Winter again

A hard choice for my blip today so here's  a link to some contenders.
I joined with friends for a walk in the hills above Luss, Loch Lomond on a day of sun and showers of rain, sleet, snow and painful hail with a strong wind, gale force in some of the showers.
Mr Rat has had a painful knee and as it was settling he didn't come on the tops so missed the full force of the elements.
Photography was a challenge because of the wind and drops on the lens and a lot of the time just wasn't possible at all, but I managed a fair selection to show the conditions when it wasn't showering. 
I was a tough walk, though not long, and afterwards we went for refreshments in Balloch.