Denbigh super-salesman Chris Gill with a Facebook “come now” forced the hand on the Nomads not at Portmoak to drive up on Wednesday.
Thursday
Thursday was briefed as wave but… and so it was . Tows out with the Eurofox with Chris were all dropped in reach of a wave but blue and not super strong. The Eagle led the North Hill charge and after figuring out the previously launched glider was not really in the right place, took a slow grind to just short of 7000ft.
Clouds formed but didn’t really help as the lift was definitely off to one side! DD3 launched late and arrived as even Chris G was starting to sound less confident. The wave system collapsed and we settled for just shy of three hours. Time for Otter..
Friday
Friday was briefed as “ridge, but wave maybe to 10..” by Salesman Chris - but it got people moving.
The Eagle was early away and battled the ridge which was a tad feisty. From experience this meant wave and the battle led to climbs ahead of cloud in a gap that opened up near Ruthin. DD3 joined the Eagle sliding up the valley in a gentle climb.
The cloudscape changed before any thing more than 4500ft could be reached and convection broke down the wave.
The ridge improved as a consequence and DD3 and JB started “smoking the ridge” from end to end.
Captain Alan took the helm in BBB and we did the southern ridge runs and then took a cloud street out towards Snowdon. Much fun and a classic Denbigh day.
Just shy of 7 hours and “The Eagle has landed” was called on the radio.. - John Pursey
