After another disappointing Wednesday that cleared in time for a beautiful evening, we were expecting a slow misty start for Thursday, but the North Hill micro-climate had other ideas, and the glorious sunshine was there from early on.
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| Pundit tea and moaning! (Jill Harmer) |
The wind was mainly southerly, but was it an easterly or westerly component? so we went for the easy option on the southwesterly run, accepting a tailwind on the ground run at times. As usual with a North Hill southerly crosswind the conditions proved too tricky for the early solos. But there were some unusual circuits for those wanting Bronze training, and aerotow practice.
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| Aerotow practice (Rob Rand) |
There were some interesting cloud formations to talk about, but not much in the way of any lift to be found just an occasional smattering on the south ridge, with Aston and Robert in the Junior competing for the longest extended circuit from the winch launch.
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| How far away and how high is that cloud? (Jill Harmer) |
It was perfect weather for today's Mile High Trial lessons Lynne Haynes and Trevor Riley having had two previous bookings cancelled for low cloud. They both enjoyed their flights.
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| Lynne Haynes & Trevor Riley with Pete and Mark |
In the evening a group from East Devon Pony Club had a glorious North Hill sunny evening, and CFI Stu even managed to fly with Mo, with a fantastic spread of food afterwards. - J&P
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| A family affair (Stu Procter) |
