After much investigation of weather sites, calls to Kirkwall and Stornaway we left Balfour heading for the mainland, fifteen minutes out we heavy squalls were seen to be moving through which prompted us to turn back to the hotel and enjoy a second breakfast. After an hour and a half spent visiting a seal colony and more weather calls we flew to Kirkwall to refuel and then had a fascinating trip along the top of Scotland past Thurso, Dounrey and on to Cape Wrath at the north west corner of the UK. On turning South the controller read us the Stornoway weather with an incredible 60kms of visability. A thirty mile crossing of the Minch to Stornoway took us into wall to wall sunshine.
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