Climb Ben Lomond, Scotland
(Above image is a view south from near the summit with Loch Lomond to the right.) Yesterday, I took advantage of favourable weather and light conditions to climb Ben Lomond which sits on the eastern side of Loch Lomond. To date we have experienced an ultra-mild winter in S.W.Scotland although we did experience a few flakes of snow today and temperature is around freezing. Apparently, we can now look forward to about one month of conventional winter weather. The trip up the mountain allowed me to connect with snow for the first time this season although, as will be evident form images, such was little more than a dusting at the summit. However, most of the water on the mountain was frozen with temperature below freezing, although at a comfortable level.Surprisingly, there was negligible wind which helped provide an eerie quietness as, at the higher levels, human generated noise from traffic, airplanes, etc., could not be heard. The round trip took most of the day with chief obs...