No brief today. No forecast required.
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It rained all night and then all day
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The morning provided a chance for our resident XK10 expert (John) to test my purchase for the club. He declared it a lovely vario in nice condition.
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An XK10 vario and a PZL vario (Ed: A useful addition to the DGS fleet)
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A few late entry photos were submitted from yesterday.
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Hugh and the Club Libelle yesterday. A proud man.
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A glider pilot is born (Ed: You mean "Two gliders, Sean"?, with suitable acknowledgement to John Prescott)
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The promised lecture from Wednesday's Duty Instructor didn't materialise, so to avoid cabin fever, six glider pilots headed to Gloucester to try some go karting. A good time was had by all (Ed: I hear there was no competitive nature to the afternoon, despite Adam lapping the instructors and achieving a lap time just two seconds short of the establishment's lap record).
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Val stylishly dressed, ready to race with the champions
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The DGS team (Ed: Who can you recognise?)
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Val mixing it with the boys
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| Glider Pilots; NASA Astronauts, or a bunch of loons from the South West? |
Apparently after three 15-minute sessions it was all too much for one of our instructors who had to retire to bed, on return, for a nap (Ed: Well he does get up at a ridiculously early time in the morning so what do you expect?).
Hugh said farewell to us and caravanned it back to Lydford, Devon.
Tonight's culinary extravaganza was a curry cooked by Instructor Sam and the sous chef was our newly qualified Sean.
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Silence at last as the expedites concentrate on Sam's chicken curry
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The evening was spent reviewing the weather forecasts, none of them agreed, so we would have to wait until the morning.
Gavin Short
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