A beautiful clear morning with blue skies spoiled only by a strong cold NW wind developed into a cracking day for those who braved the chill. It was generally difficult to get away from a low launch and we were having to turn very tightly and keep an eye on our wind drift. Thermals were bumpy and narrow low down and wave appeared to be having the usual negative influence to the West of AD. Early flights were achieving 3000ft but it was difficult to push into wind. After falling down from a 1200ft launch Graham Best and I tried again, and with Graham at the controls for the second half of the climb, we peaked at 5100 ft AGL over Kemble.

Update by Mike W. Another good day but not too many members around, a number of private owners launched and Jon Huband took the Ventus over to the Black Mountains, with the Ventus logging almost 9 hours airtime over the weekend. Club members who managed to get into the lift enjoyed some spectacular views, Paul Mather after enjoying a 7.8 kt average climb to over 4000' flew over the Severn for "his best flight so far".