Once again the forecast was such that we opted for a late start and once again it proved the right thing to do with the troops assmebling at 13.00 in the field.
Yesterdays participants were joined by Jack E (Polzeath), Colin B (Dartmouth) and Anne W (Dartmouth) all on paragliders so making it a little busier.
Whilst everyone put in some ground handling I set out the winch and by the time they were were sorted we were ready to tow. With 4 tows out of the way the wind began to act strangely and it took a good 40 minutes before it finally did a 180 which saw us switch ends and reset everything. Just ready to go and the wind picked up seeing me testing the air and both Paul on the winch and myself deciding it was a bit top end.
Colin decided this would be a good time to get his wing out but unfortunately he was a little to close to the hedge resulting in his wing becoming part of the BT network and him part of the hedge. Lesson learnt glider and pilot recovered and the rest of the guys went well up wind into the field ........
The wind eased back and late afternoon saw things moving once again with everyone forming and orderly que. The Johns and Wyn made the most of it and worked right through until 20.15 puttting in the high flights racking up 5 flights each as they progressed into their CPC tasks. Anna P finshed off hers and had a celebration smile on her face after doing a couple of super Asymmetrics. Anne W popped in 3 tows which after a long time away helped to get her back in the swing. Jack E now CPC'd had a couple of nice flights one resulting in him getting a little carried away over the wires and into the next field ............. Colin gave it a miss as he recovered from his experience earlier in the day but gave encouragement to Anne from the start gate which was appreciated.
Another late one and once again thanks to Paul H for helping out and passing on some of his skills to Kaz as she got to grips with towing students.
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