Awoke to a nice cover of * snow * this morning, which is only melting very slowly. Temperature is suitably low, +2C / 36F. No ferries today; although the wind is only force 5 to 7, the swell generated by the northerly wind would be too much for our boat to handle. Anyone desperate to come or go can use the ferry from Tarbert to Uig (Skye). Tarbert is the main town of Harris, and is 37 miles by road from Stornoway. Don't want to think what conditions would be like on the Clisham, where the A859 rises to 600 feet / 190 metres above sealevel. On Saturday, a bus had its windscreen smashed by flying debris out there.
Internet service to outlying districts has been disrupted by Saturday's high winds, which blew down or damaged several masts. Broadband (ADSL) is supplied by radiolink in areas where the telephone exchange is not geared up to ADSL. In one island, Berneray, the service gets disrupted at certain states of the tide, when the signal is reflected off the water...
Here are a few pictures from this morning's snow.
It's a nice sunny morning here Guido where I live in the pennine area of Yorkshire but very cold too.Brrrr those pictures make me shivver .I do hope you don't get it too deep.Thankyou for sharing them though they are lovely.I hope knowone was hurt in the flying debri.Take Care God Bless Kath
ReplyDeleteWe are having much of the same weather you are experiencing today. High wind advisories have been issued and it is just pouring rain right now. Thankfully no snow, I am not looking forward to seeing that anytime soon!
ReplyDeleteYUCK-I hate snow!!!
ReplyDeleteWe have some flurries predicted in northern Ohio today, but so far only rain. Very windy and cold. Snow in October usually means a very cold and snowy winter for us. 'On Ya' - ma
ReplyDeleteYou don't mind if i wish for it to stay up your neck of the woods do you??
ReplyDeleteJenny <><
First snow I have seen this year. Most people do not like it but I would love some here for both our sets of boys. It does look brrrrrr though.
ReplyDeleteThey're calling for snow here. So far it's just rainy, cold sludge...Hope your staying warm hon! (Hugs)Indigo
ReplyDeleteSnow in Lewis ? Time was it NEVER snowed in Lewis due to the gulf stream (ask the old timers).
ReplyDeleteCold front here in Cayman today too... wind chill in the 70s (sorry!)
Love the blog (and the old one), visiting Lewis next summer...my family are McLeods from Carloway and my Caymanian kids love the peace and quiet of Lewis....though summer only !
I see our snow made it to your doorstep-sorry I didn't mean to send it your way...
ReplyDeleteLove the boat with the snow-such a contrast.
connie
better you then me :) They are calling for snow here tonite
ReplyDeletehugs