Black Loch 25 Jul 2015

This was the club’s second outing to the Black Loch, and my first ever.  It was a big outing: 24 rods out.  The weather threw everything at us in the course of the day…  flat calms, wind off every point on the compass, including a fresh breeze.  Cool, then warm, then cold for July (12°C…

Lake of Menteith 18th July 2015

Most of the weather forecasts were predicting 40 mph winds for the day.  One of the ones that I looked at (BBC website) was the odd man out, suggesting nothing worse than about 17 mph.  Judging by the fact that barely half the boats were out on a mid-season Saturday, I suspect some clubs cancelled,…

Frandy 11th July 2015

On our way to Frandy on Saturday evening, the weather was very pleasant. The sun was out, but with some cloud cover, we had a light wind from the southwest and the air was 19°C. When I arrived, the day session chaps were still out, so I watched the boats and a few bankies, and…

Linlithgow Loch 05 July 2015

Report and photos by Ed. On the way to Linlithgow, the weather was fine; it had been raining rather heavily during the night, but the temperature was 14°C, the wind was light from the south-east and we had overcast light – what could go wrong?  Well, quite a lot, but I will tell you about…