Snow for the hinds calving

What did I tell you? (see 5th May below) OK, it's a week early but we surely now have the 'Snow for the hinds calving' ** - Ben Rinnes was pictured today at lunchtime.



Bad news for birds sitting on eggs, or those that rely on hatches of insects on warm sunny days to feed chicks. Traditionally, though, this is winter's parting shot and hopefully summer may
soon follow.

** The 'snow for the hinds calving' is an expression you are most likely to hear in the West Highlands of Scotland where I worked for a number of years - in Gaelic it's 'Sneachda laogh na fiadh' - thanks to my colleague John Morrison from Harris for the Gaelic version!