The grass was very wet in the morning and the orographic just took a short while to raise the cloud base, so it was low-level soaring from the start rising to ~3000ft locally.
August Course (Jill Harmer)
The Course Members enjoyed a mix of soaring and circuits throughout the day, Andy had a couple of flights in the Junior before being offered a ride with Phil Morrison in Duo Discus - a great first cross-country experience for him.
Several private owners joined in for the best soaring day in the southwest for a while, with some staying local and 3 attempting the task NHL - Bridgwater - Lapford - NHL
"The run to BWE along a convergence was amazing, The run out to LAP into a sea air and wave affected area was difficult. Abandoned 7km short of LAP as it looked like a one way trip. Well done to Phil and Andy in DD3 who managed to sneak round" Pete Startup 230
"An unusual day with dodgy convergences from either side. Andy, an old sailing friend from SE England, who was down on a course came along for his first experience of the vagaries of West Country weather Nothing spectacular but a nice flight all the same." Phil Morrison DD3
"Frustrated with poor weather for the last 2 months, today was not a great day but declared NH2-BWE-LAP-NH2. West of Tiverton sea air had set in so I turned BAM then TIV and headed back to North Hill." Eric Alston G29
All agreed it was a good week despite some challenging weather / forecasts. Thanks to Instructors Pete Harmer and Chris Wool and the Course Helpers Roger Davis, Connor Williams and Jill Harmer.
Stirling enjoyed a view from an unusual spot at North Hill, whilst a dead tree was removed from the drive.
Dead Beech tree in the drive was cleared (Stirling Melhuish)
Dan Hender sent pictures from somewhere in North Wales enjoying a camping weekend with Josh Batchelor and Charlie Broderick at Denbigh and a trip in the Arcus.- J&P
Arcus over North Wales (Dan Hender)
