipton Castle and Kilnsey Crags (in the Yorkshire Dales) this afternoon ...