Going North to Kirkwall
Assuming a cloud base of 2000ft what is the VFR Sunday pilots route from Dundee to Kirkwall?
When I look at this on NavBox assuming Aberdeen lets GA travel along the coast through its airspace, a simple tactic of following the coast line looks good up as far as Inverness. Here restricted area EG R610 D buts onto danger area EG D703 from surface to 2000ft.
Is this really a problem or is there a route around this not obvious to those of us south of the boarder? The alternative I have at the moment is to route across Moray Firth, however this puts me over water for 38nm if I cross from Viewfield to Lybster Village so as to avoid restricted area EG R610 C. Generally I like to try and keep overwater time to the minimum necessary.
The sensible solution is of course to wait for a clear day and enjoy the scenery of flying over land. However, I suspect the weather can sometimes make this a longer wait than I have time available and with the first clear sky I will then need to go south not north.