This was the usual Sunday timing of 12 noon to 7:00 p.m. On arrival, conditions were well nigh perfect, with a temperature of 14 degrees, good cloud cover and only a slight breeze. Unfortunately heavy rain and a strengthening wind were forecast mid afternoon. The wind didn’t arrive, but the heavy rain certainly did. Despite…
How to start this report, do I tell you about the very heavy rain that was pelting down as I left home, or do I tell you about the sea fog that was drifting down the loch when I arrived, or about the cold NE wind that made me wish I had a spare fleece…
Our annual evening outing to Coldingham, and not the worst we’ve had, weather-wise – though given our track record, it had a variety of stiff competition to beat. The one fly in the ointment was the temperature – it was barely 10-11°C by mid-evening. That was due to a northerly breeze, though it dropped away…