Westbury 12 June

Wind NNW-NNE 7-14 MPH   The day was forecast to be very good, however it started with strato cumulus which was not forecast. That took a long time to clear and conditions slowly improved throughout the afternoon. By 2.30 it had really started to pick up.   Many were at Westbury including Wayne, Jamie, Grant, Nev and Steve Gale. Jamie and Grant enjoyed the early poorer conditions heading upwind towards Bath and returned to land just as conditions were getting good. I think they had to head home.   I persevered and was closing in on Trowbridge as things really seemed to get better. I pushed on and had a great view of the Avon and kennet canal directly benieth me as well as Bradford-on-Avon.   I decided to head towards Marlborough and jumped a few cloud streets to reach Olivers Castle and just West of Devises. Cloud base was steadily rising from 3800 at the start to 4700 at 4pm. By this time I was feeling tired so glided straight back to Westbury to record a nice 45 km triangle.   A lovely flight that included a 700ft p/min climb on the averager.   Tony