This outing was cancelled by the fishery on Thursday, 29th May, due to forecast high winds. Come Saturday morning, that looked to be a mistake. However, the winds increased steadily through the day. A check with Windfinder Pro showed a corridor of yet higher wind strength, from The Borders, up through East Lothian. The map…
DetailsAfter 40 days and 40 nights (give or take) of no rain… we had rain! Huzzah. It didn’t make the drive along the M8 much fun, but we got there. Had to blow the cobwebs off the waterproof jacket and overtrousers. Even more rare – the breeze was off the south-west!!! A bit stiffer…
DetailsAnother day like all the rest – cold wind (this time NNW) and not a cloud in the sky. However, i think everything is adjusting to this new norm and life is going on around it. The air was filled with the sounds of willow warblers, chiffchaffs, black caps, reed buntings, reed warblers, whitethroats and…
DetailsThis was the club’s first outing to Cobbinshaw in decades. It has not been an option in the intervening years due to the Cobbinshaw policy regarding clubs. However, we are now able to return. It wasn’t fishing weather – being very bright – lashings of Factor 50 required. The wind was up and down through…
DetailsMel Mitchell writes… We arrived to find a full car park, which is good to see midweek. It was almost flat calm, with warm sunny weather forecast for the day. We were allocated one of the 3 boats currently trialling the ePropulsion lithium motors on the Lake, only to find the battery had not been…
DetailsI arrived at the water to find a long queue of cars parked on the road outside. It seems the new management are not the early risers that Ken was… or as we are! Eventually they arrived and opened up the shop for us. The weather has been, and continues to be, all over the…
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