Saturday 22nd March.
Another day of mixed weather. Duty Instructor Paul Hepworth (from Rufforth) briefed at 10am with prospects for flying being unlikely, the 30-40knt Northerly winds bringing shows, CB's and snow. Re-brief at 12pm was more hopeful with possibility of a weather window at 3pm so Tim Davies and James Francis started out on their trek back to Hus Bos.
Sure enough at 3pm the weather improved enough to get the gliders out. The wind had relaxed to around 20knts, with snow and rain showers mainly avoiding the ridge and field. Chris Lawrence, Ben Magnani, Paul Wilkinson and Jenny Novak all had great flights with instructors Paul Hepworth and Ian Atherton on the north-west ridge up to Hay Bluff and down towards Mynydd Troed. Paul and Ian even went round the corner of Hay Bluff to the 'Cat's Back' on the Pandy run where Paul took some great photos of this dusted in snow.
Longest flight of the day to Paul Wilkinson (1hr 23mins), with Ian repeating his eventful landings into a snow storm this time with Ben. Chris could not resist contacting Tim and James about the days flying!
The day was rounded off with a nice evening relaxing at the Honey Pot Tex Mex Cafe.
Tomorrow looks like snow, and the locals are optimistic of a possible late clearance again.
Stats
4 flts, total soaring 3hrs 33mins, average flt time 53mins. Longest flight 1hr 23mins Paul Wilkinson with Ian Atherton in K21. There was 2hr 27minutes available flying time.
