Snow Already !!

[Craig]

Up at the lodge in fort William and it's been snowing last night...:thumbs up: the top of Ben nevis and Aonach Mor have a dusting :yes nod:

It's currently 5 degrees and my car pinged with a warning on cold weather :thud: mid Oct and we thought last year was early ! :clap:

[stoney]

Good stuff look forward to it coming properly then I can get skiing again so the sooner the better :)


IF IN DOUBT FLAT OUT :)

[zimbo]

The white stuff as far as I'm concerned can "Do one" :moonie:

[The Dogfather]

Milder winter this year compared to last, or so reckon the weather website that I trust.

Personally I think its anyone’s guess. Cold snap, warmer then average till November according to this.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/MS_-356_ens.png


I’m keeping my winters off the car till November I think.

[MINIme:)]

The white stuff as far as I'm concerned can "Do one" :moonie:

Yep I'm with you Zimbo

[Scottie]

Paul what website do you use

I'm so organised this year for a bad winter

4x4 bought m/s tyres fitted
Window scraper bought
Winter jackets for us and the dogs bought
berghaus boots bought
Ice grips for boots bought

So if it's a rubbish winter I'll be gutted been looking forward to the ice and snow since the start of summer.

[The Dogfather]

www.theweatheroutlook.com

Not the front page more the weather discussion forums. The graph (above) are the sort of stuff I use to get a longer term view of what the weather is doing.

[Craig]

Paul what website do you use

I'm so organised this year for a bad winter

4x4 bought m/s tyres fitted
Window scraper bought
Winter jackets for us and the dogs bought
berghaus boots bought
Ice grips for boots bought

So if it's a rubbish winter I'll be gutted been looking forward to the ice and snow since the start of summer.

Me too Fi - all ready ;)

What 4x4 did you get??

[Scottie]

A 55 plate grand vitara 2 litre
Petrol this is our fifth Suzuki and ideal for us good in bad weather chuck the dogs in and don't care.
Best part picked it up private for
Just over 3k with 34k on the clock all mots and service history present.

[The Dogfather]

4x4?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/features/xmas_2003/images/grumpy_jim_royle_270.jpg

My arse!

I’ll send you some pics of me doing donuts in the MX5. I do hope the coats aren’t for the Collies, they’ll be ashamed to go out.

[Craig]

A 55 plate grand vitara 2 litre
Petrol this is our fifth Suzuki and ideal for us good in bad weather chuck the dogs in and don't care.
Best part picked it up private for
Just over 3k with 34k on the clock all mots and service history present.

Sounds perfect for you ;). A guy round the corner from me loves them :yes nod:

[AndyP & Lenore]

Just ordered two of these. One for the house and one for the cinema.

http://www.gardenlines.co.uk/Assets/DMMP%20Sno%20Blade.jpg

[AndyP & Lenore]

...... I do hope the coats aren’t for the Collies, they’ll be ashamed to go out.

That's not restricted to Collies.... Maltese Terrier's hate them too. Tili was growing all last winter so a couple of days ago I tried the last coat we bought for him to see if it would still fit. He just looked at me with a... "No. No! Sorry but No F*****G WAY!" look on his face. :lol:

A.

[Scottie]

Yea one is for the bearded collie.

[Stewart]

Have to say after last year I've got myself a proper good snow shovel for the drive I recon it will do the job in half the time and half the effort to that of last year using a blooming normal small handled shovel.

Interesting in the shop when buying it, when I found them there was thirty or so and by the time I had picked my one up and was standing making a call they had all gone like a flash. In fact a women asked if in fact I was buying it with her hand on my one as it was just resting on me as I was on a call and I felt I had to actually take hold of it and say “ Yes I’m buying it”

After she left and I had got back to my call, another guy and his wife came with the wife standing back as he came and stood next to me looking at my Shovel. In the end I said bye on the call and moved away with him shrugging to his wife. ( fecking rude if you ask me)

Shocking how people get.

I’ve still to get a few bags of the rock Salt that saved me last year getting the car back up the drive on Xmas day etc.

The Lodges in snow sounds great fun all the same:thumbs up: Always wanted to pack up and take a weeks food in a 4X4 around Xmas and just say " Weather do your worst I'm no moving" and sit back and enjoy:smilewinkgrin:

I know the Wifi is not the strongest but no pics... ;)

[MINIme:)]

Have to say after last year I've got myself a proper good snow shovel for the drive.


Shocking how people get.

I’ve still to get a few bags of the rock Salt that saved me last year getting the car back up the drive on Xmas day etc.

I really want a driveway ...and a garage :sad: Mind you I spent two weeks solid at mum's wishing she didn't have a driveway to clear!

People are SO RUDE these days! It just wasn't like that when I was wee - manners are a lost art and so many folk are out to profit from anyone else.

I've been telling my Mum to get rocksalt and grit in advance of the panic for weeks. Did she listen?:hand: She'll be fighting with the others in B&Q on pensioners day to get some:frown: Last year there were chancers driving round her road trying to flog it to the unprepared for an elevated price. She was well chuffed she could tell them to sod off as she already had some. :D She said the woman looked really taken aback when she said she didn't need it and wasn't going to buy any. Get it bought Stewart!

[Craig]

Wifi is working great Stewart and always does for me. Interesting you had probs (I keep an eye on trip advisor). Watched a few progs today on sky go with no issues.

Pics tomorrow if it stops raining :lol:

[Stewart]

I had no real problems, just it fluttered in and out right on the very comfy seat that I had got used to the looked out to the Canal. But that could just have been “Iona” lodge. I was happy enough that I had a strong phone signal to make calls considering your in a Glen low down away from Fortwilliam .

The question really should have been, with views like that and decent weather what the feck was I doing with my head in a phone when I was there and not touring about…

Enjoy your week….look forward to the pic’s

[stoney]

http://tapatalk.com/mu/5228d1da-a77a-dec4.jpg

Glenshee today :)


IF IN DOUBT FLAT OUT :)

[SuperCooperS]

wow that impressive that there is a good bit of snow there already

[Gismo]

Snow, ah, the memories :lol:

[mark1984]

yeh man plenty snow on the tops and the temp has droped big time. where is your lodge? spean area? i cant beleve you never took your mini/punto. i went to avimore last weekend to go to landmark its a special road at this time of year there is no one on it and you can realy get going at it.
i got to try out my new piaa lights on saterday night we dicided to take a drive to inverness at 8pm to catch a film abducted realy good film so the light are magic the only problem i have is that they are so bright they drown out the full beam of cars comeing the other way so you dont see them till they are in full view. im prety sure they see me though.

[Craig]

yeh man plenty snow on the tops and the temp has droped big time. where is your lodge? spean area? i cant beleve you never took your mini/punto. i went to avimore last weekend to go to landmark its a special road at this time of year there is no one on it and you can realy get going at it.
i got to try out my new piaa lights on saterday night we dicided to take a drive to inverness at 8pm to catch a film abducted realy good film so the light are magic the only problem i have is that they are so bright they drown out the full beam of cars comeing the other way so you dont see them till they are in full view. im prety sure they see me though.

The lodge is up the B road from Banavie to Gairlochy, just about half mile short of Gairlochy ;)

Great the lights worked well :thumbs up: a stag nearly killed my car last night !! Missed it by inches, it was huge and would have made a huge mess of my car :yes nod:

[Craig]

as requested by Stewart....:thumbs up: still very overcast, but I thought it looked rather moody :yes nod:



BEN NEVIS

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/cadbed12/l1.jpg


AONACH MOR

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/cadbed12/l2.jpg


Close ups of Ben Nevis

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/cadbed12/l3.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/cadbed12/l4.jpg

[Stewart]

Nice Zoom if that from the Lodge!

I must emit I really enjoyed getting up each morning to have my Coffee with the view of the Ben in the distance.

Also makes me mad I cant ski from Robs pic.....question what is the Ski place at Glencoe actually called?

http://www.winterhighland.info/cams/glencoe/mid.jpeg

[Mini Ecosse]

Nice Zoom if that from the Lodge!

I must emit I really enjoyed getting up each morning to have my Coffee with the view of the Ben in the distance.

Also makes me mad I cant ski from Robs pic.....question what is the Ski place at Glencoe actually called?

http://www.winterhighland.info/cams/glencoe/mid.jpeg


http://www.glencoemountain.com/

[Craig]

Yeah Stewart, that's pics from the lodge using my 75-300mm lens ;)

[AndyP & Lenore]

as requested by Stewart....:thumbs up: still very overcast, but I thought it looked rather moody :yes nod:



BEN NEVIS

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/cadbed12/l1.jpg




Rubbish. looks nothing like Lenore.

A. :lol:

[Crombers]

Punto primed for winter .................. serviced!!!



Get a life folks :D

[Craig]

Punto primed for winter .................. serviced!!!



Get a life folks :D

I do think you need to take your own advice ;). Being positive (or nice) isn't a weakness :clap:

[Crombers]

I do think you need to take your own advice ;). Being positive (or nice) isn't a weakness :clap:

Ok I'll pop off to the 'naughty step', ................ silly me :smilewinkgrin:

See you at the other side of 'winterwonderland', & keep on smiling :thumbs up:

[Craig]

I certainly smile more when your not posting as apart from that one post the other day your constantly having a pop at people ;)

[Crombers]

:thumbs up:
I certainly smile more when your not posting as apart from that one post the other day your constantly having a pop at people ;)

Have you been hanging around with 'Mr glass half empty' recently!!!

You need a cuddle fella & a wee drive in a MINI :thumbs up:

[cooperchris]

Here's a little pic we got on the way home from invergarry on the 7th oct.

Heading down towards fort william, It was the first time we saw the top of the montains lol

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt293/grumbaw/Cabin%20hols%203-10-11/IMG_0407.jpg

[Craig]

That looks like just outside Spean Bridge Chris?

[Crombers]

Nice photie but it's a 'dry road' ...... nae use for the 'Doom & Gloom' amoungst us :hand:

[cooperchris]

Its just up from Spean bridge craig (bout 5/10mins).

That was the first dry day we got lol

[mark1984]

yeh man good thing about the lights is they cook the stag a wee bit before you hit it.
its nice up that way. i live in the town maself

[Sheilz]

We had sleet with a few flakes through it this morning. Air had that nipped, snow's round the corner feel to it.