This blog can be a double edged sword - I haven't managed to get any spare time to even try and go flying in the last month and reading about all of the good conditions we have been having has been a little painful.
I could take it no more and decided that work would have to be sacrificed for a day, and a great day it turned out to be. The forecast was a bit iffy suggesting murk until around 3pm. The sun was out here at home (Hamble) at around 9.30 so I headed off at 10. Driving through the A3 cutting it was pretty grey on the north side of the downs and there was even at one point some small water droplets on my windscreen.
On the hill it was smack on, at times it went a bit left but in the most part straight from the north. There were about 30000 aero modellers out, more than I have ever seen at Harting.
First spot of blue sky appeared at 12 and after a quick bite to eat I was off for a 3 hour excursion. By 1pm the sky looked great with plenty of climbs, some over 5 on the averager, plenty of traffic; models (lots), sailplanes and even a Chinook (thankfully he kept his distance).
Life is good again....................James Roy
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