Makes a difference from seeing grey squirrels or cats here in the garden Pat!
She's lovely. Do they cause any major damage or is it more accidental?
The rain clouds move in and the rain then clings to hill tops here Pat , which is why the higher hills are often clag covered at summits, especially in summer. I expect it's the same there. Just when you're hoping it'll move over to you, it stays put. You've certainly had a good bit less judging by your figures. Makes it difficult for your garden
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fairy, the wallabies don't do much damage. There aren't many, compared to kangaroos. The Roos eat grass, and the wallabies prefer flowers and leaves. I love seeing them. They have very pretty faces.
the drizzle has continued all day, and as you say, the same sort of thing - hanging around the hill tops rather than moving over to us on the other side of the valley.
scroggin - just PM me nearer the time and let me know. I'm usually only out at weekends as I work full time, but Friday afternoons are suitable especially at that time of year when there's longer days. The hill I was on yesterday is a great little one for photos too, and the one next to it (Beinn an Lochain) is just a great hill - one of my favourites, and handy as it's only just over an hour away for me.
Plenty of damp today Pat - but yesterday it was confined to higher areas where it was snow filled clouds rather than rain. I've done this hill loads of times, but as the forecast is pants for the weekend, I went up to Ben Donich to get a few hours out. It had been a great day, but as I was only setting off at 3pm, it was already getting very chilly again in the strong winds. Not too much snow, but the ascent is on the northern side of the hill, so it was crisp and icy. Good for crossing the normally boggy areas - no dirty trousers
Half way up and the sky was bright over at the Tyndrum hills to the north
but a different story looking slightly further west to Ben Lomond
The multiple lumps, bumps and tops of Donich. Summit is the one furthest to the right
The leaden sky to the south, beyond neighbouring Corbett, The Brack
Too cold and windy to stay long at the summit , but the different skies from it - west over the Cowal peninsula
and east over the Arrochar hills, Ben Lomond, The Brack and some of the Luss/Glen Douglas hills
the sky was getting more leaden over The Arrochar hills and Ben Lomond on the way down. Plenty of snow in those....
but still quite light to the north west - the Cruachan hills were clear
and the time of day meant I could catch the setting sun out to the west
which improved with every step of the descent
Hands were a bit cold by the time I got down, but there was plenty of firewood if I'd wanted some to take home....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
D'you know Fairy. I've no idea what it means. Surely all towns on the side of river are " all to one side" Maybe they mean it used to be one side of the "corner" back in the day?
"Gourock ... Away to the one side like Gourock means lop-sided, unbalanced, skew-whiff: 'Come here till I fix your hat; it's away to one side like Gourock.' This seemingly derives from the fact that Gourock is built mainly on one side of a hill."
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Sorry about that, the Wallaby photo didn't appear last time and then miraculously appeared. I notice now that she has a full pouch.
Makes a difference from seeing grey squirrels or cats here in the garden Pat!
She's lovely. Do they cause any major damage or is it more accidental?
The rain clouds move in and the rain then clings to hill tops here Pat , which is why the higher hills are often clag covered at summits, especially in summer. I expect it's the same there. Just when you're hoping it'll move over to you, it stays put. You've certainly had a good bit less judging by your figures. Makes it difficult for your garden
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fairy, the wallabies don't do much damage. There aren't many, compared to kangaroos. The Roos eat grass, and the wallabies prefer flowers and leaves. I love seeing them. They have very pretty faces.
the drizzle has continued all day, and as you say, the same sort of thing - hanging around the hill tops rather than moving over to us on the other side of the valley.
scroggin - just PM me nearer the time and let me know. I'm usually only out at weekends as I work full time, but Friday afternoons are suitable especially at that time of year when there's longer days. The hill I was on yesterday is a great little one for photos too, and the one next to it (Beinn an Lochain) is just a great hill - one of my favourites, and handy as it's only just over an hour away for me.
Plenty of damp today Pat - but yesterday it was confined to higher areas where it was snow filled clouds rather than rain. I've done this hill loads of times, but as the forecast is pants for the weekend, I went up to Ben Donich to get a few hours out. It had been a great day, but as I was only setting off at 3pm, it was already getting very chilly again in the strong winds. Not too much snow, but the ascent is on the northern side of the hill, so it was crisp and icy. Good for crossing the normally boggy areas - no dirty trousers
Half way up and the sky was bright over at the Tyndrum hills to the north
but a different story looking slightly further west to Ben Lomond
The multiple lumps, bumps and tops of Donich. Summit is the one furthest to the right
The leaden sky to the south, beyond neighbouring Corbett, The Brack
Too cold and windy to stay long at the summit , but the different skies from it - west over the Cowal peninsula
and east over the Arrochar hills, Ben Lomond, The Brack and some of the Luss/Glen Douglas hills
the sky was getting more leaden over The Arrochar hills and Ben Lomond on the way down. Plenty of snow in those....
but still quite light to the north west - the Cruachan hills were clear
and the time of day meant I could catch the setting sun out to the west
which improved with every step of the descent
Hands were a bit cold by the time I got down, but there was plenty of firewood if I'd wanted some to take home....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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My daughter sent me this. It's come out a bit to one side ( like Gourock ) but if you click on the link, you'll see the original photo.
You might need to explain the Gourock comment Hosta - for those not from Scotland
My mum used to say 'away to the side like Gourock'.
It's a lovely pic
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
D'you know Fairy. I've no idea what it means. Surely all towns on the side of river are " all to one side" Maybe they mean it used to be one side of the "corner" back in the day?
No idea.
"Gourock ... Away to the one side like Gourock means lop-sided, unbalanced, skew-whiff: 'Come here till I fix your hat; it's away to one side like Gourock.' This seemingly derives from the fact that Gourock is built mainly on one side of a hill."
DSLDictionary of the Scots Language
Dictionar o the Scots Leid