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

The layer of snow around the house froze overnight in a cloudless sky full of stars and the path and driveway have been really slippery. The postman was very late this morning and could not make some of his calls due to the black ice on certain roads.The temperature has not risen above freezing all day and both cats are very sensibly curled up in armchairs very near radiators.There is still quite alot of snow on the mountains around Loch Ness and, as the sky is still clear and blue, we are in for another sharp frost tonight with minus temperatures forecast. We will just have to light the fire and have a wee warming dram!