Geoff writes: another day, another trip to Corndon. Kai is right, it is a great XC site – just can be difficult to get away from!

After her epic flight yesterday, Judith was pretty tired, and not feeling that well, and though she took her glider out, she decided to have a day off.

The Joint Services comp was there again, so plenty of pilots out. It wasn’t quite as easy to get away as it was yesterday, and I left a bit late, about 3.40, partly because it was crowded at times in the sky. However, it is nearly the longest day, so still plenty of hours left in the day even at that time. I left in a gaggle of about five, but I think most of those went  down in the first few kilometers, and most of the flight I was on my own. Base was around 4300, and though there were fewer clouds than yesterday, they were still quite close together, and it was very thermic – and surprisingly rough, both low down (I got a bit low just once) and high up. Nothing too horrendous, but bumpy. Again, there was a reasonable wind, so that contributed to the roughness. I did a lot of drifting in light lift, mixed in with some climbs back to base, and so was able to cover the ground relatively quickly.

Just past Llandindrod Wells, a couple of other PGs appeared, so maybe they were from the same gaggle I left in. They both landed a little before me. I landed at Builth, for 57km,  just after 6.00pm, though there were still more miles to be had, I think, but it was getting a bit harder as the day drew to a close. A fun flight though, and Judith’s turn to do the retrieve.

Kai and Mark Leavesley flew together, and did around 80km. Not sure about others.

And maybe the same again tomorrow.

See photos of today.

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