In pictures: Icy blasts hit Scotland

The day started with flurries of snow falling in Lower Burnmouth, Berwickshire. This picture was sent in by Kirsten Marrian

Gareth Greenshields, from Carluke, captured this shot of his car warming up for the day after the snowfall

Winter has well and truly arrived in Aberdeenshire, says Geoffrey Jarvis from Tarland, near Aboyne, on Royal Deeside

Snowballs at the ready! Wendy Anderson from Inverness sent in this picture of her two children playing outside their house

The Black Watch monument in Dundee in a covering of snow was sent in by Gavin Greig from Kingsbarns

This striking shot of a frozen spider's web was captured in the hard frost in Perth by Susan Morrison

Valerie Roy, from Huntly, sent in a very proud looking portrait of her turkey stag Paxo enjoying the cold snap

The Ben Eighe mountain path looking over Loch Maree, in between heavy hail squalls, taken by Ruth Johnson from Perth

Adam, aged two, enjoys himself in the snow, sent in by his mum Pamela from Dunipace in Stirlingshire

Not strawberries and cream - Emma Mykytyn, from Glasgow, came across frozen rose hips beside the Leaderfoot Viaduct near Melrose

Ffiona Boyd's frosty garden near Dunoon has been covered in "glorious sparkling icy crystals" after days of freezing weather

It's not all icicles and snow drifts. Gulf Stream rules OK, says Donald Blair sitting outdoors in North Uist sunbathing in temperatures of 14C