The forecast suggested that it would be another good day at North Hill but sadly there was a relatively poor turnout of members. The wind was forecast to be a nice north-westerly however having looked at the windsock it appeared to be a north-easterly. Therefore it was decided that we give it half an hour and go and have a cup of tea. We then emerged rehydrated with the wind now behaving, the winch was set up at the west end and John Sillett made a start on the flying list.
Initially it was just circuits but as some cumulus appeared some private gliders started to rig. Ruth Comer got lots of exercise by practicing many launch failures with John.
Aerotow (Stewart Henshall)
Pete Startup 230 and Phil Morrison with Stirling Melhuish DD3 used the soarable afternoon weather to breeze round the Club 100. NH2 - Knowstone - North Tawton.
" Frustrated by the weather clearing late and having scrubbed the planned 300, by about 14:00 it was worth launching and by 16:00 it was rather good so I went for a couple of laps of the recently introduced Club 100, one in each direction." Pete Startup
"Another day which didn't live up to early expectations so we did the club 100 anyway. Some spectacular and complex convergences right at the end." Phil Morrison
Sadly we had a shortage of instructors for evening flying so most people only managed to get one or two flights (thanks to Emma Flory for logging all evening and Stewart Henshall for doing a long stint on the winch). Overall a good days flying, those who weren't here missed out! - Connor Williams (first time blogger)
