Nov 17th, 2024

Author: donich_admin

First Snow on Bheula this morning

Today was the first snow on Bheula (717m); this is about an average date for its first appearance, and by the sound of it we have a cold week to come.  My estimate is that the snowline is at about 500m today, so a long way from affecting us down at loch level.

By way of comparison, here is the same view from the day before yesterday.

 

I wore my proper walking boots for the first time today.  In order to accommodate the lack of flexibility in my ankle, I’ve cut a 2cm incision down the side of the tongue at each side to help me get them on – I don’t think this will greatly affect their waterproofness because in my experience any serious walking in light boots ends up with your feet soaking anyway.

I managed about 2.5 miles in the boots as they felt very odd and I don’t want to push things too much.