Mugdock in the snow
It stopped raining last weekend! Just so that it could snow. Anyway, it was good to get out for a walk, or more like a slither, round Mugdock Country Park which looked beautiful: gleaming white. The park is home to a 14th century castle and the ruins of two mansions with their associated out-buildings and gardens. From 1949-1955 it also had a zoo, with lions and an elephant, but thankfully there is now no trace of that.
Linked to Jo’s Monday Walks and Jude’s Winter Gardens Challenge. Both well worth a look!
The Glasgow Gallivanter 
How could I have lived in Milngavie and not visited the castle, which was owned by the Grahams, I believe, who married into our family? Too busy with teaching and having a baby, perhaps…
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Another one definitely worth visiting! Plenty of families there every time we go so it’s child-friendly. Thanks for your comments and likes.
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Looks like fairyland. There’s something about snow that turns everything to magic 🙂
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Even if it is lethal to walk on, it looks lovely!
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The snow and frost add a sense of mystery. I love the icy pond, and Mugdock Castle looks to have a few tales to tell.
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Thanks for visiting – it certainly had an other-worldly feel to it that day.
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The scenery looks so pretty in the snow Anabel but it must have been very cold (well at least to someone acclimatised to warmer climes now!!)
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It’s snowing again today. You can see why I’m enjoying writing about our summer in the Rockies!
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Definitely!!
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Hi Anabel … yugh – it’s not so cold down here I’m thankful to say – but wet today. That looks a wonderful park to wander round in when it’s slightly warmer – but I too feel I need to get out … I’m going tomorrow … cheers Hilary
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It looked very pretty in the snow – but I’d rather have the sun myself!
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So you and New York City – both under a blanket of white. Better than cold rain I’d say. We get warm rain where I live which isn’t so bad. Actually we like the rain because it cools us down lol.
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Ours has gone now and left cold rain – yuck! At least the snow is pretty.
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Lovely, delicious-looking snow. It’s ridiculously hot and humid here and I am unreasonably envious of your walk.
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And I would like a bit of heat! Not the humidity though…..
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🙂 it’s the humidity that troubles me. I have every fan in the house running
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😦 Phew!
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.. and I realised I hit send before I said that it was still morning and already about 27 degrees.
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Hmm, my preferred temperature is a few degrees below that!
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Mine too.
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Lovely. Looks like about the amount of snow I got. I’m far enough south that the real blizzard here on the east coast didn’t hit me. We got more freezing rain, which of course meant about 12 hours without power, but I’ll take it above 2+ feet of snow. I always enjoy your photos. Thanks.
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Oh dear, no power sounds bad! Hope all is ok now. Our snow disappeared very quickly and it’s warmer and wetter now. Miserable, in other words.
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All better now and 50 degrees 🙂 I was just looking at the A to Z sign up. I have cold feet!
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I’m not going for it either! I had a good idea, but when I sat down to work it out there was a surprisingly large number of letters missing so I’ll either do more research for next year or write about the ones I really want to write about as an occasional series. Look out for some historical women in that case.
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I’m still undecided, but I’ve been working on posts which won’t be wasted. I’ll look forward to some historical women from you!
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Looks just beautiful. Over here, out weather cant decide between El Nino storms and summer days. I would love to walk through that park.
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Thanks, Silvia. Ours has warmed up a bit (which means rain – no hint of summer about it!)
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Just beau-ti-ful 🙂
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Thank you!
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This looks like such a pretty walk with a certain sadness considering the mansions(I am thinking Downton Abbey gone under). I used to like archery
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Not nearly so grand as Downton, but sad to see them falling down.
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Thanks for taking us on your walk through this wintery whiteness, Anabel. We’re covered in snow here on the east coast, but it’s not easy to walk through the two foot snow and the huge piles pushed to the sides by the snowplows. So I get to walk vicariously through you! 🙂
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I hope you are ok in the blizzards!
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So lovely to see a proper winter garden looking very wintry! Now you have to explain the name MUGDOCK – I had to look twice. Sounds like something from Harry Potter (not that I am a HP fan)
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Ooh, no idea! I’ll look it up tomorrow. I’m at a concert now.
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Seems to be the name of an ancient battle but still don’t know what it means:
‘In the same year [i.e. 750] was the battle of Mygedawc, where the Britons were victorious over the Pictish Gaels after a bloody battle.’
Interval research!
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Sounds Welsh! Celtic I suppose.
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I think that description came from a Welsh chronicle, could have been spelt differently up here!
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What a great place to go slithering! I’m amazed that John isn’t wearing a hat to keep his head warm. 🙂
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The hat was whipped off for the purpose of the photograph!
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Lovely walk…(Suzanne)
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Thanks Suzanne. Can’t quite compete with your snow though (thank goodness!)
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Montreal was spared the big storm that hit New York & Washington and good chunk of the US East Coast. We still don’t have much snow on the ground this year; only one big storm so far. But you are right that we probably have more than you do…
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I’m sure you do! Ours all disappeared again the next day.
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Absolutely a winter garden, Anabel! I think the summerhouse may have been misnamed 🙂
Your John always looks so cheerful. He was obviously pleased it had stopped raining! Many thanks for the link up.
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Thanks Jo. The summer house was very dank inside – we didn’t think it would be nice even in the summer! John likes to be out and about, hence the cheery looks.
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Great place. i like the photographs.
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Thank you!
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looks great; given the recent rains I bet the snow hides a multitude of muddy sins!
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I bet! It’s probably just as slithery now for different reasons.
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Oh I have never been to mugdock park but may have to take a wee trip as it looks lovely
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Oh, you should! It’s lovely in all weathers.
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Lovely to see some snowy pictures after all the unseasonably mild weather we’ve been having! Last weekend I was photographing sea ice and this weekend I was almost too warm wearing a coat outdoors. Good to see you getting out and about regardless of what the weather is doing.
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Thanks, Karen – it’s definitely weird weather at the moment!
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I bet there are ghosts roaming about there
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Wouldn’t be at all surprised!
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