September 26th 2010 – Linlithgow

Would the Loch again be a bowl of green pea soup covered with giant croutons as the bird lovers and parents hurled slices of pan loaf at the large numbers of rather plump grebes, swans, geese, ducks, seagulls, terns, magpies, woodpigeons and crows? Would we again have had enough by 1400 hrs? Seven of us…

September 11th 2010 – Lake of Menteith

None of us knew what to expect weather-wise. The forecasters had promised everything from bright sun to constant rain, with winds anything from ‘light and variable’ to 17 mph westerlies! What we got early was calmish with some showers, warm and muggy – very nice fishing conditions. However, that gave way after an hour or…