Lake of Menteith, Friday 13th, May 2022
Outing cancelled due to high winds. Not worth taking the risk on Friday the 13th!
Glencorse Res, 08 May 2022
An interesting day of conditions. The temperature was about the only fairly steady thing – a lot better than of recent, too. The sky was variable – cloudy at times and bright sunshine at others. However, the big variable was the breeze. It was never the same strength or direction for more than 2 minutes.…
Black Loch, 30 April 2022
A dodgy start to the day for quite a few folk. I was quite early and, as I came past Standburn, I noticed a sign at the side of the road stating ROAD CLOSED. I was following a highway maintenance vehicle at this time and it put its hazards on just after. I dunno if…
Lake of Menteith, 25 April, 2022
A decent day of dry fly fishing with Jimmy, despite the continuing cool easterly breeze.
Lake of Menteith, 21 April 2022
Life is definitely heading back towards normality. I got a wee surprise, since for the first time in over two years the radio was interrupted with a traffic warning of congestion on the city by-pass. I’d almost forgotten about tail-backs and traffic but the journey was still very easy without any real delays. Conditions at…
Coldingham Loch, 16 April, 2022
I arrived at Coldingham to find the incredible destruction that had been brought to the area by Storm Arwen. First clue was the huge pile of sawn-up tree trunks on the drive. Second clue was that nearly all the trees were gone from around Gareth and Carmel’s house. Compare the photo below with this one…
Lake of Menteith, 26 March, 2022
This was my second day on Menteith within a week, having had a day with Jimmy Millar on Monday. That day was mirror calm and cloudless sky. It was also decidedly cool, despite the bright sunshine. The only change for our club day was the temperature. It was roasting for late March! I was still…