Geoff writes: A nice, warm sunny day, probably flyable in most places in our area. In the end, we went to Bellmunt, meeting up with Nicky Moss (for once, we were acting as tour guides, since this was Nicky’s first flight there). Judith wanted to test fly the Artik 2, so we exchanged gliders, and I flew her Aspen. Launch still had some snow on it, but it was clearly a very thermic day. We hesitated for a while, letting some others fly first, since it looked a bit rough, but eventually Judith decided to go, followed by Nicky and me. It actually wasn’t rough at all when we launched – just easy flying, plenty of thermals. Later on, it did seem to get a bit rougher as we climbed out – there was maybe a small inversion at around 1500′ ATO. But nothing very serious at all. The thermals were very strong at times (but in a nice way!), and all in all it was an excellent day. Judith really likes the Artik! (But tomorrow we have to take it back).

After we landed, we drove back up for a picnic, and to recover the van,  and had a walk round the viewpoints on top.

Bellmunt is a stunning place to fly, and rapidly becoming one of our favourite sites.

See photos of today.

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