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Rachel's Snowdonia Way FKT
POSTED BY Rachel // 17th Jul 24

Extracts from Rachel's adventure across Wales, the Fastest Known Time unsupported for the Snowdonia Way.

Snowy mountains this week
POSTED BY Garry // 19th Feb 22

Scottish mountains mostly sub-zero with considerable snow.

May Day storm leaves a marked chill
POSTED BY Garry // 4th May 21

Chilly with springtime showers
POSTED BY Garry // 28th Apr 21

Hail and snow flurries continue into the start of May.

Cold Friday into Saturday
POSTED BY Garry // 24th Mar 21

Briefly much lower freezing levels bringing snow and hail.

A turbulent few days developing
POSTED BY Garry // 8th Mar 21

Atlantic weather systems are gearing up to bring a very unsettled few days.

Easterly streamers
POSTED BY Garry // 10th Feb 21

Bands of snow originating from southern Scandinavia.

A beastly easterly ahead
POSTED BY Garry // 4th Feb 21

Significantly cold air sweeps across all of Britain by the weekend.

How white were my hills….?
POSTED BY Richard // 6th Jan 21

Memories of snow and thoughts for the future.

Here comes the 528 line!
POSTED BY Garry // 30th Nov 20

A look 'behind the scenes' of forecasting charts, and what's so special about that fabled line?

What goes up...
POSTED BY Garry // 10th Oct 20

Unstable air and heavy wintry showers

Late summer chills
POSTED BY Garry // 28th Aug 20

Cold northerly winds and overnight frost are in the forecast this weekend.

June chill and springtime variations
POSTED BY Garry // 6th Jun 20

Within the space of a few days, we've jumped from basking in hot sunshine at the end of May, to shivering in a chilly northerly gale by the first weekend of June.

A bitter northerly blast
POSTED BY Garry // 7th May 20

Ne'er cast a clout, and all that...

Deep Scottish Snow
POSTED BY Dave // 4th Mar 20

A challenging couple of weeks...

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