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

The snow clouds scuttled along The Great Glen from the Atlantic on Thursday and also swept down the glens from the north making Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness stand out against the ominous snow laden clouds. Experienced an extremely windy night with rain and snow lashing at the windows. On Friday morning we were a little afraid to look out of the windows in case we were greeted with a white outlook, but luckily the ground around the house was clear. Lots of snow though on the higher hills and mountains opposite and a yellow mountain rescue helicopter has just flown past very low over the loch on its way back to Inverness. Heard on the local news that there were lorries stuck in the snow on the A9 and that the road was shut at Daviot which is on higher ground. Had flurries of snow showers today but nothing has laid here. Expecting a very chilly night and a sharp frost tomorrow with temperatures below zero most of the day. Brrrrrrrrrr.

I think these two have got the right idea !