It was a very sunny morning and the lighting was suitable for a drone flight.
The area was checked on a CAA app and it was established that there were no restrictions. The flight was no more than 80m high and always in visual line of sight by me or my spotter.
New Lanark is a former 18th-century cotton spinning mill village located on the banks of the Falls of Clyde just under 1 hour from Glasgow and Edinburgh. Today they are recognised as one of Scotland’s 6 UNESCO World Heritage Sites of ‘outstanding universal value’ and welcome over 300,000 visitors annually to the location. New Lanark has a resident village community of 65 households, set within a National Nature Reserve with outstanding designed landscapes and woodlands. In the village they have an award-winning Visitor Centre offering a range of visitor attractions and a fantastic Learning & Outreach Programme, as well as the New Lanark Mill Hotel, Wee Row Hostel, Mill Shop and Cafe. They spin their own traditionally produced organic wool, produce their own hydroelectricity, and make delicious ice cream based on a traditional recipe.