Thirteen pilots turned up on the West face today. Phillipe even cycled there from Portsmouth now that's what I call dedication. Pablo decided work could wait, the Twitter messages had worked their magic again and he appeared on the hill with his new pod harness. The wind started quite light and northerly but slowly came around and picked up. Two made it over to Oxenbourne but it wasn't working that well over there. Most people managed a couple of good flights. I think at one point we had five in the air. Eventually it picked up and Brian had the hill to himself, hang glider heaven. The wind eventually eased and lenticular sort of clouds started to appear out front. It was floppy time again. The North end of the ridge started to get really buoyant and the whole area seemed to lift. Jan Jason and Brian made the most of it getting good height but they couldn't get away. A bit of a mixed bag but great to be still having lovely sun and flying in October.
Peter
Lovely autumnal afternoon. Long time since I last flew the West Face but floppies were very kind and allowed me to scrabble around for a time with the sky to myself. Usable lift generated from stubble fields at north end enabled height gains of 1,200ft. A surprisingly pleasant 45min flight followed by an uneventful top landing - a first for Butser West?!
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