Forecast as the chance to fly the north west mountain run past Snowdon, the day proved frustrating for some but glorious for others. Chris G self launched very early and was soon Facebook live along the mountain run. Unfortunately after only a few aerotows the stand in tug pilot declared it too rough and stopped. Nick Harrison was fortunate to be already away in a local Duo (see below). The classic “Bill Crease” run was working well but for those left on the ground this was of little help!
Late in the day a winch was dragged out but in was painfully slow in getting going. Chris Fox took Pete Startup in his turbo Duo and DD3 turbo’d off and did the start of the run but it was getting late. After a day working, JP thought an Eagle launch at 5pm would be a good idea… massive wave suppression and only a 1000’ launch and the Eagle added another field to its tally!
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| The Eagle has landed (John Pursey) |
The hill was reached but only half way up and it really didn’t want to go… B@gger! Luckily the chosen field was good and no stress. Well that was until the cattle were let back in! With the sun setting the trailer arrived and mid-derig the cows made their move. One dashed the gate and Alan and Phil did well to avoid it getting too far down the lane. A classic Eagle flight with possibly the shortest retrieve! - John Pursey
Nick Harrison's story
On Wednesday two of us had the chance to fly the NW coast mountains from Conwy to Nefyn. Pete flew with Chris Fox and Nick flew with Rob Vaughan both in DuoDiscus's. After a launch it involved a long motor into wind to near Conwy, motor away then onto the hill lift mostly between 2500 and 3000 ft just under the cloud.
Limited options for field landing but it was fairly comfortable at 2500 ft. A top up before a jump into wind past the Nebo radio mast which cost us 900ft then on to the Nefyn turn point.
On the way back the clouds lifted to reveal Snowdon, back to Conwy West then a gentle downwind back to Denbigh.
A total distance of about 180 km, the coast being 60 km each way. A great trip out. Many thanks to Chris and Rob. - Nick Harrison
