First snow

[Ridgeway]

OK I’m cheating at >2000m here, but this week on the way to the office:

 

[Duck Truck]

Very nice

 

[busby]

Thought it was snowing in Nottm Xmas Market on Thurs,, then realised they had a snow machine,,Well worth a visit,,BUSBY.

 

[Dutch 68]

OK I’m cheating at >2000m here, but this week on the way to the office:

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we had snow in Austria first week in September at 1400 mtrs on our travels

 

[Nigel P]

I too like the snow, a recent sunrise above the cloud cover made a great start to a workday! Just have to watch out for the reindeer on the way back down through the forest!

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[DBK]

It's been snowing in Norway too. I read a report today from a radio ham there who had walked to the top of a summit to operate from. On the way up he came across some of these.

The tin is 7cm across. The print, which was less than hour old*, is from a European Brown bear. They have been seen in recent years in Switzerland but still very rare ‐ and very shy.

* The explanation why he knew it was very recent is too lengthy to repeat, just take it on trust.

 

[Northernraider]

I'll be ecstatic if I don't see any snow between now and getting home next April

 

[Ridgeway]

It's been snowing in Norway too. I read a report today from a radio ham there who had walked to the top of a summit to operate from. On the way up he came across some of these.

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The tin is 7cm across. The print, which was less than hour old*, is from a European Brown bear. They have been seen in recent years in Switzerland but still very rare ‐ and very shy.

* The explanation why he knew it was very recent is too lengthy to repeat, just take it on trust.

Only in Scandinavia would you use a snus tin as a size reference in a wildlife photo

 

[davidbaldam]

It‘s beening snowing in the High Desert in New Mexico.

 

[dryad]

would be lovely to get a white christmas this year, if just for the day, but hopefully sans bears..

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[KiwiKampers]

Only in Scandinavia would you use a snus tin as a size reference in a wildlife photo

I must have led a very sheltered life because I had to look up "snus" on Google. It sounds disgusting. Worse than vaping.

 

[haganap]

nice, just planning my ski trip.

 

[dunnah01]

Nooo - my Christmas Day booking is dependant on the site access road being free of ice & snow

 

[dryad]

It's been snowing in Norway too. I read a report today from a radio ham there who had walked to the top of a summit to operate from. On the way up he came across some of these.

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The tin is 7cm across. The print, which was less than hour old*, is from a European Brown bear. They have been seen in recent years in Switzerland but still very rare ‐ and very shy.

* The explanation why he knew it was very recent is too lengthy to repeat, just take it on trust.

just out of curiosity, how dangerous or benign are the european brown bear to us, i believe Romania have bears and other countries no doubt near there do too in their forests?

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[DBK]

just out of curiosity, how dangerous or benign are the european brown bear to us, i believe Romania have bears and other countries no doubt near there do too in their forests?

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They are a bit like adders in the sense they can be dangerous but their first instinct is to escape from humans.

I think a bear with cubs could get unpleasant if it felt they were threatened but you would have to be deliberately careless to get in such a position.

There are bears in northern Spain but they are very difficult to see.

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[68c]

Sadly Algy will not be along to explain about bears.