Glenn's 'will we / won't we fly' weather forecast for Wednesday was erring on the side of being optimistic. First thing, the field was not that wet and the wind was not that strong. The smallish group of Wednesday hopefuls readied two K21's and a Junior and set up for the south west, north east cable run.
Ready to go (Mark Layton)
Broken lift could be found from the first flight at just after 10:00 and as the wind swung round a bit more to the south the south ridge was also working in places which gave extended flight times for nearly all the flights. The approaches were challenging and exciting in equal measures and care was needed not to 'go back too far' as the wind shear was very much apparent.
New member Louise Dowding joined the group and had a couple of flights getting used to the experience before her course starts in the near future. Peter Warren also had the longest flight of the day in the Junior with 34 mins going up & down the south ridge. The wind increased throughout the afternoon and with the first signs of rain appearing at about 15:00 it was decided to pack up whilst we were ahead. Everyone flew with most having more than one flight. - Mark Layton
Broken lift (Mark Layton)
