Fancy an early morning walk round the pond?…snow growing deeper by the day!

Reports of snowfalls in the Highlands have not been exaggerated!

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Author: coldwaterjohn

CWJ travelled extensively with his family, having worked in eleven countries over thirty years. A keen photographer, holding a Private Pilot's Licence, he focuses mainly on landscape and aerial imagery. Having worked in the Middle East extensively he follows developments in that region with particular interest, and views with growing concern, the radicalisation flowing from Islamic fundamentalism, and the intolerance for opposing views, stemming from it.

18 thoughts on “Fancy an early morning walk round the pond?…snow growing deeper by the day!”

  1. Crikey CWJ, I thought our 3 inches of snow this morning was bad enough, but yours is far more impressive; lovely series of images here, I love them, as always.

  7. Val, The BV206 was gas-guzzling monster which could carry 16 fully laden troops across all sorts of the wildest terrain – it was also amphibious with a top speed of about 6 knots across water, but what it didn’t have was a snowplough blade (Not much call for them in Iraq!) I have a small snowplough blade which mounts on the front of a Stiga Park Pro 25 4WD, and can keep the drive clear if I keep on top of the snowfalling…
    Thanks OZ – Should I make you my agent for Christmas Card sales? 🙂

  8. CWJ – A lot more people would see them if you were to remove the copyright tag…….

    🙂

    OZ

  9. We had it last week, -12C, pretty nippy and then on Friday it all melted.Not a lot of trouble getting out but we have a 4×4 with chains out here.
    But I have the habit, having always preferred living in rural places of stocking the house like a castle for a siege. I expect you do too!

  10. Christina, we seem to have more freeezer space than one would imagine necessary, but if I question the need for it, I am reminded that we have had deep snow for seven weeks on the trot before.
    Since I invested in a snowplough blade, we can usually make it out of the drive, but are then dependent entirely on the local Council having dealt with sweeping the very minor public road which it joins…
    OZ I don’t imagine the copyright does much to discourage the determined – however the digimarc may give them pause for thought if they ever try to use them commercially, or was that not what you were meaning? 🙂

  11. Christina – The Cave is a veritable fortress gastronomy-wise. Well, it did get down to +6C last night and you can’t be too careful. There are three freezers full of boar, partridge, pork, lamb, rabbit and beef and all sorts of pies, curries and things I have cooked for my own lunches. Fish, apart from the ubiquitous bacalhau (salt cod) and veggies, really have to be prepared fresh from the market with the ingredients depending on season. Oh, and don’t forget the cases of Campo da Gruta, various Alentejo reds and crates of beer stacked up downstairs.

    OZ

  12. cwj, you can NEVER have too much freezer space! Americans will not eat offal, all our neighbours who slaughter cattle give us the innards, 50lbs of liver turning up needs space! They won’t eat liver, funny how they wolf down terrines and pate when they come here. I just smile sweetly, laugh my head off and don’t tell them.
    Ditto the mincemeat, made from green tomatoes this year. Never tell anyone what is in what! Just tell them its homemade and watch them scoff it down.

    OZ you can’t move for food round here, two freezers. What with the homegrown veg/ wines/ preserves and the deals here. Turkey, OK, what size turkey?
    Chickens, how many? etc etc.
    I reckon I could feed us a good six months without going out and still have decent meals.
    I never buy for Christmas, its all in stock! Party for thirty, fine! I shall be doing that on the 11th Dec. Most done last week its in the bag so to speak. How about a calf’s liver terrine with brandy and pistachio nuts or a few dozen mince pies?
    Gets a bit loaves and fishes round here, one of the ways I amuse myself, seeing how cheaply I can feed people who go away more than happy, having eaten things unknowingly they wouldn’t touch in a million years in their own homes.
    How do you think good restaurants make such obscene profits?

  13. Christina – Ingredients for terrine, please. I’ll work the rest out. Best wishes for 11th December – I’m sure it will be a huge success and wish I could be there.

    OZ

  16. OZ sort it in the next day or two. Got to steam clean the carpets tomorrow! And shovel the filth out of the back wet room!

  17. 15F this morning (-9.44C for you Europhiles) and I hope that the hundreds of motorists stranded overnight in their cars on the A9 near Dunblane in these temperatures were wise enough to have been reading The Chariot for advice on what to be carrying in their boots for just such an event!

  18. CWJ,

    You owned a Bivvie? I am impressed. We had them in the Falklands no need for plough blades there either. Those things could ride over/through anything. Amazing fun. Always a bit apprehensive about testing the amphibious capability though.

    Surely you would get hauled over if you used one on the public highway though, those tracks would end up causing a fair amount of damage.

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