a wild bit of weather

Sat, Dec 20, 2008

Last night was mental. The wind was hitting 130mph on top of Cairngorm, while on the west coast, we were getting around 8omph. The wind was sounding like an express train going through the trees. It was quite deafening and the vacuum created by the windspeed made it difficult to open the front door. Needless to say we clung on to the car doors like a couple of Wallace and Gromit characters! This morning dawned still, quite and mild. So mild you could smell the grass. It was so fresh and springlike even. There’s hardly a drop of snow left now. Just a few bits on top of Blaven and the north corrie of Beinn na Cailliche and that’s about it. The mainland looks pretty bare too. In fact it actually looks and feels like spring. However, the altostratus has come and gone and the sky is starting to look angry again. There’s another storm on the way, apparently.