First couple of days for the advance party - Summed up as pretty chilly but with some great soaring.
Day 1 - started with some ridge flying on Benarty hill in the brisk NNW wind until the thermals kicked off up to a cloudbase of 4000ft which enabled a bit of a wander West along the Ochills to Alva then North to Methven before returning to fly on the Bishop hill for a while.
West Lomond hill with Loch Leven beyond (Pete Startup)
Day 2 - Another chilly day in the NNW wind with Bishop hill working very well. Cloudbase to 5000ft but with snow showers scattered around. Some shear wave above the cloud streets enabled Eric in G29 to climb to c.9000ft and Ron and Dan 6,800ft in 711.
Snow showers North of the Ochills (Pete Startup)
Pete in 230, unable to resist a jaunt somewhere declared the Club 100, Stirling - Methven with plenty of snow shower dodging around the last 2 legs.
Looking East across Perth and the river Tay towards Dundee (Pete Startup)
Remaining North Hillers arrived today and had site checks ready for tomorrow. - Pete Startup
