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Completely overrun by badgers here too, with again no rabbits left and quite a few cases of ground nesting being dug out. They're also quite partial to tulip bulbs - overturning my gf's pots and digging them out. Miserable start to the day - cool and misty with occasional drizzle. received_532811777705096.mp4
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I hired in a slew digger during the dry spell in February and dug a decent sized pond out along with some other drainage work - just had some final tidying up to do when we ended up with that dump of snow. Still waiting for the ground to even dry out slightly to get the digger back but not looking very promising! It's like a swamp at the moment. Also spotted some frog spawn in a ditch si hopefully next year they might be in my pond.
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I'm not sure the red warnings will get you what you're looking for. The met office only seem to issue red warnings if they are going to affect significant numbers of people (i.e. the Central Belt). Higher parts of inland Aberdeenshire get high snow totals on a fairly regular basis and rarely (if ever?) seem to get anything more than a yellow warning. A friend lives in one of the glens off Strathdon and I can think of a number of occasions when the level snowfall total would have been 1m+. It's usually difficult to actually measure because of drifting but the photo below is of quite a tall shed to give a recent example from 2021.
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Been snowing lightly but steadily for the last hour or so giving a fresh covering to the existing snow cover. Another amazingly day of almost alpine conditions earlier today, I had a snooze at lunchtime in warm sun on the back porch surrounded by glistening snow, blue skies and no wind at all to speak of.
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I mostly drive a Hilux with 16 inch steel wheels, 70 profile tyres and suspension that is perfectly capable of dealing with rural Mongolia yet even major roads across both Edinburgh and Highland are often wince inducing. Aberdeenshire Council seem perfectly capable of keeping on top of things - our dead end single track road that only leads to a farm and 3 houses is ploughed daily and has the odd pothole repaired quite promptly. I've no idea why other councils make such a hash of it.
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I think Aberdeenshire roads are generally pretty well maintained which makes the appalling state of roads elsewhere in Scotland even more noticable. We have good friends in both Edinburgh and Skye and we laugh about how rough the roads are when we visit either, even driving a farm pickup. A little top up of fresh over the last hour or so after yet another day of alpine weather - warm sunshine, crisp powdery snow cover and little wind.
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Yeah pretty uninspiring day - never properly raining but just damp and drizzly all day. Great day to be rebuilding a rockery with back breakingly heavy rocks covered in thick heavy clay! Heading to Braemar to stay with friends for the Mountain Festival so hopeful of at least some white stuff by the time we return on Monday.
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I don't actually have many complaints about this winter - we've had knee deep snow that lasted a good while and temperatures down to below minus 15c. The last month or so has been quite boring but at least it's been dry with lots of pleasant days for being outside. Another good snowy spell and then some decent spring weather would suit me nicely.