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Clunie River Braemar. A snowy. landscape with ice around the edges of the river.

Playing in the snow

We’re back in Aberdeen after driving back in extremely snowy conditions yesterday. Dad took this video from the car. Fortunately I have all-season tyres that are good in the snow so I felt safe on the drive.

The view through the front windscreen is all white.
Snowy roads

Before we left we did some more sledging. Here’s a collection of photos.

Elizabeth and Daniel coming down the slope
Dad walking up the slope
Ben and Daniel walking up the slope
Maddy coming down the slope
Daniel coming down the slope
The exhibition hall at the games park in Braemar. It's a traditional green timber building with a red roof.
A snowy river Clunie with ice around the edges.
River Clunie next to the Fife Arms.

They were clearing the ice on the curling pond for a game later.

Clearing the curling pond for a game

Just after telling everyone what an expert I was at the turns on the sledging slope I went off-piste.

Daniel and Elizabeth walking through the forest
Elizabeth and Ben in the forest

Here’s a good one of Daniel, Maddy and Oscar coming down one after the other.

We’re back in Aberdeen now and there’s just as much snow here. It’s a total whiteout!

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2 responses to “Playing in the snow”

  1. Denise Avatar
    Denise

    I’m glad you have good tyres. I remember my first husband observing that people in the south of the UK aren’t good at driving in the snow, which is true, but we don’t really get much practice. I tend to crawl along, but it only takes one person to get it wrong and an accident blocks the road for hours.

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      Rachel M

      I’m a very anxious driver and when we first moved here I was terrified of driving in snow. Having done it lots of times now I’m much more comfortable and with snow tyres I feel confident. It’s good to drive more slowly regardless of how prepared and how confident you are. Drive to the conditions is what they say and it’s true.

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