Scottish weather in August

[Kirstie]

It was pissing down every day we were up there! Especially in Durness...

No it wasn't, we had one wet day! But yes we were piss wet through in Durness - needed to employ the british wartime spirit to get through that one! The rest of it was just blowing a gale...

In fact, here you are on that very day. Soaked to the skin (and HAIRY!). Ah the memories...
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[User482]

I did my lejog last September and it was warm the whole time, with rain on one day only. I guess that spare thin layers and some light weight waterproofs are the answer.

 

[HJ]

If it is anything like the last few days, it could be anything from basing sun to heavy down pours (there is a thunder storm just passing now), I would go with User482 suggestion of spare thin layers and some light weight waterproofs...

 

[Danny]

And a swimsuit?

 

[snorri]

we won't be battling through arctic blizzards all the way from Glasgow to Inverness.
So now I am wondering whether there is any point in bringing swimming things as we will be passing several large lochs, including Lomand and Tay. Can you swim in them or am I being over ambitious?
I seem to remember swimming in Loch Ness on a family holiday when I was about 10 and thinking it was freezing.

Latest update...the last of the snow disappeared last week from the hills I can see from my house.
Swimming in freshwater lochs is not without some danger, these deeper lochs do not warm up in summer, be careful, better take a wetsuit.
The sea has warmed up nicely I know it has warmed up because the Lions Mane Jelly fish are around in abundance

 

[Anthony]

I remember swimming in loch ness. It was one of three wash days during my 3 week tour! Yes I did smell.

 

[Danny]

Latest update...the last of the snow disappeared last week from the hills I can see from my house.
Swimming in freshwater lochs is not without some danger, these deeper lochs do not warm up in summer, be careful, better take a wetsuit.
The sea has warmed up nicely I know it has warmed up because the Lions Mane Jelly fish are around in abundance

Hmm...not sure if there is room for a wetsuit, though it could be good for keeping the jelly fish off

Perhaps I'll just paddle if there's a heat wave - assuming Scotland ever has heat waves

 

[Danny]

I remember swimming in loch ness. It was one of three wash days during my 3 week tour! Yes I did smell.

That's probably what killed off the Loch Ness monster

 

[toontra]

I'm off to Scotland for a 2-week cycle holiday next week and the weather forecast is diabolical - 13-14c and rain almost every day!

 

[snorri]

13-14c

That's quite hot , isn't it?

 

[Moonlight]

Scotland? Isn't that some vast icy wilderness near the North Pole? Take a handlebar mounted crossbow with silver bolts to fight of the wargs. A dreamcatcher at night is essential to help ward off the demons.

 

[Christopher]

+1 Moonlight!
However, don't forget your Potion of Healing (2 litre bottle of Irn-Bru!) and bad sunburn (to blend in)

Actually Herself and I are off to Scotland tomorrow for a 4-day mini-tour in Dumfries, starting from beautiful Lockerbie , so it's Scotland-lite: less hills, fewer midges and more roads than the Highlands...

 

[snorri]

, fewer midges

It's August now and I'm still waiting to see or feel the first midgie of the year, sun beating down again today.

 

[HJ]

It's August now and I'm still waiting to see or feel the first midgie of the year, sun beating down again today.

Just go west...

 

[snorri]

Just go west...

Yes, I know that, but I just get fed up of the 'Scotland is covered in midgies' nonsense that is so frequently repeated on here.