Wednesday, 23rd July 2008
Posted by Judith on 23 Jul 2008 at 09:19 pm | Tagged as: Flying
Geoff writes: Went to Bache. Phil Bibby was there with his XC group; others were Phil and Carol Wallbank, James D, Graeme, Steve L. – a busy day for Bache. Very cloudy at first, but gradually opened up, but it was a slow start. Base was very low, about 3100′ ATO. Judith went with a climb, tried to get back to the front and had to land and carry back to to relaunch. Meanwhile James had left, for a short flight to the ground. Just after Judith launched, Phil B, Phil W, John and I climbed out, and Judith managed to get into the thermal too. We all got to base. John went back to the front, Phil B, Judith and I went on a glide. I went to a cloud which as soon as I got there started decaying, headed for a tractor in a field, which didn’t work, and landed for 9km. Phil B followed me, and also went down, one or two km further on. Judith went for a perfect ground trigger of a tractor in a field, an into wind ridge behind – and it did work, but unfortunately after she had landed. Three successive buzzards climbed out from her landing field as she packed up. 7km.
Phil W very sensibly held back a bit, had more patience, and made around 30km. Steve L won the day though, leaving last and making a lot more – 50Km maybe.
In retrospect we left a bit too early and were too impatient. Also, flying into a decaying cloud is a classic mistake!
Thanks to Carol for the excellent retrieve, and we ended up with a nice couple of pints in the beer garden in the Castle pub in Bishops Castle. Tomorrow is another day….
4 Responses to “Wednesday, 23rd July 2008”
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Will you guys fly tomorrow? If I can make it, I’ll head out from Shawbury at about 1300.
Maybe see you on the hill.
We will be out, possibly Corndon.
As you know I went to Bache the next day, Thursday. It was a bit rough but OK. Mrs. C said there were only 4 flying the day before on Tuesday – at least that is all she got paid for??????? Good way to lose a site.
Mr Grumpy 😉
Hi Mark,
Myself, Geoff, Phil W. and Richard O. paid in advance, so it’s not us! The reason it happened is because the person who was going to pay for the other lot went XC. Really, though, I think it’s probably much better to pay in advance, before flying, at bache (as we did).
We’ll try and sort it out. As you say, it’s really important that owners are kept happy. Especially when they can see the hill from their land.
Judith