Same old, same old weather - blue skies, east northeasterly wind, and gusty. The course members started off with a circuit planning lecture in the morning. The wind started calming down a bit and flying got going by midday.
The Club members were equally reluctant to get going very early, and some had decided to give it a miss in the gusty wind.
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But around lunchtime some clouds started forming and the forecast showed an expected convergence.
The clearest indicator of something happening was Pete Startup 230 taking off his covers, and Andy Davey deciding to rig the Libelle. Both had good soaring flights, with 230 venturing to Bridport but Dorchester was in the sea air.
After lunch there was a noticeable southerly component and suddenly it started feeling really warm. The launch point emptied with everyone soaring.
Pete Harmer and Geoff Lawrence took the DG505 for a tour of local turnpoints up to 3700ft. Whilst Chris Wool enjoyed another spinning sortie with Simon Jordy in the Perkoz.
So only 25 launches today, but most were long flights, thanks everyone. - J&P
