Black Loch, 05 May 2019

By now you would have thought that we’d be enjoying warm westerlies!  Correct about the westerlies but wrong about warm! It was 5 degrees when we arrived in the car park and at times it didn’t feel like it got much warmer for the rest of the day.  It did however stay dry. Colin Riach…

Coldingham Loch, 27 April 2019

The weather forecast was a bit mixed for this outing: light winds, some sun, and a bit of rain. Well, they just about got it right, and apart from the welcome non-appearance of rain, it was all there. It was even quite warm, with a few members leaving their waterproof jackets off! The day started…

Carron Valley Reservoir, 13 April 2019

There are some things that are constants.  The Pole Star… pi… the weather for our outings to Carron…  Just to recap what those are: stiff, cold easterly wind, and bright sunshine.  And it really was cold at times.  However, if you got out of the wind, it was lose 2 layers stuff.  Back out in…

Glencorse Reservoir, 07 April 2019

Well, nothing changes! The weather was miserable again, and there were lots of mutterings about the Secretary’s bad choice of days! The wind was off the east, it was cloudy, with lots of rain, and it was cold, cold, cold!! You might say, a typical April day at Glencorse! Bill Taylor reported that the fishing…

Coldingham Loch, 31 March 2019

The clocks have gone forward!  An hour less sleep, but surely a sign that spring was on the way.  Then the car thermometer hit -0.5C on the road down, reminding me it was still March… just about.  The day was obviously going to be a cool one, so plenty layers on.  However, it was bright…

Lake of Menteith, 23 March 2019

After mild temperatures mid-week, it was decidedly cooler, with a fresh-at-times westerly breeze, and a few showers, interspersed with welcoming sunny intervals.  However, all-in-all, it wasn’t bad conditions for the time of year.  Derek Kilgour and I set out with different approaches – Derek on a 6-foot tip and washing line, and I on a…

Linlithgow Loch, 16 March 2019

Mid-March in Scotland, so it was no surprise to be welcomed by the sight of snow ploughs clearing the roads for our first outing of the season.  However, the tail end of storm Gareth was almost tropical compared to the ‘Beast from the East’ we endured in this corresponding outing in 2018.  Blizzards and brisk…