The forecast looked good for a September day, but unfortunately the wind picked up too strong and too northerly to make an easy get away from the winch. A few who had aerotows found it quite easy to stay up for a while although cloudbase didn't go as high as predicted.
"Soon after 11am I noticed R37 had climbed away under a dark street crossing the airfield. I joined soon after and spent the next 3 hours - scraping north , turned WEG and headed for Chard. With the fresh N wind I found my thermalling techniques challenged . Choosing between the risk of yet another field I turned West and had a comfortable climb just E of Dunks, and spent the rest of the flight in the relative comfort of "local to NHL" . A nice flight in some interesting skies. - Wyn"
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| Saving climb at Wellington Monument |
In the evening,the first of our season of winter talks this year, - Chris gave a good history lesson on the Battle of Britain, on the weekend of 73rd anniversary, and this was followed by the excellent carvery from Maria and team.
