We really need to catch up with some work and jobs for going away, so although it was flyable in the morning, we ignored that fact and kept our heads down. It got breezy in the afternoon and flyable for hang gliders but I was feeling under the weather and decided to keep on working. By the evening though we needed to get out for some fresh air. We could see a glider layed out on the Long Mynd, but it was windy in our garden and there was a huge wave bar stretched across the sky. On phoning Rich, he said there was nil wind on top. He couldn’t see the wave bar – from below it just looked like cloud. I took a couple of pics just to show people what was going on from a distance and then we headed up the hill.

Two people flew, but by the time we got up there the wind had picked up again. You could see the wave bars setting up ahead and the sky in the distance was just amazing. You could see the clouds from above as if you were in an aeroplane. I don’t really trust wave on a paraglider, so am usually very cautious in those conditions, so decided against it. A guy on an XC2 flew later though cruising along the ridge in the sunset.

Lovely dinner with Michaela later and then excellent music night at the Bridges. So good, we booked another act for the party next year.

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