Just watch the weather. 25 years winter VFR flying from Inverness, and I've never encountered airframe icing. One risk not mentioned so far is 8/8 overcast, with a high cloudbase, and snow starting to fall from it. I've taken action to avoid this a few times. I have never flown into a snowshower. Visibility will be too poor. I would not attempt to take off with visible ice.
P.S. Is carb icing more likely on Konsin treated runways, and at temperatures which would seem too low? I'd have thought the runway mixture vapour pressure would not do this, but the O200 seems to react otherwise.
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