Copied from Liz’s Facebook entry for Tuesday 2nd January: We well and truly rang in the New Year – figuratively speaking – with flying...

New Year’s Eve – the fog cleared to reveal low cloud.  Still, flying on 3 of the four festive flying days was a pretty good outcome.

A day of Fabulous Festive Flying.  No soaring on offer but the views were simply stunning.  With fog in Newbury, all along the A4 and...

It certainly was worth slipping Wednesday a day to enjoy the winter sunshine (while storm Barbara was introducing herself to those north...

In all my years flying at Rivar Hill I can’t remember a day when we’ve broken so many things.  Bigger things maybe but not as many.  For...

Wow! What a wind gradient! 10 knots Southerly on the ground, but 35 knots SW at 2200 feet. At least 60 knots required for a safe...

More than a bit chilly at the club for F team’s duty day but what we lacked in temperature we made up for it in flight times, in fact...

A gloriously sunny day, naff all wind, no lift but just a great day to get your bum off the ground – even if it is only a short flight. ...

Rose’s are red – and so is Martin 8/8 cloud cover but at least cloud base was at the top of the launch (about 1,700′) rather than below...

The field was set-up under a clear blue sky.  We gathered at the launch point under solid, low, cloud cover so we entertained ourselves...

OK so the rain hung around longer than forecast but the sun did come out, as forecast, in the afternoon. Unfortunately, it seems many of...

After the recent run of non-flyable days the drop in temperature, north wind , excellent visibility and sunshine were most welcome.  I...

What a cracking day for the time of year – Liz (as Duty Instructor) had summoned up good weather.  On the 3rd launch we moved into double...

Well the overnight rain cleared away nicely leaving us with a wonderful soaring day at Rivar. Initially cloudbase was quite low but as...

I was up in Lancashire when the text arrived declaring a scrub due to heavy rain – so I took a picture from the kitchen door looking...

Low cloudbase did not bode well for welcoming our visitors from the Hungerford Aircrew Association but there was optimism that things...

…when launches to over 2,000′ (2 up in a K13) are available off the winch? With a lively north wind we got to play on the ridge.  The...

“So low” at the start of the day as cloud base got lower; “solo” at the end of the day. The day started with an easterly and sunshine...

A thoroughly enjoyable day yesterday as we managed to get in 53 flights totalling over 32 hours! Many private gliders were rigged and...

The good bits – lots of launches, not a westerly, lots of cake.  The bad bits – bugger all lift.  If only Thursday had come a day early....