Lake of Menteith, 26 August 2018

Well!  The forecast was correct: rain all day.  At least there was a light breeze.  The rain didn’t stop and rivalled our recent experience on Coldingham.  By the time everyone got in at 7 o’clock, most people where soaked through except Dougie Skedd who’s two pairs of waterproof  trousers worked, and Trevor, who’s jazzy blue…

Lake of Menteith, 18 August 2018

After setting out from a very dreich Edinburgh, we arrived to find decent conditions at The Lake.  It was cooler than of late, and a tad breezy, but we had a good ceiling and the reports were that the fish were on the top.  The word was that Gateside, Gateside and Gateside were the hot-spots…

Coldingham Loch, 12 August 2108

After a short sabbatical I was looking forward to our outing to Coldingham.  The prolonged hot summer weather seemed like a very distant memory on a bleak Sunday morning.  Temperatures were still fairly mild, sitting at around 14 degrees, but what we had not expected was the persistent rain and easterly wind, accompanied by thick…

Glencorse Reservoir, 05 August 2018

The weather forecast had looked good all week for our visit to Glencorse.  Light winds and cloud cover!  We shouldn’t have been surprised when we turned up and found that the wind gods had conspired against us and a considerable wave was coming down the reservoir – more like 15mph and gusty wqith it.  Cool…