Sun 29th August

The forecast for today looked like it would be quite soarable - it was wrong. At around 10:30 it looked like the forecast might be right, there was some nice cumulus forming on the horizon to the north and to the west. John Borland (FAJ), Simon Minson (SM), Pete Startup (230), Eric Alston (G29) and Mike Fairclough (DFK) were all set up at the aerotow point with grand plans of cross country flights as far-reaching as Lasham. 

Using the newly levelled area (Mike Sloggett)

 From the first dozen training flights it became apparent that these plans may have been optimistic, clouds that looked like they should be working just weren't and any lift was incredibly broken, making climbing to the (minuscule) 1500' cloud base incredibly hard.  The result was a few flights of just over 30 mins and Simon Minson landing out 15km on track. 

Nice field for SM (Simon Minson)

 All though not the best day for any soaring, it turned out to be a very productive training day. Liam Vile got his first taste of the Perkoz with Pete Smith, which was later used for spin training with Moore Kazdhan (a visiting junior member from Kestrel). Pete Field spent some time flying with new members Alan Searle and John Arnett whilst Pete Warren managed to do some friends/family flights. Gordon Hutchinson and David Perriam took a tow each in the Junior to maintain aerotow currency; the Junior was then used by commercial pilots Stewart Henshall & Tim Butler. 

North Hill (Mike Sloggett)

A special thanks to Heather and Roly Clarke who manned the launch point throughout the day. - Liam Vile

Sat 28th August

 Saturday saw an optimistic early start with gliders and equipment out before 8:30. The weather however had other ideas and it remained bitterly cold under a stubborn 600ft cloudbase - which refused to break until nearly midday. Mark Courtney filled some time with a spinning lecture, and James Smart gave a lengthy briefing to the 3 trial lesson visitors that would later be flown in the DG505.

John and Emma on the second launch of the day (Stewart Henshall)

When flying commenced there was still cloud restricting the first launches to less than 1000ft. Conditions steadily improved and with many instructors available there was plenty of dual flying. James Flory flew first with Harvey Skeggs and later with Jon Erskine. John Sillett flew Emma Flory, Jake Stabb and Karen King. Mark Courtney flew with Phillip Hardwick, Andrew Broderick and David Weeks. Simon Minson flew with Phillip Hardwick and Stuart Thomson.

Perkoz on approach (Stewart Henshall)

 Stu Proctor was kept busy on Tug Duty and later shared a couple of flights with Lisa Humphries. Pete Harmer made a late appearance (after doing some painting in the Simulator Room) to fly with Andrew Broderick.

Paul Summers made use of spare capacity with solo flights in K21 and Perkoz and Mark Wallis, Hans Jenssen and Stewart shared the Junior flying. RASP showed enough promise to bring out a few more gliders, however no cross-country flying materialised. Rowan managed 42 mins in Libelle CLM, Eric Alston 39 minutes in G29, and best of the day was Pete Startup with 84 mins in 230.

The soaring inquisition (Stewart Henshall)

 Andy Davey made the last flight of the day with a 4000ft aerotow for some stall-turn practice in the short winged Perkoz - Stewart Henshall

Fri 27th August - Pocklington Final days

 With Friday a scrub and your scribe driving back to Devon for a wedding, stand-in pilot Mike Armstrong (long-standing member at Camphill) was handed a copy of the S80 vario manual and given a tour of the taps (beer) by Alan Rappaport.
Saturday’s RASP was much more optimistic and as I secretly looked at my phone as the wedding guests arrived I could see the grid assemble.

DD3 and BBB flights

 Alan was Mike’s rear gunner and the pair hardly had time to settle before the launching machine sprung into life. Mike last flew an Eagle in 1964 and from the back too. The years rolled back and after a moment or two getting used to the vario and recovering from being dropped in poor air, had BBB en route to Fridaythorpe. A sneaky cloud climb north of the Humber had the Eagle on its way to Burton Upon Stather and beyond. DD3 with Phil Morrison and Nick Jones was the last to launch and soon chasing the front runners. Lots of gliders were slow getting going and DD3 soon made up ground.

DD3 over the Trent Humber confluence (Nick Jones)

 Mike had BBB on to Gainsborough after a squeaky low scrape over the centre of Scunthorpe. On quizzing Alan “would John press on?” the resounding “yes” meant they continued south to Newark. DD3 was blasting along and went to the most southerly TP, Oakham. As they headed home Mike  had BBB on a return journey too and with a few forays into cloud introduced Alan to the unusual concept of returning to the site to land…( Something I have yet to do with Alan in the competition over the years!) Home too for DD3.

So the results: DD3 was 4th on the Day and 4th overall. BBB thrashed the wood class and the intermediate class too, 7th on the day and 7th overall. Mike’s 200+km was judged the flight of the week and the winner of the flattened Capstan gin bottle trophy!

Team Eagle takes best wood... (John Pursey)

A successful week for the North Hill team, sadly only 2 competitive days but as ever a great week of food, Otter and some flying. Plans afoot for 2022 and 2 Eagles with Mike a possible “ringer” pilot!

Thur 26th August -Pocklington

After a day of ground travels seeing the North York Moors, the team was presented with another scrub day for the two-seater comp but with a forecast hinting at wave. 

 

JP and Phil took DD3 on a late afternoon wave chase which burnt a load of petrol but did eventually yield a climb in a gap through the Stratus near York. 

 After testing a rapid descent drill we climbed high enough to drop back and over to a bigger gap. This allowed a climb to 7000ft. A few gaps showed downwind but the air was very damp and with the new gap shrinking the Duo dived through and ran home.

 JP back to Devon tomorrow and guest Eagle driver Mike Armstrong roped in to keep the hopes of retaining best wood alive! - John Pursey

Thur 26th August

The Thursday crew arrived in good numbers to low cloud and a strong NNE crosswind. Graham was kept busy as the Clubhouse filled with much speculation about when the decaying cold front would pass through. The morning was spent partially emptying the hanger to make room to remove the Perkoz wings for an examination of the Drag pin locking mechanism. (See google groups for background) All was found to be working but revised guidance on rigging is being considered. 

A  good crosswind to contend with (David Clements)

 The clouds started to clear late morning and all four 2-seaters and one junior were walked up to the west end. In yellow card conditions flying started in earnest by 12:30.

North Hill from the east end (Mike Horwood)

 Most flights were short with limited soaring opportunities, but as usual timing and skill made the difference with a few flights of over half an hour. Gordon Bonney showing the way with the longest flight of 41 minutes and then only coming down to keep the list moving.

Longest flight of the day (David Clements)

 Four instructors worked their way through the long 2-seater list, including one donated Charity winch flight and we also welcomed a new young member Caterina Gibbs who added to her first training flights yesterday. In all 35 flights and all flown home by 6pm, thanks to everyone for helping to keep the flying list moving with just a half day available - John Borland

Wed 25 August

 After the previous week’s low cloud the Wednesday crowd assembled in the hope of sunnier skies and some better flying. With high pressure dominant the forecast was fine, but the brisk ENE wind meant conditions would remain yellow for most of the day.
The 2 K21s, a Junior and the Perkoz were readied and herded to the West end of the field.

John Sillett flew Mark Worsfold, Mike Meatyard and Tim Johns as well as a trial lesson.
Peter Field alternated duties between Instructing and tugging throughout the day, flying with Kevin Fairborn, Jon Erskine and Stuart Thomson. Ever helpful Pete Warren flew with Caterina Gibbs, Sandy Harrup and the ‘other’ Peter Smith - a returning ex-member.

West end ready to go (Stewart Henshall)

Nick Redfern and Andy Williams flew the Junior early on; Nick Harrison and George Sanderson flew LRD in the afternoon. A visiting group from Mendip GC made use of the Perkoz, Thalia Ridd taking aerotows for spin sorties under the guidance of their CFI Simon Withy.

High Tow for spinning training (Stewart Henshall)

 
Pete Startup optimistically took a tow and ventured East towards Trowbridge, returning successfully 4 hours later. For most however soaring proved difficult with only Andy Williams achieving a flight of 30 minutes in a club glider; Eric Alston managed 94 minutes in G29. Both Falkes made outings during the day and Barbie Fairclough made one short flight in the PIK. 

230 Out and return to Trowbridge (Stewart Henshall)

 
Later on conditions were downgraded to red and Dave Perriam, Stewart Henshall and Malcolm Vest flew the Junior in increasingly blue skies and in the evening Stu Proctor took over tugging duties for an evening group.

Not a stunning day for soaring but after a very cloudy month it was excellent to see the sun shine on North Hill - Stewart Henshall

Tue 24th August - Pocklington Day 3

The briefing  was preceded by results which showed Phil in DD3 in 7th but close behind the winner in points. The Eagle was ahead in the wood and 11th overall.
With a heavy overcast the grid was told to stand down at 13:00.

Dan modelling the Team Eagle uniform (John Pursey)

 Martin Bennett then went for a local flight in BBB, sitting in the driver’s seat and having a dabble soaring over the town. After a quick swap, Alan jumped in the front and had over 90mins out over the Wolds with JP.

John Pursey with young Team Eagle

Usefully we managed to line Dan up with a local Full Cat and a Falke to get his Cross-Country Nav exercise complete. Just paperwork now to release the Condor kid into the real world! Congratulations to Dan Hender.
Time for Otter..... John Pursey

Mon 23rd August - Pocklington Day 2

A fairly pessimistic forecast with RASP and soundings suggesting a blue-out locally with better conditions to the west of York. The sky looked half-decent at gridding and with a succession of turning points out to the west and a total of 137kms, launching commenced. 

 

Alan Rappaport in BBB (John Pursey)

DD3 with Phil and Dan were first away and set sail reasonably promptly. BBB with JP and Alan Rappaport was on row 4 but was soon away thanks to efficient tugging and marshalls. Bimbling down to North Duffield, the Eagle couldn’t manage much more than 2600’ and needed frequent top ups. Conditions improved going west and beyond Rufforth BBB was cut up by a Condor jockey doing a racing pullup in a familiar Duo… Hello! Dan I thought…
DD3 was then off to the final turn point at Castle Howard and then home. The Eagle made Boroughbridge then Wetherby and headed home into wind and a sky going blue. With uncustomary caution and after some heavy sink, JP took to a big safe field rather than risk the next few unlandable miles. 9km short but safe.

Nice field (John Pursey)

 A quick retrieve and more Otter.... - John Pursey

Sun 22nd August - Pocklington Day 1

After 2020 being lost to the pandemic, the opening of the Wolds 35th Two-Seat Comp was a great reunion for many familiar faces. After a Covid-safe briefing in the hangar and with less than encouraging Met news, the decision was made to scrub the day. 

John Pursey with Amy Playle

Under so-so skies, the Eagle with JP took young Amy Playle for an hours jaunt locally. Amy is the granddaughter of Bob P who has been bringing Capstan BUR to Pocklington for many a year. 13 year old Amy has started notching up flights but with a birthday in cold wet January might just have to wait til later in 2022 for a solo.
A start on the barrel of Otter was made… - John Pursey

Sun 22nd August

 After a volatile forecast finally came good, a decent number of members turned up for a day of flying on Sunday. By 9am the hangar was being emptied, minus the Perkoz that was u/s. Launching commenced before 10am under a low cloud base with launches of up to 1300ft with many pulling off due to the cloud.

 By midday Andrew Logan had sorted the issue with the Perkoz drag pin and the remaining trial lessons were entertained in NH2, with the first two having been undertaken in JZK. A big thank you to James Smart and Paul Summers for helping with the 4 trial lessons of the day. 

Private owners on the grid (Charlie Stuckey)

As the cloud lifted and the thermals built a decent number of private gliders attempted soaring flights with a few getting away despite far from ideal conditions. John Sillett and Martin Woolner worked through the K21 list and later in the afternoon Ian Mitchell cleared Charlie Stuckey backseat in the DG505, Josh Funnell solo in the DG505.  Paul Medlock started to regain currency after a year or so without flying the DG505. Flying continued until gone 5pm with a long but productive day enjoyed by all. - Charlie Stuckey

Fri 20th August - Course Week

Another day beginning with very limited visibility and no prospect of morning flight led to lectures from  (guest instructor) Mike Sloggett and Mark Courtney together with a quiz on the causes and circumstances of winch launching accidents as part of a wider briefing on safe winch launching.  

August (2) course (Mike Sloggett)

Having got the gliders out of the hangar early in anticipation of afternoon flight, some brief brighter moments and warming air teased us into thinking we might get airborne at some point, but the large, wet air mass continued to sweep over the field bringing a very low cloud base and occasional showers.

Dave Perriam, learning the skill of daily inspection, spotted an issue with the Perkoz, which was placed to one side pending further assessment so props to Dave P for his scrutiny.  

Simon Leeson supervising the cleaning (Mark Courtney)

Course members occupied our time by getting out the Perkoz trailer and giving its mossy exterior a good scrub.  The three teenaged course members continued to lead the banter, as they had all week, scrubbing some interesting shapes into the moss. Rob Hender gave Mike Rigby a tour of the recently acquired woods and the freshly-milled timber, which will go into the new  Club Trailer store, hopefully limiting the need for future trailer scrubbing?  

Transformation (Stewart Henshall)

Mid-afternoon, Mark and Steve made the call to put away the gliders on the basis that the skies just weren’t going to clear sufficiently to permit flight.  Following a final briefing, we headed home a little early following solid progress by all participants.

Course members wish to thank the instructors, Mark Courtney and Steve Westlake, with great support from Mike Sloggett, and Course helpers, Team Hender, who once again provided the backbone of our ground ops for the week. - Mike Rigby

Thurs 19th August - Course Week

 We again woke to very limited visibility, unable even to see the far side of the airfield.  We settled into the clubhouse for a discussion about symptoms of the stall, followed by a video dissection of an incident of accidental IMC and the dangers that ensued.  The instructors asked for the kit to be set up in anticipation of a clearing sky and almost as soon as everything was out and ready, the skies did become flyable, for the course and Thursday crew albeit with a rather violent downpour just after lunch.  

Stewart converts to Junior (Dan Hender)

Having resoloed the previous day, Stewart Henshall moved on to the Junior and enjoyed some good ridge flights.  Mike Rigby flew with Mark Courtney and had a good ridge flight with all students putting in some nice landings too.  All course members got to fly and continued to progress, with our two youngest participants, Arnie Crosby and Jake Stubb really impressing.

For the Thursday regulars, training, check flights and solo flying continued with IFP training by Wooly for Chris Warnes and Josh Funnell. Some of the regular Wednesday evening group  having been weathered off yesterday, turned up to enjoy some sunny calm Thursday evening flying 

Field selection / landing done (Ian Mitchell)

Well done to Dan Hender for successfully passing the field selection and landing part of the cross-country endorsement with Ian Mitchell (as always the sky cleared after landing back), just a little more patience is needed to get some weather for the Nav test.

Course Dinner - Fish and Chip supper (Mark Courtney)

After everything was put away, Mike Sloggett and Sally Hender went off to Highfield FishPlace, Dunkeswell with a very long fish and chip order for the traditional Thursday evening meal and, amazingly, everyone got what they actually ordered! - Mike Rigby

Wed 18th August - Course Week

The day started with poor weather as the cloudbase was too low for gliders to winch up. We had a few lectures with the course members about takeoff which included the stages and the appropriate speeds and correct instructions. 

After lunch the cloud lifted slightly and we were able to do simulated launch failures with the more experienced members on the course. Luckily a few flights later and we were able to fly along the ridge for a few hours. It was hard to avoid the cloud base and being quite low was always quite tricky. 

Well done Stewart (Mark Courtney)

Well done to Stewart Henshall,  having spent a year in Hong Kong (with mainly Condor for flying), was able to  re-solo following a thorough checkout by  Course Instructor Steve Westlake. The longest flight of the day was 35mins. Unfortunately the low cloud cancelled the Wednesday evening session. - Harry Rigby

Tues 17th August - Course Week

 The morning started with everyone arriving promptly for 8:30am. As the cloud base was rather low, ground schooling was the name of the game. Mark talked about the airfield set up, the Mike took part of the group for a discussion on circuit planning, while Mark talked through the spinning training he had done with Stewart yesterday. 

Winch driving Rob Hender (Stewart Hender)

 
The airfield was then set up and the first launch was taken at 10.30am, Jake Stabb and Stewart Henshall flew first, with Dave Perriam and Mike Sloggett taking spare cables in between, to fly FZF and FUN respectively. With conditions becoming more boisterous, it was decided the best plan was to stop for an early lunch and hope things would improve.

Launch point (Sally Hender)

 We were back on the airfield by 1.15pm so Dan decided to try his luck in FZF, but was unsuccessful with just 6 mins. The success rate then fluctuated with each launch, both Arnie Crosby and John Davis enjoying about 45 mins, but Dave, Mike and George Sanderson all struggled to get into double figures in the single seaters!

Jake Stabb with Mark (Mark Courtney)

 
Mike and Harry Rigby then continued the day with a number of shorter flights each. We managed to keep the flying going until 5.30pm with most course members getting a second bite of the cherry. Mark then finished the day with a lecture on soaring. - Sally Hender

Mon 16th August - Course Week

First day of the course and we received a briefing from Mark and Steve, our instructors for the week, followed by introductions.  Cloudbase was low so we made no hurry to set up but the skies brightened by 1000 and we got set up for launches at the eastern end of the field with a brisk but steady westerly wind.  Launches required attention to a reasonable degree of north in the wind. 

Mark Courtney with Jake (Stewart Henshall)

 Morning launches didn’t provide a lot of flight time but post-lunch, some decent lift was found around the ridge, although much of it felt thermic rather than ridge-induced.  Stewart Henshall got in some spinning in the Perkoz after aerotows and Mike Sloggett put in a stint as auxiliary instructor in between a couple of flights in his FUN glider. Mike also flew our guests from Long Mynd on winch and aerotow. 

Some good early progress from new Junior members, Jake and Arnie, some reacquaintance with the concept of gliding for Mike Rigby after a 9 month lay-off and some solidification for Harry Rigby following his course last month.  John Davis also bagged more time towards his goal of solo glider flight, first begun as an air cadet, many years ago. - Mike Rigby

Sun 15th August

With a bleak-looking sky and rain forecast for 1 o'clock, a small group of members got the K21's and Junior out and ready to fly.  At a glance the day looked to be following the trend of low cloud with scraggly bits of orographic floating around in the mild southwesterly wind. Fortunately (despite appearances) the cloudbase was high enough and there was some soaring to be had from the first launch. The south ridge seemed to be working throughout the day and there was some lift to be found on the edge of the squally showers that were passing through. Launches were consistently good with Team Eagle claiming a dizzying 1700ft.

Occasional showers (Liam Vile)

 By 1 o'clock everyone had flown and many had enjoyed extended flights and it was decided to stop for lunch and see what the rain on the horizon was going to do. To many people's surprise the particularly gloomy rain cloud (which was supposedly going to end the day) turned out to be nothing more than a light shower. The day continued on as it started with the occasional wiping down of gliders and the odd pilot rushing back to avoid an incoming shower. By 5:30 everyone who wanted to fly had and the decision was made to pack the hangar up before another looming rain cloud passed through. 

Briefing in between showers (Mike Sloggett)

 It was good to be able to get some more Trial lesson visitors in the air after the recent poor weather weekends. - Liam Vile

Sat 14th August

The day started with low simulated launch failures to suit the low cloud, and slowly the air dried out  and full height launches were made. The cumulus clouds were cycling very quickly with tempting small gaps quickly being enveloped in spreadout. The instructors were kept busy all day with training and check flights - James Flory and Simon Minson in the morning and Phil Morrison and Steve Westlake in the afternoon, with Stu Procter turning up to do some spinning.

Once the skies had opened up (Jill Harmer)

With the wind moving round more onto the south ridge, John Pursey and Stirling Melhuish in BBB checked out the buzzards that were  circling low level  in the gulley.

James Smart had briefed the two afternoon trial lesson visitors, but then it was a waiting game until the skies decided to open up properly mid-afternoon. 

Well done to Andy Batchelor for renewing his TMG in the Rotax Falke with Ian Mitchell. Thanks everyone - pleasant, but not very spectacular day.  And a big thank you to Nick Jones, Stirling Melhuish and Sam Slattery for renewing both winch cables after flying.- J&P

Fri 13th August

It was an early start for the working party of  helpers this morning, Scott  Struthers from Bespoke Oak Timber arrived at 8am to set up his milling machine. With Stirling Melhuish, Nick Jones and Team Hender to help.
Shortly afterwards more hands arrived in the form of Johnathan Erskine, Gordon Hutchinson and Martin, Peter and Fiona (Team Bennett).

Chairman Nick in charge (Sally Hender)

 Good progress was made throughout the morning, the 44 large beams were completed by 11:45am (26 done the previous weekend) tea and coffee was ably provided by myself and Fiona.
We broke for lunch at about 1pm for hot dogs and crisps. Then recommenced work on the smaller joists required, with ground lessons on differentials and the differences between shovels and spades….  who knew!?

In the meantime we had visitors from Mendip GC with  Motorfalke KWAK to do aerotow tug training, Dan kindly volunteered to rig DRE (with the help of Peter and Martin) and be towed free of charge for their required flights! I’ve never seen Dan move so fast, or his Dad smile so broadly!

Flatpack for the new clubglider trailer store (Rob Hender)

We finished the cutting at 4:30pm with another session needed in a few weeks time. Thank you to everyone who helped.  - Sally Hender, Log logger and blogger

Thurs 12th August

 The fact that the first flight of the day was just gone 5pm will tell the story of today’s weather....

The day had started with low cloud as forecast but with the usual optimism of all glider pilots that the weather would improve later to allow some flying - and on the basis that the only change would be for the better, the ground equipment and three gliders were brought out of the hangar and daily inspections completed.

 

Fogged out in August (Mike Sloggett)

Unfortunately as the morning progressed the change in the weather was for the worst  in fact it fogged out - and therefore the morning was spent discussing various aviation topics, drinking tea and coffee, with Mark Courtney completing a Field Selection briefing for some of those present. New member Iain Fairbairn sampled the skies in the simulator with Pete Harmer. But 16year old Dan Hender, keen to complete his Cross-country endorsement, has to wait for better weather.

Lunchtime came and went with as ever weather forecasts being regularly studied for any sign of brighter weather arriving from the West.

As the afternoon continued, and with minimal optimism of any flying, the gliders were put away but for some reason a small group of members seemed to be ‘stuck to the verandah area’, and as the sky started to get a little brighter with a suggestion that late afternoon might just provide some flying the few continued to peer westwards hoping to see a suitably high cloudbase appear.

Glimmers of hope (Mike Sloggett)

Shortly after 4:30 and with Mark Courtney happy to get the Pawnee out, soon James Flory and Mike Sloggett were getting the same three gliders back out of the hangar!

Pawnee in action (Mike Sloggettt)

With the first aerotow underway just after 5, and with local soaring evidently possible, by quarter to six in the evening both K21s and a Junior were making the most of the flyable skies around North Hill…

Great stripes! Thank you to the grass-cutting team (Mike Sloggett)

 

And with everyone who wanted to fly having done so the gliders and Pawnee were back in the hangar soon after 7pm… -  Mike Sloggett

Wed 11th August

The usual Wednesday crowd all arrived early on what was never going to be an 'Epic' day. Low cloud hampered proceedings all day with virtually all flights launching in or around them which did little to help with training. Those lucky enough to get to full height found little sink with some enjoying extended circuits.

Bright at times (Mark Layton)

Finals were also a bit rough at times with the southerly wind gradient focusing the mind and concentration! Welcome back to Stewart Henshall on his return from Hong Kong.

Sparkling K21 (Mark Layton)

Unfortunately not everyone got a chance to fly as fine rain and even lower cloud appeared just as the evening flying group arrived who's only task was to put the kit away.
The best was made of a frustrating day.  - Mark Layton

Sun 8th August

Considering the weather conditions the Clubhouse was extremely busy by late morning, with eager pilots full of their usual optimism!
At about 12:30, they were rewarded with the call to unpack the hanger. The first launch was taken by duty instructor Mike Sloggett and Ron Johns returning to back seat flying. There was then a succession of circuits and check flights which kept the winch driver, Stirling Melhuish on his toes.

 

A bit grey to start with (Mike Sloggett)

Flights continued into the afternoon with returning Trial lesson members Connor Williams and John Arnott both getting an experience in the air. Simon Minson (SM) and Pete Startup (230) both took their own gliders up getting, 100mins and 128mins respectively. The card colour varied between blue and yellow throughout the afternoon due to the gusty conditions, but the flights seemed to get longer as day progressed.

Turned into a lovely late afternoon and evening (Stuart Procter)

Thanks to all the instructors who took a turn with the pupils on the list (Mike Sloggett, Peter Smith, Ron Johns, Glenn Turpin, James Smart and Guy Adams). Everything was packed away by 6pm, good to see familiar faces staying to the end and helping get it all put away, thank you to Rob for sorting out the problem in the gents and Dan for winching all afternoon without flying, a great day was had by all. - Sally Hender - logger and blogger

Sat 7th August

Sadly no flying to report, but.....

 Many many thanks to all the team who braved the rain yesterday to feed the sawmill and then stack the finished timber, they worked from 8 o’clock to 5 with only a short stop for lunch.

 

 

The timber we processed today would have cost around £,1500 to £,2000 at a timber yard our cost was £375 and a bit of red diesel.
We are having a further session next Friday the 13th,  please come and help many hands make light work. - Nick Jones