Winter cometh

West Scotland. The forecast said it wouldn't get this far west except on high ground. But it has

BRW, Ylil, how should I pronounce your username when I read it?

That should be BTW (by the way).

Glorious sunshine!

Just realised the Asda van won't be able to get up the hill unless there's a v quick thaw, and if the driver doesn't have good grip on his boots, he won't be able to walk up carrying stuff. Hmm.... this could get interesting.

Helicopter drop?

They'd have to scramble one from Faslane. Somehow, I don't think....

Just a light dusting here Bags hoping for a little more

Is it one of the 7 signs of ageing (or just being grown up) not to get excited about snow? It makes everything (even my garden) look lovely, the light is incredible but instead of going "Hurray!" my heart sinks and I worry about roads/ pavements /gritting or lack of it/ trains/slipping What a difference from the DGC who just see the snowman or sledging potential! 8 [snowman] emoticon

No snow in our part of northern England yet. In fact it's sunny. I know what you mean about snow. It does look beautiful but falling over is a pain (literally) now. I don't bounce as well as I did

Woke up to the sort of snow that is dry and lightly covering the garden. Very pretty. Looking out of my study window, I noticed 'my' Mistle Thrush bouncing around the mistletoe tree - an old, gnarled and stunted apple tree almost covered in the stuff. Must be breakfast time!

My son and his family live in Somerset - must be a lot of snow there as they've built a very authentic-looking igloo in the garden.

I can see from the pics that they're having lots of fun - only it wasn't the grandchildren playing inside but my son

Only snow so far, caps the mountains on Islay and Jura.
River An igloo sounds such fun.

It's chucking it down in London, but people insist on walking on it and making it slushy, spoiling my view. however we have a nice pile of virgin snow in our tiny back garden , maybe enough for a mini snowman later.

This thread title is so tempting - winter cometh, winter hath come, winter ith thtill here!!

Mostly thawed here and it's just a grey January day - very boring.

Hi I am looking for some advise on gardening as I have to complely do my garden and was wondering what it is going to cost just to lawn in but it does need to be de weeded first Thank you

If you are having it turfed, don't bother about the weeds, they will be dug up. Have you tried for quotes? Probably best to wait until the ground warms up a bit so that the grass starts growing well - it does make for a very satisfying "instant" garden and then you can add climbers/borders/tubs etc yourself.

I have benn quoted silly money thats why I thought I would ask for advise. Just want a lawn really and two new fences.

Depends how much "silly" money is -prepping the ground properly then laying good turf well and finishing it off neatly is time consuming and worth the initial expense. Fences also range from the cheap and flimsy to fences that will last you decades!

Winter ith shtill here too, snow up to the tops of my wellies. Very beautiful but the attraction could wear off!

It's nice to think about things like turfing lawns, sounds like spring.

Nice view of a very handsome heron in the field this morning. And lots of carrion crows racketing about at the moment.

Yes! Crows are noisy "racketeers" Bags. Herons have unfaultering patience...a bit like our Rory. He went on a brief walkabout two nights ago. Mr soop went out in the car [looking for him]! When at last he sauntered through the door, [Rory, not Mr soop] he made our day by PURRING. This is the same cat that, not so long ago, growled at the postman...

A vulture has just flown over our garden