Devon & Somerset Gliding Club News

Duvets and Donuts at Long Mynd - Saturday

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Today started with coffee and doughnuts at Church Stretton, when we returned to the club the sky was full of flying "Duvets" (ap...

Saturday 5th October

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The cloud was on the hill when the first members turned up this morning, but it soon cleared into a pleasant warm, sunny October day.  Afte...

Friday 4th October - Patience is a virtue

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First day of the Long Mynd mini trip. The low cloud and drizzle that waits for us at Church Stretton greeted us like a dog that had no...

Wed 2nd October - Tales from the Hundred Acre Airfield.

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When Tigger and Piglet found Winnie the Pooh standing in the middle of the field looking sad they asked him what the matter was. ...

Thursday 26th September

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Ho Hum! Today's forecast started to go wrong at lunchtime yesterday - silly low pressure in the Bay of Biscay - bringing in cloudier, m...

Wednesday 25th September

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Where to begin? Despite the early morning mist it was surprisingly warm at North Hill and most of the gliders were in the North West corn...

Sunday 22nd September

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Same warm, moist cloudy airstream but we were able to get going much earlier than yesterday. There were far more Instructors on site today ...

Saturday 21st September

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High pressure is back, but a very warm, moist airstream meant no flying this morning.... Is that a beech tree? but after lunch it cle...

Wednesday 18th September

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A reasonable forecast for today so a good turnout, and some Thursday flyers trying to beat the poor forecast for Thursday. There w...

Monday 16th September - Nympsfield Calling

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True to tradition it was pouring with rain at 7.30am as we (Matt and JB) rendezvous in Taunton on our way to Nympsfield for a day on the...
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