It looked as though there may be a morning of flying before some more rain sets in, and so it turned out. A small group of Thursday regulars managed to weave their way to the Club through the Devon County Show traffic, and were rewarded by some unlikely soaring conditions.
The cloudbase turned out to be higher than it looked with the early flights not reaching it from the winch launch. Well done to Connor Williams who was signed off checks by Pete Harmer after one of those " close your eyes - I have control" flights.
Cloudbase rising nicely (Jill Harmer)
Andy Williams reported 8 knots up and could have stayed up but returned to let others fly the Junior. It was good to see David Clements back after his extended touring in France, and he enjoyed a flight with Peter Smith. Pete Harmer and Gordon Bonny also enjoyed a soarable half hour.
The trial lesson visitor had been asked to arrive early and there was a report of cloudbase rising to more than 2000ft from those airborne. But alas the Trial flight had to be called off amidst a rather large and long thunderclap (or two) over Honiton. So an adjournment for lunch was called, but the rain then set in and it was packing up in the rain. Thanks all, 9 flights sorry that some missed out.- J&P
