Wayne's mad dash to the road. Spot the glider...The weather was grey and murky in the morning so we worked. It seemed to brighten up a little in the afternoon but it was so light we decided to go and do some archery, rather than going flying. It was a mistake. The sun started to come out whilst we were shooting and it was clear that it could potentially be a good day.

We raced back to Corndon but it was 6pm by the time we launched and very light. Geoff launched first and was able to maintain. I launched second and managed to scratch my way up to 100 feet ATO and then bumbled into a thermal which took me to the dizzy height of 248′ ATO. A second flight took me straight to half way up the hill. By the time I got the bracken out of my lines it didn’t seem worth lugging the glider back up the hill, so I folded it up and walked back up. 15 minutes of airtime. Wayno also went down, but was determined not to be defeated by the hill, so walked back up and did a heroic dash to the road, only to miss the power lines by 3 feet.

Michaela reported some wind on the east face, but by this time it was so late and very light so she didn’t bother and we went to Bishop’s Castle for a few pints instead.

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