Dartmoor Gliding News - Sunday 25th August 2013

Today was the first of two Scout sessions organised by Rick Wiles for troops which had travelled to the West Country for their summer camps. 

Coming from groups based around Guildford, Dorking and Leatherhead, we sent 5 out of 6 Scouts aloft, which, due to the fresh to strong wind from the north, did not allow flights of any great duration to be achieved. 

However, all seemed to enjoy the experience, not least Scout Leader Josh, who agreed to fly with Don after 30 minutes of water torture treatment; about Dartmoor letterboxing, in which Don is an expert.

In the afternoon, Roger Applebroom and Nigel Williamson managed to use the northerly to soar the ridge for 10 minutes or so , whilst Jerry Wellington took the Scouts to the clubhouse explore the delights of the simulator, which appeared to work much better than the real experience! 

As ever, our thanks go to Nigel Williamson, and also to new kid Dave Parker, for their winching, and to Luke Botham for turning up to help without being able to stay long enough fly.

Martin Cropper