The day promised much although RASP was a little cagey with the cold easterly wind and cycling sky. The training operation got going, but the cross-country pundits waited until nearly lunch time.
Pete St Discus 230 set off into wind but couldn't find anything worthwhile and crept back over the Blackdowns disappointed after yesterday. Ron in ASW20 611 and John P in Lak12 HOG decided to sample the Brentor easterly wave and headed off downwind. Ron decided that it wasn't as good as forecast and glid back, but John managed to climb to 8000 ft but lost the option to get back and landed at Brentor. Pete & Jill in Duo Discus OL had a late start still trying to sort out new instrument fit, and found that Stu (Tuggie) had gone for lunch, when he returned to the western end he found one of the main wheels of the Pawnee was flat. Thanks to Ian and Stu for spending their afternoon fixing it on the field.
Pete & Jill got away from a winch launch and had an easy soar downwind to Tiverton and then glid back to circuit height but managed to scratch away and found a converging street set up with an easy run to Axminster and back.
There was a lot of local soaring in the cloud cycles by club and private gliders. Cheryl and Graham were kept very busy in the kitchen with many visiting walkers and bikers.
In the evening, 26 members and friends & family joined in on a bring your own barbeque,
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| Steve in full flow |
