Tues 17th January

Out of Portmoak in a light Southerly, the route west to Stirling, NE to Methven (MVN) and return to Portmoak, in all 103km. It turned out to be one of our best attended tasks for many months with 11 members enjoying the flight, including Julian West in only his second task on Condor, and Stuart Thomson who was viewing  the stream on Discord. 

Portmoak -Stirling - Methven - Portmoak

The start  and first leg was fairly fast and confident, with Stirling being turned fairly quickly, but then large blue holes opened up in the lee of the Ochils, to make the 2nd leg rather more testing. All bar one made it round without having to summon 'emergency lift' A good varied route which everyone seemed to enjoy. 

Julian West on his second Condor task

 

Stuart has subsequently decided to push the boat out, get a VR headset and join us. I'm sure that there are others out there thinking of joining us -- feel free we would be happy to show you the ropes, just get in contact. 

John Borland landing at Portmoak

It certainly beats twiddling your thumbs or watching tele on a cold winters' evening. - Chris Warnes