Waiting for the Weather to Turn
The chill Easterly wind that seems to have blighted our otherwise dry spell for what feels like an...
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Tag: Loch Coulter
A Walk with a Rod In Hand
I guess if you live in Scotland you will not need me to tell you that the weather has been rather...
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Dawn Patrol
It was something of a surprise therefore yesterday morning, when I was up very early with the intention of seeing a “near” summer solstice dawn in on the water. As I exited the door of the warm house without a jacket on to put some bits and pieces in the car, (it was only 03:55 but it was more or less daylight), I had a sharp intake of breath as it was very cold. A rapid retreat saw me back in the house to grab my thermal jacket. The car thermometer read 7Centigrade but it felt even colder as there was a breeze that would half you in two.
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Nowt, odder than trout
It is the first evening that the weather seemed anywhere at all near spring-like. By that I mean it was light until after 10 pm and you weren’t at risk of death from exposure if not wearing several layers of technical under clothes.
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