After yesterday's washout, Thursday showed early promise with clear blue skies and light westerly wind. Gliders were rigged and early flights found plentiful low level thermals. A trough line came through late morning bringing the 8/8 cloudbase down to 1100ft despite still being soarable underneath. Then, quite suddenly gaps appeared and cloudbase lifted to 2000ft with the wind picking up significantly and backed to southerly with 'interesting' approaches through the curl over.
Nancy Sampson bought herself an 80th birthday present and enjoyed the trial flight experience in front of friends and family, and has pledged to return to try out a winch launch.
The evening group just managed their flights before the next trough arrived.
