Woke up on Sunday to strong southerly; 180/40knots has been mentioned in the forecast, so no chance of flying, but as usual plenty of things to do for few hardy members who turned up.
"Fettlers" turned to fettling with Alan and Sandra stripping many various layers of paint from SF27 and myself, assisted by my new willing apprentice Marta, started mixing epoxy and microballons to do some filling on the Zug.
Don Puttock in the meantime prepared for us a lecture on wave flying, very timely as Brentor wave season is almost upon us. He talked about history, meteorology, theory of wave, than moved on practical advice on finding it, staying up in it and of course various safety aspects. All of it made even more entertaining by his wide experience of wave soaring in many different locations (not just Brentor). Brentor wave was also discussed at some length, with local knowledge provided by Martin Cropper. All of this advice very much appreciated by a mixed audience of pre-solo, early solo and those of us who tasted the exhilaration of wave flying.
After coffee break, Don's training sessions continued with Marta, Roger and Dave covering the usual ground school subjects.
Finally all of us ended the day with interesting discussion on the subject of "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" as it applies to gliding and club operations.
Chris Kaminski
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