Westbury, Monday 31st August

 
Westbury, Monday 31st August
 
Left the hill once a few Cu's appeared after midday. Flight downwind to behind Bell (nr Dorchester) quick and uneventful, then turned around and started the trip back, but at Shaftesbury the overdevelopment appeared, meaning I had to fly westwards towards Gillingham/Wincanton just to stay airbourne. 2 sailplanes below me landed in the flat lands, I lucked out near A303, back to base (typ. 4300asl) and faced with spreadout cloud-flew to 5000ft for height advantage. Continued north, flying west of the ridge near Bruton, thought I could make it back but downed at Frome in the spreadout, 6 miles west of Westbury. A nice 4 hours soaring though........
 
Nev