Dartmoor Gliding News-Sunday 11th May 2014

An improving weather forecast is always welcome; however it's of limited use when you are depending on people to drive sometimes long distances to attend the club. 

And so it proved; for while the weather was potentially soarable by the time we departed at 4 in the afternoon, at 7 in the morning it was still as vile as Saturday, with a vicious wind whipping showers in from the west that would easily have persuaded anyone with a journey in prospect to remain where they were. 

For the three of us who did turn up there was much to discuss, such as the new format for the AGM to be held on Saturday 31st May (attendance welcomed by all), requirements (both people and things) for the Open Day scheduled for 23rd August (for which Jerry Wellington has kindly 'volunteered' to be Project Manager) and safety: what we can do to improve safety at Brentor? - Here the focus was provided by Dave Parker, and his concern over crosswinds vs experience/currency, a fertile area for thought and talk. 

The perfectly vacuumed carpet – the picture doesn't show the 3 Dysons full of 'stuff' that Jerry emptied out behind the bike sheds..

All this fuelled by the traditional Sunday Soarers cooked breakfast (kippers and perfectly poached egg this week) gave us the energy for Dave Parker and I to sally forth and persuade the cable on the north side of the Guslaunch that it really should pass between the (newly refurbished) vertical rollers, rather than around them, whilst Jerry Wellington, having noticed that the Saturday Supersonics had left us with a pristine clean grate in the woodburner (for which many thanks), decided to pass on the compliment by presenting the Wednesday Whingers with a perfectly mown carpet for their midweek arrival (see photo) – I wonder if they'll notice..?

Martin Cropper