Long Mynd - Wednesday 22 July - The Mynd delivers again

There were showers forecast late morning, so we decided to go for coffee in Church Stretton.

The afternoon was forecast to be epic and it didn't disappoint.

A hat-trick of 5 hour flights; Pete Bennett (5h59), Andrew Logan, Paul Little

Mark Wallace got cleared to fly the K23 and stayed aloft for 2h30 and had a "lovely time" and Mark C had a long flight with Nick.
On glide towards the Mynd


Martin Bennett was introduced to ridge soaring with an element of excitement for good measure.

Recent new member Karen flew for over an hour in the K13 with Simon L.

Tomorrow looks set to be the best day of the week... [Ed: It wasn't]

In the evening, Sir Chris Coville laid on a banquet of pizza, cake and wine to which 15 NH members descended and consumed all that was available.