Brilliant blue sky and a gentle north westerly wind welcomed the Thursday regulars at North Hill this morning.
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| Club gliders ready....(Peter Smith) |
The air felt buoyant from the first launch, but it took a little while for it to start working properly with the arrival of a few clouds from the North.
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| North Hill (Mike Horwood) |
For a few hours through the middle of the day it was really good with John Borland and Aston Key leading the way in the two Juniors.
Seeing this, Pete Startup 230, Wyn Davies W7, Robert Lee DKU and David Clements CVV pushed out to join in the launch queue.
Some streets set up in nice lines from Tiverton to Axminster with Pete Startup enjoying following the energy for once for 133Kms. There were 4 knot thermals to a main cloudbase at 3000ft, but occasionally flying round the front of the clouds it was possible to get to 3800ft above North Hill, - not bad for November!
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| K21 (Dave Clements) |
Wyn was heard to call that he was low over Cullompton, but he made it back to the ridge, but when he set off again he was not so fortunate the second time - getting caught out south of Hembury Hill for a field landing.
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| South coast (Wyn Davies) |
The convection had a very sharp cutoff, although slightly later than RASP forecast, the sky went blue. As the day drew to a close, the ridge started working really well, but heavy clouds appeared on the horizon and we were just 5 minutes too late in packing the hangar as the rain showers arrived.
A great November day enjoyed by all, totalling 43 flights - J&P
