As well as Alex's solo on Saturday (see separate post) the rest of the weekend provided some great flying. Friday produced some decent thermal flying with, yet again, the appearance of a sea breeze front but Sunday was the best day. We had a slow start, with few members and little enthusiasm because of the low cloud and spits and spots of drizzle. Some of us decided to make preparations for our trip to Buckminster next weekend so trailers were got out and washed (must make a good impression !) and gliders prepared to be de-rigged. Your blogger was bringing his glider over to the clubhouse to de-rig when he noticed that there appeared to be a fairly clear edge to the cloud down towards Wooler. It didn't take much persuasion to get a tow and, pulling off at 2000' there was a solid 3kts. We had 2 visitors from RAF Boulmer who had flown at Hus Bos and were thinking they might join. Well, Bill Stephen showed them what a great site Milfield is - the grins said it all - and we think they are joining. The sky steadily cleared, the sunshine stopping the cold as we continued climbing. The wave box was opened when your blogger passed 17,500' still climbing at around 2.5kts but, sadly it didn't work much higher and, after a bit of searching a maximum height of just over 18,400' was reached. Alastair Fish and Barry Lytollis both got over 10,000', Barry winning the prize for the most interesting photo taken near Howtel. Was the answer "yes" we wondered ?
and who said wave bars are straight ?
