Geoff writes: a really disappointing day. I thought the forecast was quite good, reasonable westerly breeze from lunchtime, nice and sunny. In the event, it was extremely light, and mostly south to south west. There were some thermals, as indicated by the accuracy guys flying through them, but very weak and small. Even Kai, who before launching said he never bottom landed the Mynd, did this time. I only saw one bird all day. There was very little sun, and the sky gradually clouded over more or less completely, before the wind turned east and it started to rain.

Bit of a waste of a day, though the accuracy competition did OK, managing plenty of tasks.

And I’m contantly surprised by the huge number of people totally unable to read in the UK. We have a big fuck-off sign at the entrance to our club field at the Mynd, saying it’s an airfield, no unauthorised people allowed in, no dogs, etc. For the usual insurance and safety reasons, and it’s not like the Long Mynd is short of land for people to sit or walk on. But there was a constant stream of people today just ignoring it, and blithely walking on to the field, including at least one group of about 15 people off a minibus. Amazing.

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