In the forest, Ben Lora.

Its been a windy, cold week with three severe gales interspersed with sleet and snow and thundery hail thrown in for good measure. Several trees are down in the forest blocking one of the tracks. By Friday the wind had eased and there was a covering of snow.

Forest track blocked

Forest track blocked - a higher view

From the first picnic spot looking towards Oban

From first picnic spot looking north

Over Tralee Bay

Tralee Bay

Looking north-west over Benderloch village
with snow clouds looming

Christmas photos

Timber operations in Ben Lora forest have stopped for the holiday and judging by the snow cover on Dec 27th I'm sure the guys are happier to be indoors for a few days.

November cold

At the end of November we've had a prolonged spell of cold weather with windless days. These photos were taken from outside Dunstaffnage Castle just north of Oban over several days.

Looking over the bay at Dunstaffnage marina Connel Bridge marks the entrance to Loch Etive and the distant mountain is Ben Cruachan.

Loch Creran

High tide today on Loch Creran. There was a lot of snow on the hills yesterday but much has now melted.

First of December

We are having daytime temperatures of -3C and the east od the UK has had up to 25cm of snow. But the Grampian moutains are keeping the snow away from the west coast and the crisp, cold air is producing terrific lighting in mid-afternoon as seen in this view of Ben Cruachan and Loch Etive from the Connel Bridge.

I used my 30x telephoto lens to take this shot of Cruachan from the same spot.

Light snowfall

Several snow showers here overnight This was the track to the beach mid-afternoon. Not a lot of snow here on the coast, but I saw a car passing through the village with several inches on it's roof so there must have been heavier falls in the hills.