Countdown to a Loch Ness Christmas
Ahhhhh - its the run -up to everyone’s favorite (?) time of year…..
Christmas lights are going up all around Loch Ness and the Great Glen which is a boon on the long winter nights on the run up to the winter solstice on December 21st (The ’shortest’ day) .
Luckily with the clear (COLD!) nights nature has been putting on some spectacular lights of her own with some wonderful moon-rises and gorgeous starry nights.
Fingers crossed that we will get a repeat of the awe inspiring the northern lights / aurora borealis that we were treated to a couple of years ago.
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The Forestry Commission is again selling local sustainable Christmas trees which are available from Forestry Commission
White Christmas?
We already have snow on the high hills here around Loch Ness - and bets are being laid to see if we are going to get another white Christmas in the UK.
William Hill White Christmas Betting: 4/1 Aberdeen, 4/1 Glasgow, 9/2 London, 6/1 Cardiff.
16/1 that the lowest recorded temperature in England will be beaten (-26.1C, Jan 10 1982, Shropshire).
16/1 that the lowest temperature in Scotland will be beaten (-27.2C, Jan 10th 1982, Aberdeenshire).
22/1 for the record in Wales to be beaten (-23.3C, 21st Jan, 1940 Powys).
100/1 that the Thames will freeze over between Westminster Bridge and Tower Bridge.
100/1 Big Ben Fails to chime due to being frozen solid.
I haven’t found odds yet for a White Cristmas at Loch Ness, but The bookies have put up a Nessie Reward of £1 Million to anyone who can convince experts at the Natural History Museum that Nessie exists -with odds of 250/1 about it happening in 2007.
I wonder if this is the year!?! (what is left of it!)
* Can’t find who to credit for this photo…tell me if its you!
To see what special offers are on this Christmas and Hogmanay in the Loch Ness area click HERE - check out events HERE