With heavy rain over a wide area and high tides the River Tay was very full. Sadly for some reason the flood gate on the North Inch was not shut and so the sports facilities and many houses were flooded.
On 7/8th October we had heavy persistent rain in Perth. New streams appeared and the normally trickling Craigie burn overflowed and flooded adjacent properties.
In the middle of January we had a few days of remarkably clear atmospheric conditions. The snow clad mountains of the highlands to the west and north of Perth looked close enough to touch!
After the very mild November we finally had some frost and snow which gave a festive feel to Perth.
It was dry for fireworks night but there was so much moisture in the air that the fireworks generated their own clouds which kept obscuring the lights! I have never seen that happen before.
October continued the trend of wet weather with much mist and cloud forming on the hills. Autumn colours developed and there were bursts of sunshine.
On 8th September it rained heavily in Perth for three hours. I had never seen such rain. In the afternoon and the next day we went out for walks and saw the damage that had been caused. Small streams had turned into raging torrents and washed their surroundings away. Cars had been swept down roads, driveways destroyed. Nobody was hurt but the damage will take time to repair and enlarged channels are needed for some of the streams.
At the beginning of the month we stayed in a holiday house right on the shore of loch Ewe. The weather was wonderfully variable so we saw the surroundings in all lights – including the aurora and light from a heather fire in the distance.
Finally there was some snow in Scotland so on 5th January after consulting webcams and weather forecasts we set off to Glencoe. We found a little snow and saw a lovely sunset on the way home.
It was a scrappy autumn this year, windy and wet, but there were fruits and colourful leaves nevertheless.
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