I did get accused of bringing Wednesday’s westerly’s to a Sunday.  At least I didn’t bring the rain as Richard had done the day before. ...

Last day of the flying week and the 3 rigged private gliders fettled and packed away – that’s how good it looked.  Paul B was first solo...

Another good day at Rivar. By late morning the blue was replaced with fluffy white clouds and some great climbs were on offer. With...

Was glorious We flew – lots! Special thanks to Nigel and Richard for flying the numerous Trial lessons and Ken for winching all day....

Nice day’s flying at the club today, only 16 launches but some note worthy achievements. After the necessary check flights both Alan...

I was reminded that there are things in life (well, flying from Rivar Hill) worse than westerly’s – easterly’s!  The forecasts I had seen...

Back to “normal” – tricky westerly.  It was a day of two, contrasting, halves.  8/8 cloud cover in the morning with cloud base varying...

The day looked promising and the first flight departed at 11.15 am.The caravan was stocked with a plethora of edible goodies namely...

I guess most members had looked at the forecast winds and gave it a miss.  Members were pretty thin on the ground but the TLs just kept...

After working out which end to fly from (and it wasn’t the one I chose first, sorry about that) we settled into a good thermic day with...

At last, we broke the link between days I fly and westerly’s (although it did veer westerly as the day progressed).  With the modest...

Saturday showed the benefit of looking at forecasts and not simply peeling back the curtain, cracking an eyelid towards the heavens and...

Another July day and yet another cross-wind and mainly circuits.  Early on (launches 3 and 4) Paul P & Rob J in one K13 and Tony P and...

Despite what looked like a non soaring day we did manage to get some extended flights in. As I didn’t look at the log before I left I...

Here’s what went into Newbury Weekly News: http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/news/18760/high-fives-shot-of-st-bartholomew-s-celebrations...

Another typical summer’s day in prospect – well, “typical” for this year in that it looked nothing special.  Maybe there are those who...

The day started looking decidedly underwhelming and the prospect of bands of rain passing through in the afternoon.  Second launch with...

The first time in ages the Wednesday boys had a good soaring day with three flights of over 2 hours and several more of half an hour...

Yuck! Not really much that I can usefully add to that.  Although, it did give Ken H, plus helpers, a chance to re-position and re-plumb...