Latest congratulations.

Congratulations to our latest test passes, Dave Trotter and Andrew Watson.

Andrew was present at the recent social evening and was presented with his IAM Certificate by PC Ali Bonar before her presentation to the Club.

Micro climates.

At this time of year, look out for for micro climates which can cause frost and wet patches to linger in some areas after they have disappeared elsewhere.

Landscape features such as valley bottoms, shaded hillsides and shaded slopes can create these micro climates.

At 2pm today, the sun was shining (although the air temperature was cold!) and the roads were dry, except when taking the back road from Garrigill over to Nenthead the shading of the trees created a classic micro climate - frost remaining on the verge and road, even at that time.

The frost on the verge was very picturesque, especially with the glorious sunshine backdrop [something my mobile phone camera couldn't cope with!] but the road was still damp and slippy.

So make sure you're looking ahead for these shaded areas and ensure micro climates are in your observations!