Scud running is not something to be taken lightly and certainly not to be taken lightly without solid IMC capable pilot and aircraft!
i remember only too well flying a twin to Inverness and landing there after finding a gap in a line of storm clouds crossing west to East.
I landed with hailstones the size of golfballs on the runway.
knowing from sat pictures that the weather finished to the west at the end of Loch Ness I elected to fly down the lake low level and then route down the islands in clear weather.
Halfway down Loch Ness I was forced down to 200 feet above the lake and scud cloud appeared below the aircraft. I held a heading over the lake and climbed into IMC to the MSA bursting out into the clear some 25-30 NM further on.
Scud running is a risky occupation at best! Without solid instrument capability its high risk!
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