The wind was strong but straight down the strip, max gust at the launch point was 30knots and at the top of the launch the mean speed was close to 40knots. Takeoffs and landings were surprisingly uneventful. Cloudbase looked low, but in fact turned out to be 1600', the ridge was working but with 6+knot thermals about it was not used. We thought that these "good" conditions would not last long so restricted flights to 20 minutes so that everyone could sample vertical landings. Around lunchtime the cold frontal surface passed through making it very rough in the air and on the ground for about 15 minutes, with a noticeable drop in temperature. Then there was a rain shower. The afternoon was a little better, the wind dropped a little and cloudbase went up a few hundred feet, good cloud streets formed, and very entertaining hour long flights were had.
Simon M did some instructor checks in the DG throughout the afternoon.
Two new members joined the Club today, welcome Malcolm and David.
