A long day out on Tuesday to film a spectacular waterfall - one that needed some planning and liaison with NTS to get permission to fly from their land.
Grey Mare’s Tail is a 60m waterfall in the Scottish Borders, about 3 hrs drive from home. We applied for permission to fly about a month ago via email - use the link on the website.
The lady responsible for arranging things came back within 24 hrs asking a few questions - was it a commercial flight, did we have Op ID and Public Liability Insurance - they need £2M cover - what drones and how many were in the air at any time, and what day and time were we wanting to book.
I responded with all the info, apart from the preferred date as I needed to see what the weather would be like, so we were approved, and a specific date would be agreed on the Thursday the week before. We were put in touch with the local Ranger and their Manager, who were very happy to accommodate us.
By Thursday the weather forecast was looking ok for Tuesday, but not perfect, so we set that day for our flight, and were then informed that the Moffatt road was shut between 9am and 4pm, so an earlier start than planned was required…
We left home at 530am, and arrived at the Falls at 830am, to be greeted by one of the rangers, who was happy to see us and looking forward to seeing what we could capture. It was dry, with some clouds, cold and fairly windy, so we wrapped up and set ourselves up for the flight…
Air 3 had 2 flights, the first and last of the location, and the AVATA1 flew 2 batteries, to get in closer and personal…
It is an interesting site, and one I hope we have done justice…
as it’s a well trod great riding road.
Beautiful filming.
I’m returning next year and it’s practice, practice, practice until then - and, watching Albion Drone footage, one day I might be 1/10th as good … yeah, in my dreams