The second of our ad-hoc flying days this year with 7 members enjoying flights in their private gliders.
Pete St in Discus 230 was the star of the day completing a 304 kms flight in testing conditions. North Hill - Dorchester - Dulverton - Melbury Bubb - Tiverton - North Hill
Possibly my slowest 300 ever.
But
here's the thing. When you fly from Devon(look at the geography), then factor in the 20kts+ NNW wind and the fact that you can only
task E-W.
And there's more - having to cross the dreaded Somerset
Levels 4 times. I feel I earned every one of these points today - in
fact I reckon I've been done! On the final crossing of the Levels I had
to run down to the S coast to avoid the sea air that had penetrated all
the way South from Bridgwater bay in the North.
Of course these are just excuses for my own incompetence and thoughts are really with friends not so lucky today.
Wyn in LS7 W7 completed 109kms exploring local turnpoints and Ron and Phil in Ash25 711 completed 178kms Dorchester - Dulverton.
