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April 21

Are we ever going to have two sunny days one after the other again? Asking for a friend.

April 20

Sunny Spring day here in Falkirk. Stole this picture of my home town from Facebook. It rained the whole time we were down there last week, sigh.

April 4

Finished our mini WHW on Sunday in Fort William. I'm losing a toenail and still limping today, definitely want to do the whole thing now though it was just the best fun. Stayed in a pod at Glencoe Ski center for the first night, then a time warp inn in kinlochleven for the 2nd (definite 70/80s vibes going on with the decor and the bed sagged at the sides and in the middle, food was OK though). First day was mixed, second was mostly wet with a bit of hail and snow chucked in for fun and the last day was t-shirts all the way. Driving home to Cornwall for a week on Saturday, could have any type of weather down there.

March 29

Can't beat the Highlands, perfect weather for day one of walking. My legs are good but oh flipping Norah my feet.

March 24

Pretty nice day here today, warm in the sun, buds everywhere and the gorse flowering (reminds me of home in Cornwall). We're off to do a bit of the west highland way over the weekend. Bridge of Orchy to Fort William. Initially we were going to wild camp, but I chickened out so now staying in a cabin at Glencoe and in an inn at Kinlochleven. Carrying our own bags though. Hoping to do the full route at some point, will definitely camp then, before I get too old and stiff.

March 18

Still a bit grey and meh here, though when out with the dog earlier it was nice to see the trees starting to bud. There are daffodils out in the woods (my favourite flowers) and I had to tie my coat round my waist as it was mild. Spring is coming.

March 5

Has felt quite spring like here the last two days, which is just as well as had my hair cut today and think my hairdresser got distracted. Feel like I've been scalped and now have chilly ears and no side bangs to hide my double chin.

February 21

Wet morning, dry afternoon all very yawn.

February 12

Bad timing for the evening dog walk, especially when you're wearing slip on clogs. 2 minutes out of the door, hail, lightning and thunder. The dog did a quick about face and dragged us home. Can't have been out of the house for more than 5 minutes but we're all soaked.

February 7

The met office has given us a yellow warning so that's it, we're definitely not getting any snow.

February 4

Just had a very weird "there's something wrong with my eyesight" moment while hopefully looking for snow on xc weather. Sure enough for Friday, xc weather appeared to be gifting Falkirk a snow bounty, I blinked and it turned to rain, blinked again thinking "must have been wishful thinking" and it was back to snow, oh then rain again, then snow, then rain etc. At this point I started looking suspiciously at the cup of tea Mr Snowidea had made me wondering if he'd found some dodgy tea bags from way back. In order to retain my sanity (and keep the marriage harmonious) I decided to screenshot the forecast twice. To my relief it does appear to be switching between snow and rain every couple of seconds. Definitely hedging its bets.

February 1

Hairy Celt Pet shop boys?

January 22

17 minutes ago, Cheggers said:

Ditto, but the drive up the M9 from Falkirk to Stirling was interesting, lots of debris on the hard shoulder, and some tress teetering on the edge on going over near to M9 junction for Stirling services.

Facebook has some good video of the sub station hit last night, that lit up the sky blue and orange.

I saw a big flash and thought it might have been weird lightening. It was only looking on Facebook this morning that I realised it was the sub station.

January 22

We survived with nothing worse than tipped over bins (despite them being tucked away beside the house). Spotted lots of branches and the odd tree down out on the dog walk. Still quite windy but obviously not as bad as last night.

January 21

I'm the only one awake in my house, even the dog has conked out. Every time I try to drop off I hear an ominous clunk or bang from outside.

January 21

Pretty bad here in the central belt of Scotland.

January 21

Oh golly it does sound pretty awful just now

January 21

Sounding quite horrible out there now, the fool cat has insisted on being let out. Hopefully he'll be back in soon. Hoping everyone stays safe.

January 21

Just been out with the dog and the daughter. Managed to spoof the husband with this video To be fair it was pretty windy, we're at the top of a hill so depending on wind direction we can get it pretty bad.

January 20

My youngest two were both born during biblical rain. One in Truro in Cornwall and one in Stirling. When I want to wind up Mr Snowidea (who was born near Glasgow) I remind him that his son is Cornish

Wind sounds like it's getting up already this evening. Much warmer though that's for certain.

January 19

Congratulations @Northern Strath

January 19

So looks like we managed a sprinkling, better than nothing

Edit - and that's the rain on now.

January 18

Really enjoyed all the posts and pictures whilst at the same time being as green with envy as my snow less front lawn

-6 again this morning according to the car

January 17

Car said - 6 this morning.

January 16

1 hour ago, mistyqueen said:

Hopefully the pics are ok ....

Lovely view

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