Around Scotland's Loch Ness, famous for hosting a mythical monster in its murky depths, another prolonged dry spell earlier this year has heightened fears of a different kind."We are used to rain, but we are not used to having quite such dry spells."
It s so cold the SEA has frozen! Waves turn to ice in Cumbria and the Thames at Teddington freezes over for the first time in 60 years as temperatures plunge to record lows in England
Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice now remain in place across swathes of the UK until Saturday
The mercury dropped to minus 15C in parts of central and northern Scotland in the early hours
It is expected to be drier tonight but wintry showers will hit again as it gets dark, ushering in more cold