Soon after breakfast, Colin Boyd and I set off in the motor glider for Halesland (near Cheddar), a small group of Dartmoor members met in time for morning briefing in the clubhouse.
The Mendip Gliding Club very kindly lent us a K13 so our group could all fly---which of course we did.
A southerly wind and some wave interference meant the ridge was not really working, and so 15 minute circuits were the order of the day until rather large rainstorm stopped play. The motor glider became trapped there, the weather making it unsafe to fly away.
Everyone had a taste of the skills required for hillsoaring and the very friendly club atmosphere at Halesland. They even invited us back!!
Don
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