DAY TRIP – A frozen Lake Monteith

Today Edinburgh Spotlight took another little trip out of town and headed towards Stirling and onto Port of Menteith.    A google map of its’ location is here .  It took a little over an hour to get there from west Edinburgh.  Due to the continued cold weather,  Lake Monteith has frozen over and is completely solid.  People were ice skating, walking their dogs  and  I even walked out to Inchmahome Priory.  Last time I visited the island in the middle of the lake, I used a boat for transport.  Funnily enough, there was no one from Historic Scotland to charge today, but I do have a membership anyway    

We also had a picnic on the Lake and some lovely hot chocolate.   Last year I sat on Loch Morlich, but because this is so close to home, I couldn’t resist a couple of hours of icy fun.  It’s well  worth heading for a visit over the next few days if temperatures continue to be so low.

There may even be a curling ‘Grand Match’ this weekend which may see over 4000 people curl on the lake.  Details will be posted when the decision is made tomorrow.  The last one took place over 30 years ago, showing how rare a frozen Lake Menteith is.  *update – 8th Jan, curling match is not going ahead*

The Lake of Menteith Hotel were doing a barbecue today, providing hot food for skaters and walkers coming off the ice.  If it’s too cold to be outside, then you can warm up in their restaurant which overlooks the lake.

Enjoy the photos.

Frozen Lake Monteith with hotel in background

Inchmahome Priory in the winter

Dog walking on ice

Edinburgh Spotlight on ice

Tags: day trip, Photo

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