Saturday was a bitterly cold day - and the few brave souls who ventured out wore lots of layers. Many members decided that it was instead a day for fettling!
With the karters in residence we were flying from the top field, and just had triple Charlie at the launch point. John W and Danny did some training flights, and then the cloud lowered and the drizzle started. We all sloped off to the clubhouse to thaw out and eat soup and cake, courtesy of Mary, then back to the launch point around 2pm as it began to clear up. Aimee, Cat and Penny - key members of the Oxford Belly Dancing Group who entertained us in summer - came to have a trial flight each, and Paul Fletcher took each of them flying in turn. Cat was quite apprehensive before going up but came back grinning widely.
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| Rather more jumpers in evidence on this visit!...... |
Norman got checked out again after a short break, and Lucy went solo on the winch! A few of us took solo flights - Paul Fletcher gained longest flight of the day with an epic 10 minutes!
At the end of the day it was suddenly beautifully clear, and Rowan, then Christine, had short flights in the tug just for the sheer hell of it. We also had some surprise visitors in the field by the winch...
Thanks to Eric, Alastair and Lucy for winching, and John & Paul for instructing. Kit away, we barely made it to the AGM in time. There was good news for Paul F - someone else had volunteered to be Treasurer! So we have a new Chairman in Andy Linfield, Christine Bell as Treasurer, and Dean Batty has joined the committee. It was also good to catch up with founder member (and President) Phil Brennan who is too busy competing in seniors international athletics to have time to glide at the moment! Liz fed us tea & cake to complete the day. Now all we need is some proper spring weather.....watch this space, and get your glider ready. It won't be long now......