Sunday 8th June

A dry day at last - cloudbase was quite low to start although it was soarable. By lunchtime some drier air came through and it nearly went blue for a time. After that the sky seemed to be on a very rapid cycle of over-development and north westerly streets,

 At one point cloudbase got as high as 2700ft but after that it seemed to be very variable around the 1700ft with some streets being significantly lower. The sky was very difficult to read, to the north there was evidence of wave for most of the afternoon. By 1700hrs the cloudbase lowered to near ridge height bringing the day to an abrupt end.  - But at least we had some local soaring,  both Stu and Simon M had good flights in LS3-17 KMV, Eric in  LS7 194, Pete and Jill in Duo OL, Andrew L in GDE and various pilots in HEB - along with the club fleet. And this was on a day when gliding was competing with Wimbledon final, British Grand Prix and RIAT Fairford.