How to avoid the snow - travel to Scotland! While much of northern England was covered in heavy snow on 8 March 2023, and even back home in Oxfordshire it was dull with snow showers, on the west coast of Scotland there was unbroken sunshine. Although being on an organised coach trip severely restricted any railway photography, I did managed to get a few pictures in the unexpected good weather. 156500 is pictured leaving Oban with the 1Y24 12:11 Oban to Glasgow Queen Street ScotRail service. The raised bow and red funnel of the Caledonian MacBrayne car ferry MV Isle of Mull can be seen on the right.