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There’s hope for the weekend! Sunday is looking especially ok. Moderate North Westerly, maybe blue in the morning…..Possibly good for a small task.
So time to blow off the cobwebs and clear out the mouse poop from your glider and trailer…..

Chris K and Rob J returned from the first launch reporting so scraps of 0.  Carol P took the next launch in the K8 and returned 56 minutes later, Paul P followed in a K13 and returned 55 minutes later.  That got Bob B pulling the Vega from the hanger and taking the next launch and flew for 49 minutes.  Nobody was thermalling – they were all sliding around the sky following the wave up to 3,000′.  Most got a taste of the wave but only two more flights (Chris K with Rob J in the K13 and Trevor G in the K8) got decent times (48 and 46 minutes).
15 of us clocked up almost 7:30 of flying off 24 launches – an unexpectedly good day.  All that flying plus mini-muffins (Wednesday flying is very civilised).

What a beautiful day! OK not much cop for soaring and the wind was stubbornly at 90deg to any chosen direction, but a blazing sun shone all day. Colin managed half an hour soaring in the K8 but not much else stuck (sorry yes Nigel you did too).

Special mention to Carol, busily re-skinning the Janus trailer on his 50th wedding anniversary.

At least there wasn’t any fog and the sun did appear.  With a stiff 90 degree cross wind and strong sink (6 down) a good day for annual checks.  This kept the duty instructor entertained for a while and gave the winch driver (Chris K) the opportunity to show off his creativity in producing launch failures.  Peter E flew with David N who signed up as a member – our 3rd junior member within a month.
I guess you’re probably thinking “with that strong sink, there must have been some lift on offer”.  Unfortunately no – well not within our reach.  With the longest flight of the day going to Chris K with an 8 minute flight, that tells you how “good” it was.