The Coastguard helicopter, Rescue 999, was due to visit the Nith Inshore Rescue in Glencaple on Sunday, but they were called out on duty, leaving an understanding yet disappointed crew on the ground.
However, it was still a good opportunity for the team who used it as a training exercise, setting up the landing zone and setting off orange smoke which would enable a helicopter to find the position from quite a distance. The impressive plume of orange smoke lasted for over 4 minutes.
We took a few photos of the crew in training:
