Irrespective of whether the w/x at B (or in Andrew Walker's case, Exeter), was within limits, I am still trying to get my head round him being allowed to take off into conditions that were below minima for a normal VFR circuit. Added to which the aircraft was well below IFR capability.
Did the ATC duty controller at Blackpool have no say in the matter or was the pilot iactually informed of cloudbase RVR etc?