Denbigh, Wales
DD3
The much awaited day arrived and did not disappoint. With 20 gliders at Lleweni Parc it took a while to get everyone in the air, especially an aerotow behind a 115hp EuroFox!
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| View across the Wirral to Liverpool on the way down (Phil Morrison) |
Phil Morrison and Nick Jones in DD3 opted for the aerotow to the west which meant the rate of climb got them some way upwind before reaching 2000ft. JP and JB in the Eagle opted for the ridge.
Both achieved wave climbs but the Eagle lost out due to lack of penetration having successfully climbed to 6,500ft and pushed forward in a valiant effort to attain the next bar. Unfortunately they fell out and returned to the ridge where they were still to be found when DD3 eventually returned after a tour of North Wales from FL194 achieved over the Conwy valley. Though they did cheat a little with a quick burn to check the engine. But they were rewarded with amazing views of the hills they had explored the day before in an effort to find the bungy launching site for an historic ridge flight along the NW coast by a close friend of Nick’s business partner.
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| Long queues ( John Pursey) |
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| 14k at Conwy (Phil Morrison) |
Amazing flights, amazing scenery and b****y cold, -25degC at 19kft. Back down through the Denbigh rotor to a nice warm caravan and a pint of Otter, smuggled through customs by Nick. - Phil Morrison
Eagle n Dinybch
After weather reports of an unsettled run of weather
for the week, taking Enterprise’s favorite 'Blunt Nail' to North Wales seemed
foolish but at the last hour the weather gods sorted things out.
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| BBB made contact (JP) |
Excitement about wave meant BBB was lugging JB’s oxygen around, - shame
it wasn’t turned on... Bouncy ridge ride and sight of and reports of
'plastic' in wave spurred on the cycle of climb and push out with fingers
crossed. Locally things were challenging for the transition with the
main climbs up towards the Conwy. Eventually BBB broke into a climb near
Ruthin and at 6,500ft headed off to Denbigh.
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| Eagle halo on the shadow (JP) |
Poorly defined clouds and
blunt nail performance meant 45 mins later we were back in the rinse and
repeat cycle near the ridge. Well done to DD3 who went with the grown
ups to the Conwy Valley! - John Pursey
Portmoak, Scotland
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| A sunny gap on the Bishop (Wyn Davies) |
