Nairn: Winter Wonderland
The snow we were warned about finally arrived, covering the town with a thin blanket of white early on Friday evening. However, it continued through the night, and has paused only for short periods through Saturday, resulting in a good few inches of snow for the kids to enjoy. The Gurn has posted some photos [...]
Here comes the snow …
It’s been reported over the past week that snow and a long cold snap was heading to the UK, with north-east Scotland expected to take the brunt of bad weather. After a very chilly few days in Nairn we’ve not seen the snow fall here yet, but according to the BBC it’s now coming in [...]
Snow on the hills
The recent clear weather showed off the snow on the mountains around Nairn. The air feels cold already, but it’s likely to get colder still. Just hope the HC has enough grit stock-piled this year.
Chill wind in Nairn
No, not a euphemism for development issues this time, but instead simply the weather – as today takes a decidedly chilly turn. According to the BBC weather website, Nairn should be enjoying cool weather in single figures, though the Daily Mail is more dramatic in declaring polar winds as descending on us. Snow is already [...]
Record wet summer for Scotland
It’s late August and still waiting for summer to arrive – though it feels today like Autumn is coming instead! Just noticed a piece on the BBC website happen to mention that last month was the third wettest July for Scotland on record: Inverewe’s Jurassic tree grove endures wet summer The National Trust for Scotland [...]
Nairn Skies 3: The Rainbow
The skies over Nairn continue to be breathtaking, with a whole vista of different scenes over the past few days. A glorious deep red sunset last night, almost eerie orange clouds the night before, and before that, a striking double rainbow. Now that the weather appears to be turning, perhaps we’ll see more of the [...]
Fire in the sky
And now a blazing sunset tonight.
Skies clearing after Winter return
The past few days have seen the Winter snows bring disruption across much of Scotland again – though the weather in Nairn moved between rain, sleet, snow and hail, without any of it settling. Not so for many other parts of Scotland: Heavy snow creates travel chaos across Scotland Heavy snow and strong winds have [...]
A9 closed in Central Scotland
Central Scotland and Aberdeen seem to be taking the brunt of the bad weather at present, with the A9 closed in Perthshire and Hundreds stuck in snow on A9 in Perthshire according to the BBC: Hundreds of motorists are stuck on the A9 in Perthshire by heavy snow and fallen electricity lines, police said. The [...]
Scotlands coldest Winter
As Nairn sees more snow drift in over the past few days, the met office have reportedly declared the current Scottish Winter the coldest for almost 100 years – since records began in 1914. Ice patches still remain from the previous snow falls, rain had already soaked the roads and ground, so freezing temperatures and [...]