Richard B @ eventually Caburn 7 May 06
Conditions 7-12MPH SW
Sunny
Occasional weak thermals.
I woke up this morning with the usual pangs of guilt about having drunk too much, but felt confident it wouldn't be flyable and that made the me less concerned about my pitifall state as at least I wasn't going to miss out on any good flying....
After struggling out of my pit I checked the dyke webcam to discover that it looked pretty good, a few gliders in the air and more on launch, the wind 10 -13mph N - NNE. after a couple of minutes of procrastination I climbed into my car and headed south.
As I drove down towards the dyke I could see that no one was flying, so headed on to Firle where a couple of wings were out, but everyone was pinned to the hill. Not to be defeated I headed off towards bo peep assuming it could be better there. Sadly, I couldn't see anyone at all, so headed round to High and Over hoping that the sea breeze might have come in, it had, but it was too light and too southerly. I then thought that I would sack it and head back to London, but didn't want to miss out if things got better...
I then headed for newhaven on the basis that I'd never been and there was no sign of the sea breeze at caburn as I drove back past. I got down to newhaven to find that the sea breeze was established, but the wind was very westerly and too light. After 1/2 an hour or so I gave up and decided once more to head back to London (via Caburn) only to see a couple of gliders in the air.
I parked up chatted to Kevie and Ian G for a bit and then headed up the hill.
I flew terribly for about 30 - 40 minutes or so, constantly outsinking everyone else around and doing a number of slightly dodgy high speed slope landings. After realising that I was totally incapable of doing anything useful, I headed down, landed and packed up and prepared to go home. As I was leaving I could see about 20 gliders all happily floating around at launch height without too much trouble, doubtless I would not have been quite so lucky!.
Once I got home, I carried my glider back into the house and thought that it seemed a little heavy... Out of curiosity I jumped on the scales and realised that I have somehow managed to increase the weight of my kit by 10KGs, so rather than being near the top of the weight range I was a little over the top.
Overall a good day for flying but the combination of a slightly thick head, a lack of sleep and being overweight on my glider meant I did anything but make the most of it.
Sunny
Occasional weak thermals.
I woke up this morning with the usual pangs of guilt about having drunk too much, but felt confident it wouldn't be flyable and that made the me less concerned about my pitifall state as at least I wasn't going to miss out on any good flying....
After struggling out of my pit I checked the dyke webcam to discover that it looked pretty good, a few gliders in the air and more on launch, the wind 10 -13mph N - NNE. after a couple of minutes of procrastination I climbed into my car and headed south.
As I drove down towards the dyke I could see that no one was flying, so headed on to Firle where a couple of wings were out, but everyone was pinned to the hill. Not to be defeated I headed off towards bo peep assuming it could be better there. Sadly, I couldn't see anyone at all, so headed round to High and Over hoping that the sea breeze might have come in, it had, but it was too light and too southerly. I then thought that I would sack it and head back to London, but didn't want to miss out if things got better...
I then headed for newhaven on the basis that I'd never been and there was no sign of the sea breeze at caburn as I drove back past. I got down to newhaven to find that the sea breeze was established, but the wind was very westerly and too light. After 1/2 an hour or so I gave up and decided once more to head back to London (via Caburn) only to see a couple of gliders in the air.
I parked up chatted to Kevie and Ian G for a bit and then headed up the hill.
I flew terribly for about 30 - 40 minutes or so, constantly outsinking everyone else around and doing a number of slightly dodgy high speed slope landings. After realising that I was totally incapable of doing anything useful, I headed down, landed and packed up and prepared to go home. As I was leaving I could see about 20 gliders all happily floating around at launch height without too much trouble, doubtless I would not have been quite so lucky!.
Once I got home, I carried my glider back into the house and thought that it seemed a little heavy... Out of curiosity I jumped on the scales and realised that I have somehow managed to increase the weight of my kit by 10KGs, so rather than being near the top of the weight range I was a little over the top.
Overall a good day for flying but the combination of a slightly thick head, a lack of sleep and being overweight on my glider meant I did anything but make the most of it.
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