Its been a good week really, when we get cold frosty dry weather like this and flyable N/W winds . I get a litte excited at the very thought of going to the Moorfoots.
And so it was back there today again. Arrived to find the light wind at the carpark on around 280 to 300 degrees at best so I walked in to the west to access the better face`s.
Today my brain switched on again, well enough to make a decision to go and attempt flight.
It was an easy choice, the forecast was good for "The Moorfoots". The great thing about this site is the walk up......there isn`t any, just park the car at the layby and hop over the fence and launch, its all just too much.
Tricky forecast with strong West on the East coast round to SW over us. Energy was not high post christmas so we decided to stay local. With no clear wind direction we went to Witchy for an assessment, but were not much better of. It looked aground West or possibly slightly North of so for convenience we Tommy, myself, Dudley, Jamie, Dave the Hutch and Gerald, decided on Sundhope.
Chris and myself decided on another attempt at flying somewhere today and after giving it far too much thought we started heading for the Moorfoots, but on the way over too the Yarrow valley my melted brain came alive again to remember Sundhope....mmmhhhh.
A tricky forecast resulted in several phone calls and much confusion. North. West. North West? Light or strong. So a plan was formed to meet up at Witchieknowe and see how things looked there.
