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Winter is coming

Winter is coming


Postby NickyRannoch » Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:29 am

Snow forecast for the Ben on Friday evening and freezing level at 1400m :D
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Re: Winter is coming

Postby basscadet » Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:40 am

Aye, I had some snow ion my windscreen driving through the Pass of Ballater a couple of weeks ago.. Gave me fright so it did! :lol:
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Re: Winter is coming

Postby nathan79 » Wed Aug 28, 2013 1:19 pm

Bring it on. I can't wait for the snow to come back!
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Re: Winter is coming

Postby Afroduck » Wed Aug 28, 2013 1:28 pm

yay
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Re: Winter is coming

Postby morag1 » Wed Aug 28, 2013 1:50 pm

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bitter winds, icy blasts, short daylight hours - who wants that?
Give me sunshine and warmth and long sunny nights on the beach any time 8)
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Re: Winter is coming

Postby chompish » Wed Aug 28, 2013 3:50 pm

yyaaaayyy! :clap:

I hate that big yellow blob in the sky.
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Re: Winter is coming

Postby Michael Thomson » Wed Aug 28, 2013 4:56 pm

The sun is fine, as long as it's shining on ice and snow!
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Re: Winter is coming

Postby clivegrif » Wed Aug 28, 2013 5:07 pm

...and the night is dark and full of terrors!
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Re: Winter is coming

Postby ouroboros » Wed Aug 28, 2013 6:02 pm

morag1 wrote:Bitter winds, icy blasts, short daylight hours - who wants that?


:wave: Is that a trick question?

Woo-hoo! Winter is returning. 8)
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Re: Winter is coming

Postby Caberfeidh » Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:14 pm

NickyRannoch wrote:Snow forecast for the Ben on Friday evening and freezing level at 1400m :D

nathan79 wrote:Bring it on.I can't wait for the snow to come back!

basscadet wrote:Aye, I had some snow ion my windscreen driving through the Pass of Ballater a couple of weeks ago.. Gave me fright so it did! :lol:


Calm down dear .... such stuff happens all through the year in the highlands... welcome to Scotland.
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Re: Winter is coming

Postby spiderwebb » Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:45 pm

Good news this
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Re: Winter is coming

Postby Lightfoot2017 » Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:32 am

morag1 wrote:NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bitter winds, icy blasts, short daylight hours - who wants that?
Give me sunshine and warmth and long sunny nights on the beach any time 8)



What she said :clap: :D
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Re: Winter is coming

Postby wwjd_kilden » Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:38 am

Those who want snow can have all they want *sends it to them*

I've had enough of walking in snow reaching my knees, ice with snow on top, -15C (or just as bad: 0 C and sleet).... I guess I should have moved to the east coast :p
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Re: Winter is coming

Postby jupe1407 » Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:45 am

Braw*

I find this constant presence of the sun both weird and off-putting. I keep we're about to be obliterated by a large yellow comet.


(*Not until i've got some half decent 4 season boots)
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Re: Winter is coming

Postby Matthew C » Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:03 pm

Hear was me thinking we had about four weeks before the snow :roll: , however snow on the Ben winter dose not make, so lets see when we get a snow fall on some of the lower hills, & thats lying snow not a passing flurry :thumbup:
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