Another 'suck it and see forecast' from Pete with a cold front clearance with a hope of more sun and less showers in the light westerly breeze. And so it turned out that it was too wet again underfoot for winching, but with some careful positioning of the launch point, we managed 12 aerotows with most of the Thursday faithful enjoying long soaring flights.
Thanks to Carl and helpers for the fast turn round on the annual inspection of the DG505, which was rigged first thing and made up for the lack of Juniors with KHA still away in Sussex and FZF now derigged and being inspected.
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| JB and Aston scrubbing away the mud |
With the field still wet there was a copious amount of washing, both at the end of the day, and even between launches.
