Not so wet

SCOTLAND: Residents of the scenic village of Carrbridge say the BBC is ruining tourism in their community. That’s because the BBC weather website nearly always claims it’s raining in Carrbridge.

“We have sun. It says rain. And it’s driving the visitors away,” says Danny Fullerton, who owns the Landmark Adventure Park just outside the village. Fullerton has taken his case to the BBC, with the support of other business owners.

“It’s a reasoned complaint,” says Andrew Kirk, owner of the Cairn Hotel and chairman of the local business association. “We are just trying to explain to a very large organization what effect they are having on a very small community,” Kirk told The Guardian.

"We have sun. It says rain. And it's driving visitors away," says Danny Fullerton.

Carrbridge is located about 40 km from Inverness and lies within Cairngorms National Park , the largest national park in Britain. “E-mails have been flying round the village on this,” says sculptor Alice Buttress, who owns the Cambridge Studios. “The effect for us is quite drastic, because we rely on tourism.”

The BBC says it uses the most accurate meteorological data possible, supplied by the Met Office . “However, the nature of our climate is such there are times when the weather behaves in unpredictable ways,” the broadcaster says in a statement. “Our terminology aims to be as clear as possible and we constantly review it, following our audience comments and feedback.”