New Year's Eve in Scotland!

There's this famous Scottish saying joking that there are the four seasons in one day...
It's quite common to have sudden changes in the conditions, but I've got to admit the weather over the New Year weekend has been quite surprising, and not the kind of surprise I like!

This shot was taken on Saturday, at around 4:30PM:



The sky had been quite cloudy all day long, some showers but all in all a nice winter day.

The 31st of December was another matter entirely though!

It had been raining all day long and very windy, but still, it was ok, that is, until we decided to go to the party!

We had decided against going to the Hogmanay in Edinburgh due to sporadic public transportations, and by the time we had made up our mind, the one in Glasgow was sold out. So we had planned a nice party at a friend's in Glasgow.

That was actually quite fortunate since both events got canceled due to a terrible storm that hit Scotland!

Here is what it was like to drive along the coast near where I live:

When we arrived in Glasgow, it got so windy that we couldn't do anything but go with the flow, running with the wind in our back. I never felt so out of control! A friend of mine finished her course in a parked car, her sleeping bag rolling like in some cheap Western!

When we got back to my town on the next day, we saw the damages done by the storm. A nearby house right on the beach got its fence blown away and was found some 30 meters down the beach. The waterfront was covered with half of the rocks of the beach. A small portion of the road fell down the beach, leaving a gaping hole on the main road, which is just as surprising as it is scary!

I must consider myself quite lucky, nothing big to deplore, I can't say the same about my neighbour's garden gnome though! ;-)

And we have yet to record a negative temperature in my part of Scotland... I'm telling you, this global warming thingy is messing up with Scotland!