Thurs 2nd May

The early morning sunshine clouded over leaving patches of orographic cloud  at the west end of the airfield. Some more general low cloud  passed through with a weak trough. So there was a lot of grass-cutting and general fettling at the private trailers during the morning.
K21s waiting their turn  to try to stay on the ridge (Jill Harmer)
After an early lunch, winch launching began in an increasing north westerly breeze. The ridge however proved a bit more fickle but was OK to park on whilst waiting for the next thermal to come through.
Mike checking if the rhododendrons are out yet on the 'walk' (Mike Sloggett)
Chris Warnes in the Junior and Andrew Logan in ASW15 enjoyed the longer flights of nearly an hour.
Grey skies over North Hill (Mike Sloggett)
Thanks also to 'the team of members' who rectified the Pawnee brake this week, Mark Courtney completed the taxying and test flight. 26 flights in total in a rather cold May Day. - Thanks All - J&P