A slightly slow start as we had to change ends almost immediately. There was a long two-seater list and a shortage of instructors. The blue hazy sky didn't look too promising initially, but Cu started popping about 12:00, and the day became nicely soarable, but the cross country pilots reported that it was fairly localised. Pete St (230) struggled to get east several times and then decided to visit CFI's turnpoint at MUD. Dave(AM) took a tour of the three Devon gliding sites and a bit of Cornwall.
The sea air came in about 17:00 from both coasts forming a nice convergence over the site providing soaring 'til gone 18:00 to 3600ft. There were 2 trial lessons and we welcome new member Dave. There were 40 launches for 22 members, Henry (CVV), Paul (KHA) and Trevor (DG1) all flew for more than 2 hours.
The Official Observer has confirmed swallows have returned, and there were plenty of flies out today to greet them.
