This was a day that rewarded patience. For most of the morning and early afternoon, those of that bothered to rig scratched around under the grey clag before eventually falling out of the sky. When the cloud finally cleared around 2pm there were some ballistic climbs to be had under the wave influence. Yours truly tried to get into the wave proper but only managed a paltry 5,000' (well clear of Fairford zone I should add) while Geoff Dixon went off toward Usk and found the down of the wave. By 5pm the clag had been replaced by an almost perfect soaring sky with strong thermals to 4,000' - it was a real struggle to get down (well, that's what I told the Mrs).
Tim