Tuesday 5th July

Camphill - The forecast was for rain from the occlusion reaching Camphill by 1300 and the wind increasing southeasterly. In the event there was only a short rain break at 1330 under the medium level cloud. Paul S Cirrus 477 continued circuit and soaring practice and found that the Cirrus didn't like wet wings, and Ian M Kestrel 523 had 2 extended circuits. There were some tours of the Peak district by car, and the model flyers tried out the southerly ridge which was good until they got caught in the curlover and 3 models were lost. Search parties found two of them easily but the third model was more elusive and needed the 'DSGC Mountain rescue team' after dinner for recovery.