With daybreak grey but clear after yesterday's rain there was hope that we might get some launches in before the widely predicted showers were due to start again, however the sun soon stirred up the atmosphere and by 10.15 it was raining again.
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| Gliders remain safely tucked up in the hangar beneath a tiniest patch of blue sky whilst the trout stream works overtime... |
So fortune then that we didn't get the gliders out, only for them to get put away wet. So buoyed by the confidence that they had got one decision right, the Sunday Soarers cast around for other bright ideas to implement, dragons to slay, damsels in distress to rescue etc. At which moment the phone rang, turning out to be none other than Dave Bourchier looking for someone to fit a nut to the Guslaunch - so not quite a damsel in distress but enough for all 4 Sunday Soarers to be kept fully occupied for the rest of the morning...
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| Dave Parker manages to breathe life into Roger Appleboom's XC Soar by NOT following the internet instructions... |
After a sumptuous lunching on toasted crumpets they turned their attention to the fast approaching cross country season and the Global Navigational Positioning Satellite System where, in spite of the inadequate instructions downloaded to his phone, Dave Parker managed to get Roger Applepad's XCSoar to work - with airspace! So having now managed to get three decisions right in a row, the Sunday Soarers decided to quit while they were ahead and call it a day.
Hey! Did someone forget to shut the gate??
Martin Cropper
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