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Pretty raw feeling in the wind but a few spells of wet snow earlier. The snow line has been steadily moving down the hill as the day's went on and seemed to be lying down to about 250m as it started to get dark. My other half booked a ski session in at the Lecht tomorrow for a beginner friend - they'll probably catch a fair bit tonight but I suspect it could be pretty grim by lunchtime if things warm up as forecast!
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To echo others a miserable couple of days and ground conditions are the worse I've seen them for a while - the path to my woodshed is normally reasonably drained but is currently a bog that I can barely push the barrow through. I wonder if there's been a persistent subsurface layer of frost that's stopped the surface from draining. Hopefully with a westerly flow and high pressure we might get some pleasant weather later in the week?
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Just been out for a 3 hour walk round the the lower tracks on the North side of Bennachie and was coming on to post about how glorious it had been. Lots of sunshine, no wind, no mud and only a few patches where the snow had turned a bit icy to contend with. Certainly no rain - amazing how conditions can be so different over such a short distance.
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That road often seems worse than others round about for some reason although even the well gritted main road between Oyne and Insch had a big icy patch in the usual place where it crosses the railway - definitely made the pickup squirm! There is often good XC skiing in the Gartly woods near the top though, it holds the snow well and there's not too many steep hills so good for beginners or hopeless folk like me!
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Bit of a miserable day after a half decent if icy start, but not nearly as wet as the met office forecast suggested. Managed to get a fair bit of work done outside with well timed tea breaks meaning I missed the worst of the rain. Another wet day forecast tomorrow and then fingers crossed, it looks like we might get at least some dry weather for a few days.
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Mice have started coming in here as well now, caught the first one of the season during the frosty night last week. Over the years I've tried a variety of "alternative" traps and repellents with fairly limited success. I finally got rid of the seemingly completely useless ultrasonics when one seemed to annoy one of the dogs. Traditional snap traps loaded up with sticky chocolate and checked daily seem the most effective - got 20+ last winter... Miserable weather continues - persistent if pretty light rain for most of the last few days but some torrential pulses coming through now.
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We're up out of Oyne itself on the lower slopes of Bennachie but are on the natural spring line - there are loads of little artesian springs popping up at our height if you follow the contour round the hill so upwelling water is to be expected. The seemingly waterproof grass is a bit of a mystery though! I've had a dig down in the daylight today and there's nothing obvious that could form a waterproof layer other than the tightly matted turf which has entirely separated from the very claggy clay soil underneath.
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Similar here, no rain gauge but the accumulated radar suggests a fairly substantial total. The burns around us run down off the relatively steep North side of Bennachie so are usually quite "flashy" but the levels so far aren't anything particularly of note. Very squelchy late night wander having a look though. Will see what the morning brings.
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As above, absolutely glorious today. I nipped down to Edinburgh first thing to collect a motorbike for my dad and enjoyed riding it back up in the sunshine. Not sure on the accuracy but the bike trip computer was showing 27 degrees as we came around the Aberdeen bypass before easing off to 25 by the time we got home.