High and Dry

Hoping against hope that the forecast was right for a change we planned a days towing with theory in the morning then moving to the field before lunch as the wind hopefully dropped back.  Don't you just love it when a plan comes together :)  In fact it was better than that with the wind behaving earlier than expected and backing nicely to ENE / E allowing us to use another field which was just perfect ;))

A long tow with short grass and above all dry and no Sheep, what more can you ask .......

 So with Shaun S (Penzance) and Ollie C (Plymouth having had an hour or so's theory we headed to the field and got set up.  A spot of ground handling never comes amiss and the guys made good progress whilst we got the winch set up and sorted.  A demo flight confirmed nice conditions with buoyant air and the long tow giving good height at the top of the line.

Long field, short grass and dry :)))

Ollie on his second day cracked on into his EPC tasks finishing off release flights before moving into turns then higher flights and turns before finally going to the top putting away 11 flights with 3 of them to the top and just loving it, especially the views.  Only the exam and that's his EPC sorted, nice.

Ollie just loving it

Shaun meanwhile had a full on day moving steadily into his CPC tasks putting away speed bar, active flying , Big Ears and Asymmetrics by the end of play and also racking up 11 flights.  Looking more relaxed Shaun did really well and did a great job on the final tasks so seeing him close to CPC, not bad seeing he only started in January.

Shaun on his way to the top

The moment of release .........

John R (Indian Queens) having had to work in the morning joined in the fun after lunch and also had a good day (his third) finishing off his EPC tasks and getting to the top of the line for his final 3 flights of the day and doing some very nice towing with it.

John sneaks back into the field after a slight detour

A good sign that things are on the change as sea gulls floated by in weak climbs and getting the windsock poles into the field took some effort rather than just sinking into a muddy pile, even the van could move around and pull the winch!

The Pink Lady

Nice to see Adie and Phil drop by and offer "encouragement" and help to the students, who knows we may see them back on the line as the thermals return ......... and also Cpt Kev with the wind in his hair.

One thing to remember guys ........ make sure the Go Pro is not on when you go for a pee  ...........

Quote of the day "I'm almost enjoying this"