Winter Light.

Winter can be variable in the Highlands. January saw a brief cold snap with fantastic conditions for skiing nearby at Glencoe Mountain. Unfortunately that was followed by a warmer spell and rain that stripped back a lot of the white stuff.

Besides the cold, Winter brings fabulous light with the Sun never rising that far above the horizon until the day’s start to stretch out at the end of January. A photographer’s “Golden Hour” actually lasts most of the day. Those crisp cold days bring intense colours with deep shadows to the landscape and we’re reminded of the special environment that we’re lucky to live in…

Snow!

Of course we regularly get snow around Glencoe ; it often lies on the hills from November until May, but we often escape down here at sea level. We usually get a week or two of snow on the ground each Winter. This last weekend has been fun and there have been lots of fantastic photos on social media. Sunday was quite amazing as an extensive piece of sea ice formed on Loch Leven. As is often the case in our maritime climate, there’s been a thaw overnight with much melting, but plenty still remains with temperatures hovering around freezing all of this week. Some snaps from the last couple of days….

Pier House Glencoe : Winter snowfall on our driveway looking East towards The Pap of Glencoe.
Pier House Glencoe : Winter snowfall on our driveway looking East towards The Pap of Glencoe.
A winter's evening at Pier House Glencoe
A winter’s evening at Pier House Glencoe
A winter's evening walk in Glencoe village.
A winter’s evening walk in Glencoe village.