It dawned bright and clear with a light south westerly wind, and following an introductory briefing the Course was ready to go before 10:00am. There was buoyancy in the air from the first launch, although it took 2 more launches for the two-seaters to get away. Pete B started soaring in the Junior at 10:16 and enjoyed the longest flight of just over two hours. Eventually Matt and Pete St stopped drinking tea and took spare cables in M5 and 230, but they had missed the best part of the day as some unforecast showers developed over the field just before lunch. Matt and Pete headed off to Exmoor, but then had final glides back into the dead air and drizzle. After lunch, the sky was more overcast but allowed some more circuits before the rain set in at about 15:30.
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| 230 goes west past Tiverton |
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| 25 km from home and there is a wall of cloud between us and the club |
There was some debate as to whether the evening group should go ahead or not, but a good call from John Si, against the MO forecast meant that nearly all of the Devon and Somerset Microlight Club flew before the misting canopies stopped play.
