On Christmas day 2009 we uncharacteristically experience our own white Christmas at Treeferns Trout Lodge.

In the late afternoon a thunderstorm built up, and after a few big raindrops the clatter on the roof signified something more ominous than ordinary raindrops - what else than hail. All of a sudden hell broke loose, and hail stones of  5 - 10 mm came down with brut

e force. Soon the grass was covered with a layer of pure white like snow.

Hail is a sudden downpour or precipitation of solid balls or lumps of ice, normally measuring between 5 and 150 mm. With most thunderstorms there is a chance of hail, and when it occurs it mostly lasts for 5 - 10 minutes.

Fortunately no damage was suffered, and guests experienced  a wonderful white Christmas, as can be seen on the slide show :