Stuff to do in the morning and a forecast for a strong enough breeze (NE) meant I wasn't to sure if I would head anywhere. The breeze remained light in Lockerbie all morning so when I spoke to Stephen we though we would take a look at Shield Hill near Lochmaben.
Forecast implied a SE breeze so rather than an epic adventure and huge walk a trip to WitchieKnowe was the order of the day.
I had always kind of wanted to soar the cliffs above Loch Skene, and have on a couple of occasions been nearly within spitting distance of them thermalling back from Bridgend, but never quite made it.
Had hoped to fly on Saturday but the weather seemed a bit fickle. Sunday looked a tad light and South East.
Saturday I arrived in Menstrie at around 10am under a totally overcast sky, not what I was expecting to find. Gerald had already arrived and was getting the low down from Tommy Mooney. Followed quickly by the arrival of Derek and Sean. Pierre, Jan, Robin and Roy from the Ochils club soon arrived and with a few others we started getting packed into Roys 4x4 and made our way up to the deer fence on the side of Myreton. From there it is a short but relatively steep walk up to Myreton takeoff.
