After two wet Thursdays, it was a rather 'chilly' but dry start today, but the frost cleared quite quickly. The gliders were readied and walked to the western end and the padded suits came into their own with the fresh southeasterly wind.
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| It must be a wave gap! (Mike Sloggett) |
There was some hope that there might be some of that nice gentle wave that we sometimes get in a southeasterly, but although there were banks of cloud around it can't have been in phase with North Hill.
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| Fairly hazy sky (Mike Sloggett) |
They were decent high launches with extended circuits of ~ 11minutes and at about noon when the sun was peaking on the south ridge, there was some sort of lift in the Broadhembury valley which enabled Paul Little to claim the longest flight of 19 minutes. Flights and check flights continued all afternoon, (although with reducing durations) until sunset.
Thanks also to everyone for getting the K21 KEK rigged and back on line after its annual. - J&P
