Pundits Pete Startup and Phil Morrison had been watching the weather forecasts and called an Ad-Hoc day. Turnout was small but many members were watching their progress on Glide and Seek.
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Task 300kms was set by Phil NH2 - HENSTRIDGE - EAGLESCOTT - LAUNCESTON - HEMBURY HILL - NHL
"A real West Country day with a mix of sea air (lots, some helped, some hindered), spreadout and big gaps to cross. Some good high climbs compensated. Sticky patch after Launceston and just when I got on glide and started to smoke the height off I remembered I'd started at c.5000' so had to slow down and follow the energy way offtrack to ensure getting home high enough not to incur a penalty - doh! Made absolutely the most out of the day as soon after we landed the sky filled in and died." - Pete Startup 230
"A club "ad hoc" day called more in desperation than expectation. My task estimated from the RASP predictions adopted by three fellow members and surprise surprise all completed. All in all well worth getting out of bed for a enjoyable flight back in time for an Otter!" - Phil Morrison DD3
JB also completed the 300kms task.
Eric completed a 200kms NHL - YEOVIL - KNOWSTONE - OKEHAMPTON - NHL and Rowan (who had a later start) attempted NHL- CREWKERNE - EAGLESCOTT - NHL
"Crewkerne was beyond the sea breeze front, which was much lower than the average cloud-base. I should have turned Crewkerne but I guess I got used to operating at 5k and lowering myself to sub 3k felt like too much effort. Nice run up to Eaglescott, despite two seasoned Nomads giving it negative ratings on the radio." - Rowan Smith CLM.
A big thank you to Robert Lee for tugging and Andy Williams who dropped in en-route to Bodmin for wing running.
Condor Racing
Meanwhile for those living in the virtual sky - various locations around the world including UK, Greece, Cascade range, Alps, have been visited in the last couple of weeks including some training of aerotow rope breaks at North Hill and field landings.
