After an interesting weather briefing, once again we had a small DHT task set for the field. The minimum length task was Edgehill, Towcester, Bicester and back, and so confident was Graham W the weatherman that it was going to be a very short slot that we briefed early, gridded early, and started launching the gliders at 10:45am!!!!!
Once again you can see the sky changing as we launch the gliders, and some absolutely cracking cloud streets down to Towcester.
We launched the grid quickly and then they were off....the scores were degraded due to the speed that the top pilots did the task, but we were able to get everyone flying which was much appreciated.
The pilots all went to park up.derig their gliders, and by the time they handed in their loggers it was already raining! An excellently judged task so full marks to the weather man Graham and task setters Paul & Graham Paul. Once the scores were sorted (not without a few more hiccups - sorry Paul!), we were able to relax at last.
Leslie cooked a lovely meal of Quiche, salad and 'Far Breton' for pudding, then we went to Steve Langford's beer talk. Steve is a real ale enthusiast, and had brewed us three different ales to try, whilst giving us a talk on the history and brewing of beer. It was a great evening - good beer & great fun, followed by Clive's new Blues Band in the bar. Overall a great day with lots going on.