First Snows for Nairn
Today sees our first snow in Nairn:
It’s unlikely to settle for long – Nairn has a very mild climate by comparison to the rest of the Highlands, sheltered on the Moray coast by its own micro-climate.
The snow is falling earlier this year, though – last year the first snows of the Highlands fell in early November.
However, this year the snow fell at the end of September/early October, settling on Ben Wyvis and the Cairngorms as in the photo below, taken on the Grantown backroads near Lochindorb:
And another from closer to Grantown upon Spey:
Summer this year in the Highlands was warm and sunny, and apparently much better than England. It does appear, though, that the weather has skipped Autumn entirely, running from a cool summer end straight into a freezing Winter.
Will be interesting to see whether Winter will end as early as it started, or whether we’re in for some severe conditions this year.
Still, if that means deep snow in Nairn, myself and the children will be happy with that. 
Meanwhile, maybe time to stock up on a few extras from the supermarket, just in case conditions become more averse over the coming months.
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