April 2009
Monthly Archive
Thursday, 30th April 2009
Geoff 30 Apr 2009 | : Boring stuff
Geoff writes: another wet and windy day. Our only consolation is that it’s also wet and windy in France and Catalunya! But we’re quite optimistic for the weekend, and the Met Office has said that this summer should be much better than the last two – warmer and drier. Still, given that they often have difficulty forecasting the weather 24 hours in advance, I’m not sure how much credence we should give this.
On the plus side, we got on with decorating, and we spent a lot of time working on Long Mynd club stuff. At least in the first few months, this is going to take up a lot of our time – hopefully, it will be productive and the club will end up stronger and more effective, providing more services for the members. Fortunately, we have a great group of people on the committee, and it should be a lot of fun working with them.
I’m writing this post, rather than Judith, because she is currently recording another podcast, on SIV courses – this will be a compilation from the people we went with on the SIV course at few weeks ago. Not sure when it will be available, but should be within an few weeks, once she has recorded everyone. It shoud be interesting, and should help people decide if an SIV course is worthwhile for them to do, or not.
Wednesday, 29th April 2009
Judith 30 Apr 2009 | : Archery
It was going to be a great day, if it wasn’t too windy, but it became clear by 10am that it would be. We did some painting, then went to archery, but the wind was affecting our shooting and at 40 yards it makes more of a difference.
In the evening we went to the LMSC AGM, which must have been the worst attended one ever, with mostly ex-, current and future committee members there. Only a handful of ‘normal’ members turned up. I have been re-elected for the Comms and PR post and Geoff is the new LMSC chairman.
Tuesday, 28th April 2009
Judith 29 Apr 2009 | : Archery
More bad weather, more painting.
It brightened up in the afternoon and we decided to go to archery, despite the fact that a little rain seemed to be sitting towards the back of our house. As we drove up the Mynd we could see that ‘a little rain’ was something of an understatement. The whole valley was filled with a massive cunimb and the rain was blocking out the view of Corndon, Bishop’s Castle, etc. Typically, Church Stretton was bathed in sunshine.
We had an excellent archery session. I shot a round of 464 (out of a possible 540), so an improvement of 28 on last week and even more excitingly, I ended the round with a six gold end. Ta-da!
Monday, 27th April 2009
Judith 28 Apr 2009 | : Boring stuff, Party, party, party...
Happy Birthday, Michaela!
Rubbish forecast and it was raining from the moment we woke up. Our DIY efforts are going well…
At some point it was actually a bit brighter, but there were big showers and hail at about half hour intervals all day, so it didn’t even seem worth going to do archery. Off out tonight to celebrate Michaela’s birthday.
Sunday, 26th April 2009
We made a mistake today…
The forcast was passable enough, but there was lots of cloud and possible rain predicted, as well as possibly strengthening wind. By 10am it had completely clouded over and although we were going to go to the Gyrn, we decided to wait and see what would happen. James reported from Bache that it was completely overcast and the climbs were weak and that it wasn’t XC conditions.
We decided not to make the effort and did DIY instead. We should know better. If you’re not there, you can’t fly and you certainly can’t go XC. Needless to say, people went from both Bache and the Gyrn. By the time it cleared here, we raced up to Corndon, but it was off (to the SW) and windy. We sat around for a bit and I launched only to see a big wall of rain as soon as I climbed over the brow of the hill. Hmmm. The cloud was huge (we didn’t realise we were only looking at the far end of it above us) and was still building outwards, so I landed. By this time it was late, so we decided to just call it a day and go back home. For a couple of people who don’t have much else to do but fly, we sometimes get too complacent about going out, saving it for a better day – a mistake in the UK.
Saturday, 25th April 2009
Judith 26 Apr 2009 | : Boring stuff
Perfect DIY day, windy with occasional showers. We now have a sparkly new white bathroom and are ready to paint another room when bad weather permits.
Friday, 24th April 2009
Judith 24 Apr 2009 | : Archery
Windy, windy, windy.
We went to do archery, and although our sighting was somewhat hampered by the wind, we shot a round and I had the highest score ever, so I was really pleased. Ok, it was only at 30 yards, but we’ve got to start back somewhere. Geoff is getting used to his new bow, but might need to do some work on the sight, so it doesn’t keep falling off – a bit of a hindrance in mid-draw.
Too chilly and windy to do anything else, so we’ve planned and shopped for the next DIY adventure…