The last day of the year
started well with a good flying list John Sil and Peter B had the first
flight and found plenty of lift on the South ridge. Peter F was next to
launch in the Junior but the low cloud made it difficult to have two
gliders on the ridge.
We
had a bit of delay while we waited for the cloud to lift John St and
Mike Fitz declined a launch, Peter F and Martin B had another launch only to be beaten
by the low cloud base with a quick exit from the ridge.
The
orographic cloud was forming on the southwest corner and seemed to be
stubbornly low so we retired for an early lunch, the cloud base had not
lifted by 1:00pm so it was decided to call it a day.
It
was a good try but a disappointing end to 2014.
Happy landings for the
New Year and we hope to look forward to a successful soaring season in
2015. - JSt
