Kilting in the cold

**Highlander31** · 12th February 10, 12:32 AM

You're looking good Geoff. Glad to see you're dug out,...for now.

**Oddern** · 12th February 10, 03:10 AM

Wow, looks just like Norway on a mild sunny winter day. Nice outfit by the way.
Skål!

**cessna152towser** · 12th February 10, 03:10 AM

Great pic. Thats what it was like here in Scotland a month ago but most of our snow has gone now.

**Pleater** · 12th February 10, 03:34 AM

Our weather has been too cold for snow - the warm - relatively speaking - air holds the moisture required for snow, evaporated off the sea - by warmth, again. This morning, with parcels to get to the Post Office I wore a black wool plaid over my long (27inch) cotton kilt with the red/grey/black/white stripes. As there was no overnight frost (for a change) I wore it with a short sleeved top. The temperature was 3 degrees Centigrade, but a wool plaid is more than a match for that.

When we have cold, dry, still air over us the warm damp moving air is pushed to the South or North.

If the warm air is travelling with enough power to push the cold air back over the continent then our weather is briefly damp - maybe a hailstone shower, and then the temperature rises.

Only when things are more evenly balanced, and the warm air rises over the cold, is there snow. Snow is not actually a sign of cold, but of calm warm conditions somewhere 'down weather'.

I would have thought that some enterprising person would have been organising chilled freight trains of snow to ship off to the Winter Olympics.....

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**Ozark Ridge Rider** · 12th February 10, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by Pleater

This morning, with parcels to get to the Post Office I wore a black wool plaid over my long (27inch) cotton kilt with the red/grey/black/white stripes. As there was no overnight frost (for a change) I wore it with a short sleeved top. The temperature was 3 degrees Centigrade, but a wool plaid is more than a match for that.

:ootd:

Such a picturesque description, but isn't there some kind of maxim on here about no pictures?

**Pleater** · 13th February 10, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by Ozark Ridge Rider

Such a picturesque description, but isn't there some kind of maxim on here about no pictures?

Alas - unless I can contrive some method of taking a photo of myself you will just have to take my word for it.

I don't even have a full length mirror in the house.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**Rob Wright** · 13th February 10, 10:34 AM

If you have a digital camera Anne it might have a self-timer to it. Two years after I got my digital camera I discovered this lovely little feature.

Rob

**Ancienne Alliance** · 12th February 10, 05:29 AM

Hey ! Give all that snow back to the Canadians !

We also have plenty of snow in France this year... straight from Norway ! Skal !

BTW, you look great !

Best,

Robert

**Jack Daw** · 12th February 10, 06:18 AM

Geoff, you're lucky in that it''s not likely to stay on the ground long enough to turn colors.

**dfmacliam** · 12th February 10, 07:03 AM

I think all of the snow slid down to Texas... DFW (Dallas/Ft Worth) has a record snowfall of 12.5 inches... last time they seen snow like that was 1961...