Wishing you peace, health and happiness, wherever you may be this Christmas
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Saturday, 25 December 2021
Thursday, 24 December 2020
Christmas Eve
In the small hours of Christmas Eve I took a look outside....to see heavy snowfall on a northerly wind, just as forecast. We'll have a white Christmas here in Aberdeenshire!
The landscape is completely transformed to dazzling white - just in time for a Christmas which will be very different for most people, including us, with limits on travel and the family one can meet with.
Chores done, logs split for the fire and a few last minute errands run, I took a long walk around the local area. It was cold with a biting wind and a promise in the sky of further snow. Bennachie looked very fine, dazzling white in the low sunshine just before sunset - at 3.25pm.....
The woodburner is lit, the tree awaits a delivery of gifts by Santa Claus.....
So it just remains to wish you peace, health and happiness wherever you may be spending Christmas.
Tuesday, 24 December 2019
Monday, 24 December 2018
Sunday, 24 December 2017
Monday, 26 December 2016
A belated white Christmas
Christmas Day 2016 in Aberdeenshire was one of the warmest on record - we saw an afternoon temperature of 14.5 degrees Celsius. It was very windy though, a tearing gale ahead of Storm Conor - and once the front had passed........
...Boxing Day dawned with something altogether more seasonal! The mild air has been replaced with temperatures hovering around freezing.......
...and snow showers never too far away. A white Christmas - belatedly.
Saturday, 24 December 2016
Thursday, 24 December 2015
Happy Christmas
Montgarrie Bridge, Aberdeenshire- December 2010
I wish you peace, health and happiness, wherever you may be this Christmas
Wednesday, 24 December 2014
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Saturday, 24 December 2011
Friday, 24 December 2010
Monday, 20 December 2010
A guaranteed White Christmas
Despite a significant thaw, the previous dump of snow wasn't off the ground when the next cold spell started four days ago. Initially the snow resembled polystyrene pellets but was pulverised to the powdery consistency of baking powder by a scouring north wind. At first the accumulations were relatively small.
Even small hills like Bennachie - the Mither Tap seen here on the right skyline - became alpine in their apparent scale.
The wind quickly built drifts across the landscape and roads, more challenging conditions for animals and humans alike.
Plummeting temperatures overnight (our neighbour recorded minus 22 celsius on his weather station) brought fresh problems. Aberdeenshire Council's roads department stopped using salt and spread grit to try and help grip, but roads remained difficult. Ice was building up around the running gear of vehicles; this lot had to be prised out with an ice axe after a comparatively short journey.
Heavier snow has fallen over the last 24 hours and more showers are forecast. Coupled with the fact that temperatures aren't forecast to rise above freezing by day or night for the next week - a white Christmas is now guaranteed!
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