By month what is the most typical weather conditions in your area? (snowy, storms)

[P London]

The caingorms is a beutifull place if only the whole of the UK was still cold enough in winter to sustain forest like this


The highlands do have ski resorts but its not really reliable

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by P London

The caingorms is a beutifull place if only the whole of the UK was still cold enough in winter to sustain forest like this


The highlands do have ski resorts but its not really reliable

Are those Scots pine? It doesn't have to be cold to grow those. They grow well here.

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Similar trees grow in northern England.

[Joe90]

Good pics, looks nice.

[theunbrainwashed]

Originally Posted by P London

I hate when people say this, they need to stay the whole winter not just a couple of weeks. Yes its really true how people judge the whole country on London's climate.

Been there, done that Your winters in the southeast are definitely mild, compared to mine anyway. The sporadic Siberian cold waves don't count.

[P London]

Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed

Been there, done that Your winters in the southeast are definitely mild, compared to mine anyway. The sporadic Siberian cold waves don't count.

Yes that's true but for someone that experiences milder winters our coldwaes would be brutal to them, maybe someone from the carolinas or Southern france. And yes the coldwaves AND mildspells do count. Averages are not everything

[P London]

Originally Posted by Joe90

Are those Scots pine? It doesn't have to be cold to grow those. They grow well here.

Yes they are but forest in lowland britain are not like that, we do have them growing in lowland areas but not like those forests. But again we do see pine trees growing but not like those forests.

Those other pictures you saw were conifer plantations e.g. not native and they degrade the landscape.

These are our native forests:

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If they were planted en masse across lowland England, they would be fine.

[P London]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

If they were planted en masse across lowland England, they would be fine.

Yep I know that I've walked through Rockingham forest before and they have large tracks of conifer forests. But a caledonian forest isn't natural occuring in lowland areas is it?

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They were commonplace across Great Britain after the ice sheets retreated.