Category Archives: 2017 March

Lake of Menteith, 25 March 2017

We dodged a bullet, weather-wise, with this one.  On Wednesday, you would not have sent a dog out.  On Thursday, the bitter east wind would have cut you in half.  On Friday, it all broke, and on Saturday we had the proper first day of spring for our outing to Menteith.  It was, in truth,…

Linlithgow Loch, 19 March 2017

A very good day out on Saturday watching Scotland clinch their third Murrayfield victory of the 6 Nations.  So the omens were good ahead of the Club’s traditional first outing of the season at Linlithgow Loch.  You can never be entirely sure what March can throw at you, but this winter has been unnaturally mild:…