Oh yes it's colder the higher you go lol.... its like a constant ice rink outside but cause we have had mild weather/winters for 5 years or so we forget how to live in cold temperatures. Worse winter of my adult life was Nov/Dec 2010. The country came to a standstill public transport stopped as it was too dangerous. Where I live there are loads of wee braes (hills) so the buses were getting stuck etc