Postscript to Tuesday 21st February. Rob Bailey provided the following photo of the wave that gave climbs to around 5-6,000' asl. Wednesday 22nd. A fresh W'ly blew all day, with gusts approaching 40 kts and although the wind shows signs of moderating over the course of the day, the conditions never became suitable enough to […] Read More...
Sunday 19th. A light to moderate SW'ly blew for most of the day, the wind backing into the S and decreasing to become light later. Wave was evident for most of the day, but those contacting found very strong winds at moderate height which made progression up wind very difficult. Two out of the 31 […] Read More...
Friday 17th. The hill soaring WSW'ly of Thursday had been replaced by a light to moderate S'ly, the sunny skies of early morning being progressively replaced as a weak front advanced across the UK. 4 ATs were flown before the lowering cloud base stopped launches, flying after that being undertaken by the Falke with 3 […] Read More...
Wednesday 15th. The light to moderate to moderate SSE'ly flow continued, as did the very poor horizontal visibility, in spite of the day starting off sunny, although cloud spread in later. The poor visibility was such as to prevent any flying. Thursday 16th. A depression had tracked to the north of Scotland, leaving the north of […] Read More...
Tuesday 14th. The prospect of a flying day drew a goodly number of members to Sutton although the portents were not good for those arriving at briefing, as broken low cloud whizzed overhead and the horizontal visibility was very poor. However, with the wind forecast to veer from its morning ESE'ly direction, it was hoped […] Read More...
Saturday 11th. The by now moderate NE'ly flow continued to bring in low cloud and frequent light showers which fell mainly as snow, so it was a non-flying day outside. The continued lack of flying led to a number of members taking advantage of the simulator. Sunday 12th. With little change in the synoptic situation, the NE'ly wind continued to […] Read More...
Tuesday 7th. An active Atlantic front crossed the site overnight before stalling just of the east coast of the UK as the blocking high pressure over Scandinavia exerted its influence. 16 mm of rain fell overnight with the post front remnants of low cloud ensuring a dull, cloudy and non-flying morning. The weather started to […] Read More...
News from New Zealand. Lindsay McLane is currently visiting his family in NZ and flying from the local gliding club, Piako GC near Matamata, the location of the New Zealand Club Class Nationals. Who should turn up but Andy Parish and Diane, Lindsay sending the following photo of them in front of their? psychedelic […] Read More...
Tuesday 31st. A slow moving front brought moderate to fresh SE'ly winds, low cloud and rain to the site, the rain falling for most of the day with flying far from anyone's mind. Wednesday 1st February. The SE'ly flow continued, this time at a light to moderate strength as another front made slow progress across the […] Read More...
