Wednesday 10th February

A day in which most club members arrived at North Hill more in hope than expectation, after an early field inspection it was decided that at present the field was still to wet and  also there was orographic cloud forming on the ridge.
After another inspection at 11:30am it was decided the field was dry enough, so by 12:30 we were ready to fly, it was nice to be winching again and some pilots hadn't winched since December, the launches were good and the flying pleasant in the sunny conditions.
Ready to Winch launch (Mark L)
 There was a bit of entertainment for some after lunch, part of Dick's caravan that was in the process of being taken apart finished up in the next field thanks to the strong wind we had on Monday saving him a lot of time in further demolition,  after all the bits had been removed it was back to flying.
Recovering the caravan debris from Storm  Imogen''s grip (Geoff L)
For those lucky enough to fly in the afternoon there was some good soaring to be had and at one stage all four gliders that were out were soaring at the same time.
Sheltering form an isolated shower (Mark L)
Ray B had the longest flight of over 30min and 20 flights total  in the shortened day-  let's hope Thursday is as good as it was today. - JSt