Today was a day to be grateful that attendance was ‘modest’ (Adrian Irwin, Mike Jardine, Richard Roberts and I), for the weather forecast was truly awful - wind 190 at 40 kts and persistent, heavy rain from 1200 - and so it turned out.
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| Irwin adds to the contribution made by the rain in cleaning the gold Disco. |
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| Precipitation within sight: counting the raindrops on the hangar hardstanding. |
Every cloud has a silver lining, however, (there were certainly plenty to choose from) and today’s came from returning member Richard Roberts who, courtesy of his business contacts, by 2pm had completely recovered the floor of the launchpoint (see photos).
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| 'Suits you, sir!' Richard Roberts cutting the new launchpoint flooring. |
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| The new floor in the launchpoint, from the control tower end. |
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| The new floor in the launchpoint, from the spectators' end. Now all it needs is a lick of paint… |
You may not be aware that the carpet the clubhouse, much admired by visitors with its unique motif of a thermalling glider, was provided by Richard’s company over 20 years ago - and, thanks to the quality of the material, is wearing pretty well..! Let’s hope the new flooring in the launchpoint does so too.
Martin Cropper
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