Saturday 14th December

Christmas shoppers weren't the only winners today, there was a increasingly brisk to strong south westerly wind, and although the Cliffs and the Quantocks weren't on, the low cloud kept away from the airfield. The whole of the Broadhembury valley seemed to be full of 'rotory lift' which never settled down into proper wave lift. But all the gliders soared for as long as they wanted - up to 2500ft. New member Mike K had his first taste of soaring and was almost blown away....
Visibility wasn't brilliant - but look at all the trees cut down in the wood.

Just after lunch everyone had flown and as the wind was getting even stronger, and the approach more tricky, the toys were put away.