The morning dawned clear and bright, with a thick frost covering the field. Smoke from a fire in the forest drifted gently across the field, revealing the apparition of the new land rover in all its glory.
Thanks to the large turn-out of members, club vehicles and gliders were all setup before 10am anticipating a long day of ridge flying. The first few launches were fast and furious with minimal lift on the ridge. John Pursey and Rowan Smith undertook some morning instructing, the challenging conditions giving great experience.
Jess Summers organised some of the Junior members to wash and clean the K13 and K6 trailers, which was completed with great enthusiasm.
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| Junior members cleaning some trailers (Mark Courtney) |
As the day progressed the ridge came into its own and allowed sustained flight for everyone. Several members took advantage of the exciting forecast to give their gliders a winter airing, Matthew Williamson led the charge in 611 quickly followed by Simon (SM), Rowan (CLM), Pete Startup (230) and Andrew Logan in his shiny new ASW15! Broken, wave assisted thermals were streeting out towards Exmoor, you were able to push out into wind and fall back to the ridge to top up if things didn't quite go to plan.
Flying finished just before sunset, ending a good day of flying for all, with a total of 39 flights (3 flights over 2 hours). - Reuben Buss and Matthew Williamson
