Weather makes for top snaps

Stirling has been gripped by freezing temperatures this week.

And readers from across the area used the opportunity to snap some superb winter photos.

Temperatures dipped as low as -7 Centigrade between late Sunday and early Monday in parts of Stirling, coating communities in a thick frost as the region turned white. And the mercury again dipped to between -4 and -5 Centigrade early Tuesday.

Gritters were out and about over the weekend and in to the start of the week to treat the roads to help drivers deal with the icy conditions.

Stirling Albion struggled to beat the big freeze at the weekend when their home fixture with Cowdenbeath at Forthbank on Saturday was called off.

And yesterday (Tuesday) Wellgreen Nursery in Stirling was forced to close due to frozen pipes resulting in no water supply.

The Met Office issued a yellow warning for ice that is in place until today (Wednesday). A Met Office spokesperson said: “Ice is expected to form on some surfaces from late Tuesday afternoon and last overnight into Wednesday morning. The chance of this is highest across parts of Scotland and northern England where rain may fall onto frozen surfaces.”

To have your winter photographs featured within the pages of the Stirling Observer, send them to news@ stirlingobserver.co.uk

Scenic The spectacular image was captured by Jamie Drummond, looking on to Loch Katrine from Ben A’nn

Frosty This picturesque image was captured at Plean County Park by Johanna Smith.

Sunrise Tommy Hamilton sent us this superb shot of a frozen Carron Valley.