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Here’s the evidence of being above the cloud and the fog in the distance. There was a lot of circuit bashing with no one breaking into...
pdinham
Oct 15, 20141 min read
Sunday 12th October
As often happens when fog fills the valleys, Rivar Hill kept its head above the clouds. The sun never quite broke through but visibility...
pdinham
Oct 12, 20141 min read


Wednesday 24th
Colin B had sent out an email telling folks not to be put off by the rain in the morning as soaring would follow – and soaring there was...
pdinham
Sep 24, 20142 min read
Sunday 21st
What a difference a change of air overnight makes. Saturday those who turned played the “is that a pylon I can see” game through the...
pdinham
Sep 23, 20141 min read
Wednesday 17th
Third Wednesday in a row where we’ve been “blessed” with an easterly crosswind. Only difference this time was the touch of northerly and...
pdinham
Sep 18, 20141 min read
Sunday 14th
Rob S had organised a photography group to fly alongside normal club operations and the following note was received from the group’s...
pdinham
Sep 18, 20141 min read


Wednesday 10th
Another Wednesday, another day with a 90 degree cross wind from the east. This time Colin had promised soaring and soaring we got. What...
pdinham
Sep 11, 20142 min read
Wednesday 3rd
A slow start, even for a Wednesday, yielded some extended flights for those patient enough to wait for the morning mist to clear....
pdinham
Sep 3, 20141 min read
Wednesday 27th
Not exactly a promising day with complete cloud cover and a south-easterly. Not many folks in attendance with some of the regulars at...
pdinham
Sep 2, 20141 min read


Wednesday 30th
I must be tough on Bill C – turn up at the airfield with a reasonable day in prospect to be faced with the dilemma “rig the Duo Discuss...
pdinham
Aug 6, 20141 min read
Wednesday 23rd
We had read the Lasham forecast, including Jon G who had taken the day off work based on what it promised – which ended with “Should be...
pdinham
Jul 25, 20141 min read
Wednesday 16th
There were those who looked at the forecast and decided that it wouldn’t be very good until the afternoon. Then there were those, like...
pdinham
Jul 18, 20141 min read
Wednesday 9th
If you like a bit of rough this was the day for you. After a weather check flight Colin declared it a “bronze and beyond” day for flying...
pdinham
Jul 17, 20141 min read
Wednesday 2nd July
With a promising looking day forecast there was a flurry of rigging activity, including those “on a mission”. Justin B for Silver...
pdinham
Jul 3, 20142 min read
Wednesday 2nd – Silver Distance day
Not exactly the day that the ‘met’ promised. Cu from horizon to horizon, but top cover gradually increasing throughout the day. En route...
pdinham
Jul 3, 20141 min read


Wednesday 11th June
How could I know when I arrived on the airfield the the grass, which seems to be growing at an inch a day, would cause us so much grief....
pdinham
Jun 12, 20142 min read
Wednesday 14th
I suppose one has to feel sorry for the folks burden by wok and unable to get out to play on such a day. From 11:00 to 13:30 everything...
pdinham
May 22, 20141 min read
Wednesday 30th
Meanwhile, south of the border, Wednesday is a flying day – and a quite reasonable looking one at that. I should maybe qualify that by...
pdinham
May 1, 20141 min read
Wednesday 16th
Colin returned from the weather check reporting “lift everywhere” and having to side-slip along the downwind leg. The advice to his...
pdinham
Apr 17, 20141 min read


9th April – Busy Wednesday
Lots of members turned out to play and 4 private gliders rigged. Despite a 90 degree cross wind and the subsequent poor launches...
pdinham
Apr 11, 20141 min read
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