What a difference to the previous Wednesday – thermic from the start.  Cloud base starting off three times higher than the previous...

This time  the “weather gods” did not smile on Wednesday.  Any other day of the week would have been a far better day to fly.  We were...

What a nice day’s flying we had today in defiance of the weather forecast! Soarable from first launch all through the day, Liz and Jim...

Paul B took the first launch in the K8 and stayed airborne while others did circuits.  His 1:04 flight became the time to beat but no one...

…when we saw Alan flying past the airfield at 1,500ft 4hr 30mins into his 5 hour attempt. We shouldn’t have as he landed an hour later to...

With 55 flights flown during the day our instructors and gliders were kept quite busy. First flight was at 8:48am and the last took off...

Last night Rod and I modified both the K13 and K8 tow bars so that they are now foldable and should now easily fit into the back of our...

With the launching being from the northern end of the airfield we managed to get in about 13 launches before needing to stop to allow...

The good news was that the wheel box clogging cut grass had been cleared from the north end of the field.  The bad news was that grass at...

By late morning the thermals were working well with Duty Instructor Ken Porter reporting 6 knot climbs during his weather check flight so...

Not up to the previous day but some soaring was possible.  However, we probably spent more time clearing wheel boxes which got clogged...

The photo shows the launch point for much of the day.  No shortage of gliders with 4 club gliders in operation and 4 private gliders...

The weather man was spot on this week with Wednesday utter rubbish and Thursday fairly promising.  Always a risk moving from Wednesday...

As seen over Lasham yesterday afternoon:

Bank Holidays can be days when hardly anyone appears to fly, but not this one.  20 people turned out and flew, including   Duty...

Arriving at the club there felt like there was something missing – I then realised there was no film crew.  Just as well as the weather...

I guess folks had been taking notice of the weather forecast as there was quite a modest turnout. Well I hoped they enjoyed their...

Despite an unpromising start the low cloud base and drizzle was forecast to clear so we kept ourselves entertained chatting about field...

With spectacular scenery and great company we’ve settled into life at the Bank. Full breakfast, followed by tea and laughing then onto...

First day of flying at Sutton Bank today with many hours flown. With cumulus in abundance and a 10kt  NNE wind we aerotowed  off 02....