Lowfly in Scotland

Last week was my last week up in Glasgow before returning to university and I managed to get two days off work where I went to the Selkirk to Moffat pass in the hope that I would get some nice passes.  On the first day I arrived to lots of hill fog and rain, but I braved it and went up anyway and it proved to be a good decision as I had a great pass at the end of the day by a RAF Tornado GR4.  On the second day i went up a different hill and discovered that the weather forecast was wrong, it forecast to be sun all morning but it was overcast and then started raining for over an hour.  Finally it cleared but 2pm came and there had still been no passes and I had frozen due to a strong northerly wind.  But it was worth it thanks to the great pass i had on the first day!

Finch in Flight

I am back up in Glasgow for a few more weeks on an extension to my summer internship, so I decided to go to Lochwinnoch again in the hope of some good activity. Unfortunatly it was a fairly quiet day with variable weather.  There were however alot of chaffinches so in flight shots was the name of the game and here is one that worked.  They don’t half move quickly!  We did get a visit by a pair of Coal Tits and a Grey Wagtail.

Vintage Sports Car Club Western Rally

On Saturday I was invited along to the Vintage Sports Car Club Western Rally which turned out to be a great day out.  I was there with one of the competitors and as such there are a fair few pictures of that car as I couldn’t stay in the same place very long as once they passed me I had to jump into my car and drive an alternate route to get ahead of them so I could get another photo. It was great to see so many old cars in good condition and people actually enjoying driving them rather than just having them sit in a garage!  Though a few rain showers did mean they all got a bit wet!