Lots of people were getting excited about the flying today, but I thought it might be a bit cloudy/breezy. It was flyable at Long Mountain in the morning, but the sky was completely overcast at home and there was occasional drizzle. We decided instead to go to archery and set up my new bow. We got as far as the Long Mynd where it was very windy and raining, so we headed back to work for a few hours. On our second attempt the sky had cleared and if it hadn’t been so windy, would have been an excellent day.

When we get back to wherever we are living at the time, there is always a period of readjustment and trying to find all our stuff. Routines that are established are forgotten and there is always something that goes wrong. Geoff had forgotten that he owns a bow and no longer needs to hire one. I did lots of eye rolling, until I realised that I had brought my bow but had left my arrows at home. Forgetting 50% of your equipment is pretty rubbish!

Thankfully Norman turned up and let us into the club house so we could borrow arrows, etc. My new bow is completely different and I needed Norman’s help to assemble it, never mind check it over. It’s far more powerful than my old one and I pulled a muscle in the first 5 arrows that I shot. Norman gave me some homework to do with a stretchy band and a mirror, so I will be working home and on the field to get back to full draw. Ho hum.

Since the archery club is below Caer Caradoc, we tootled off to the Lawley for an evening flight. It’s always stronger there than elsewhere and when we got to the car park it was clear it was too windy. We waited for Wayne and the three of us went up to the top to sit it out. By 6.45pm it was lulling, so we got the gliders out, only for it to pick back up a lot at 7pm. We packed back up and headed down for a beer instead.

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