The BPC briefed at 8.30am and asked everyone to get a move on and go straight to Moel Berfedd as there was a forecast of increasing winds. We got there and saw the carry – it’s a stiff climb, especially with 4kg of extra ballast. On getting to the top, the wind was increasing, so we got ready. The task was to fly to the beach via Moel Hebog, which required climbing off the pump and then up the side of the Snowdon horseshoe. I launched early (as soon as people were maintaining), but it got busy and scratchy and it isn’t a big face. I looked around the corner, but people at the pump were faring even worse than us, so I slope landed and took off again when conditions allowed more people to be in the air. It was getting windier all the time, so it was tricky to take thermals back, but the lift out front was getting better so I started pushing out to get a climb. It was all going up and looking good when Calvo cancelled the task due to strong wind.

I wasn’t in the comp so could do what I liked, but given that I don’t know the area and that the comps guys had seen a forecast, I did the sensible thing and landed.

It was such a nice hot day, we decided to make the most of it, so took the tent down fast and headed for the slate quarry on the other side of the lake at Llanberis. It’s amazing. Massive in scale and with a lot of the equipment, quarry houses, etc. still there, it’s like a museum. We spent a happy afternoon there just marvelling and chilling out.

Well done to local lads Richard Chaffe for coming second in the BPC and Dave Thomas fourth. I don’t know the rest of the results, so well done to everyone else too!

See photos of today.

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