Judith is now in France for the Chabre Open which starts on Sunday, and will post from there if she can get access to a computer. She’ll be meeting the other members of the Beyond Extreme team for the first time. Her flight was at 6.15 a.m. this morning from Birmingham, so we went up last night and slept in the car park, to get her at check-in for 4.15. So we didn’t get much sleep.

I slept a bit more when we got back. Andrew Donnison sent out a 3jam message to say it was flyable al Llangollen, but I didn’t want to be bothered with the drive, and hoped it would come round to the Mynd later. It was too much north earlier at the Mynd, but did eventually go WNW and people were flying for a few hours in the afternoon there – James Davidson pushed out well past our house, and the people there seemed to have good flights. Because I was asleep much of the afternoon, I didn’t notice until they were already flying, so I sent out a 3jam and went up. Unfortunately, there were a few big showers out in front, and some spots of rain on the hill, and in the end I didn’t fly (though as I write this at 7.30, people seem to be flying again). However, overall, it was a pretty good day I think, flyable at Llangollen, the Mynd and the Lawley (some gliders were seen there quite high).

Saturday look like it might be the same, mostly NW but possibly also some WNW. Almost certainly Llangollen and the Lawley will be on; maybe the Mynd too. I’ll be late out since I have one of my very few social engagements at 12.30…… but I will be out! Looks like it could be a good day.

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