More Lewis Snow

An email was waiting for me this morning from Spesh1 aka Pat telling me about the snow and forwarding some photos that Dave had taken on his mobile phone:

From the back of Pat and Dave's house

Briagha in The Lews Castle Grounds

A footpath in the Castle Grounds - so why the tyre tracks?

Talking of Winter

I was driving home from croquet this morning and I kept getting views of the central ranges - these are the Kawakas (I think!).  They were covered in snow and when I got to the Poriati turn-off I stopped and took these shots.  The Ranges are about 40 ks away as the crow flies from where I was standing:

Winter on Lewis - 2

I've just posted some more of Pat's photos of Stornoway and the Lews Castle grounds on Eagleton Notes.

Winter on Lewis

For the last six or so weeks I've been constantly reminded about the unusually early cold and snow in the UK, Ontario and elsewhere and, in particular, about Lewis where snow and freezing temperatures are rare.  So today I posted some photos by friends on Eagleton Notes of the townsips around where I live on Lewis.