Sunday 31st July

A small but keen group of members arrived at the club on a morning that did not promise much . Simon L was duty dog , he looked less than enthused by the forecast printout (214, 215) . Discussions on which end we should set up continued for 30 mins or so , we set up for SE . No sooner we started to move the kit to the far end John St's wise old nose started to twitch " Wrong end , that's my hunch " of course he was right ! you get a feel for these sort of things when you have seen 84 summers.
Training was underway soon after we re-positioned. The Davis family really dominating the launch point, great to see a family enjoying the sport, they all had real progress, some following the new Bronze cards others being taught new skills on the ground.

Roly and Heather enjoying a rare five min rest

We had several visitors today, Mike S enjoying his new role as B.I flying the DG !! Roly kindly allowing him to fly his aircraft whilst he was in the K13, (I had to blink at least twice to believe my own eyes ! )
J.B took over after lunch and continued with his usual enthusiasm until well after 6pm.
The field was quiet today, a real shame all our trainees did not turn out because at times it was quite rewarding, the usual group of solo pilots were not around to cloud the issue.

DSGC tug of war team practice well into the evening

The Falke arrived back on site in a huge trailer, how nice it looks in its new livery, soon to be flying I hope, Carl was drooling over the engine which he promptly installed.
A very pleasant low key day enjoyed by all. - Mark