1 91΄σΙρ 2018
Natasha shares some beautiful photos and describes her experience of seeing snow in Scotland for the first time.
Coming from a warm climate in South Africa, I had never seen snow before but luckily in late December, I was blessed to see snow for the first time! I went up Carlton Hill to investigate and as I turned around I saw wonderful white snow on Arthur's Seat – I was so chuffed! It was a magical experience!
After taking many photos of the snow from a distance, I headed home as the sun was setting and I thought that the amount of snow that day was the best I would get – boy was I wrong! Two days later, I opened my blinds and I just saw WHITE! Falling white! It was snowing for real now. It was amazing catching snowflakes on my tongue and the silence was a new experience.
The snow was falling heavily and I decided to go up Calton Hill to see more. When I got up there (it took a while because everything was so slippery and my boots had no grip) it was white and amazing! It was so beautiful and peaceful. The only problem was my camera was getting wet so I had to lean over it to take photos but it was fun crunching around in the snow. Then I realised I needed to get down Calton Hill and my boots had been a bad choice! I had to find a railing and go extremely slowly, some younger boys decided to sit down and slide to the bottom which just made it more slippery! But it was snow and I was so happy. It was so cool to have snowflakes land on my eyelashes.
What a treat!
Natasha, MSc International Business and Emerging Markets