Cottage Diary - Aspenwood self catering luxury Holiday Cottage overlooking Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland.

Heavy snow showers hit the east coast of Scotland last night and as far west as Perthshire and the Trossachs. The Borders were badly affected with 8 inches of snow expected overnight with high winds causing treacherous drifting. The gritters and snowploughs were out in force in the worst hit areas, mainly the cities of Aberdeen, Perth, Dundee and Edinburgh. We woke up overlooking Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland to a slight sprinkling on the higher ground but as the day progressed the temperature increased and the snow now only remains on the mountain tops. The sun shone on Urquhart Castle and it was very pretty while it lasted.