Wave or not to wave? - that was the question. Early on the bars to the west, out in the valley, (downwind) looked promising. The wind had picked up to a brisk easterly at the launchpoint, but the clouds were all moving with a strong southeasterly, so there was quite a shear.
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| Juniors waiting patiently for the results of the weather check (Jill Harmer) |
The first flights were all quite short in patches of quite strong sink, and no-one dared to make a dash for the downwind bar.
Eric Alston with the excuse of checking his vario in G29 took an aerotow and dropped back to the bar and found some lift, he managed to climb to 3000ft but broke off due to the very poor visibility. Pete Harmer and Ray Dodd in Perkoz aerotowed to a similar area and climbed a little in front of the lenticular but also opted out due to the visibility.
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| Aerotowing to the wave (Mike Sloggett) |
After lunch, it was clear that misting canopies was becoming an issue as the moister air had pushed in from the south, so a combination of hangar flights and walking back was completed for an early finish.
But by this time everyone had flown - 20 flights - J&P
