UNSETTLED AND WARMER

 

Bright, sunny and cold days have been very few and far between this winter. It's early days for sure but we would normally enjoy a few days of these kind of conditions in December. Yesterday the unsettled theme ocontinued. The weather forecast was indicating some bright weather in the afternoon. I set out to check on the Mountain Hares and my favourite area to go. 

A dry morning with the high Cairngorms out of the cloud so it did looked promising. This only lasted till about noon when the cloud descended to below 600m where I was on the Monadhliath. Later on fine drizzle turned to proper rain. I walked to my usual spots in thick cloud and was getting wet. Not great for any Hare images. Just has I was about to give up and head down the clouds cleared, it dried up and I was greeted by a fine looking hare just sitting nicely. 

A fine end to the day then. It was a beautiful last hour of daylight with the sun at a low angle and some beautiful light. The snow has slowly retreated up the hills this week with the mild temperatures. Still reasonable cover above 900m. A good cold snap would be very welcome.