Arriving at the airfield in some of the heaviest rain I have ever seen, I was delighted to discover a new trout stream. Moments later my delight turn to alarm as the new trout stream turned out to be the airfield entrance. Too wet to fly then.
There were several of the Wednesday stalwarts present, all keen to get on with some work. As the rain eased, farmer Phil organised the small tractor and mower which was then driven by me and later Andrew Beaumont. We managed to mow the whole of the South side of the airfield and expect to do the north side at the weekend or next Wednesday at the latest. Phil then organised a crew to cut up and collect the old launch cable laying on the airfield.
As the rain subsided, the southerly wind increased in strength to something over gale force 9, 40knots or so and very gusty. The only advantage to this was the speed at which the airfield was drying out, In fact, by the time we left just after 6pm the trout stream had completely disappeared.
During the late afternoon we had a visit from 2 very large families ( 13 children in total ) who were holidaying close by and really wanted to see what gliding is all about. The memory of Andrew demonstrating the simulator completely surround by excited children will stay with me for a long time.
Steve
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