With fairly light winds forecast today it was never going to be epic but at least they had a Westerly element to them. A tow to just over 2000' dropped you in the standard Denbigh - Ruthin wave slot. the lift was weak, rarely more than a knot or so and the wave topped out at 4.500' but it was all very pleasant. Some of the turbo drivers tried exploratory runs out towrds Snowdon but really found nothing more than extensive cloud cover, The wave eventually fizzled out and attempts at flying the ridge came to nothing as the wind dropped but another very pleasant warm and dry day. - Pete Startup
Chris Gill showed why he is making a success of the Denbigh operation with another good car park briefing and a positive assessment of the sky - “it’s waving, I'm off to show you where”- And he did!
With sensible use of the runway, uphill for single seaters, downhill for dopplesizter, the visitors were soon all in the air. The Eurofox tug was amazing in its speed of glider delivery, the local tuggies are good! The plastic gliders were shown the way by a K8 flown by Lashamite Tom Edwards.
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| Climbing in the slot (John Pursey) |
Lamentably, the Eagle driver took a seat in the Duo and revelled in the ability to motor upwind to try the next slot. With a clear upper and lower wave system divide, the sky shouted more than could be accessed easily. The Duo was climbing well in an upwind slot but a filling sky beneath forced a quick retreat down and home.
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| Between layers (John Pursey) |
A crowded ridge, very soft and a potential rush to land saw an early landing for the NHL team and, again, Chris Gill showed his worth with clear control of the field and radio, syncing up the landing order and getting gliders quickly off the end of the runway.
Forecast for the next few days, not great, but...it is Denbigh! - John Pursey
