Westbury - 14th July 2011

 
Westbury 14th July 2011
 
Conditions just about as good as it gets - 10Mph Northerly, very unstable, nice big fluffy Cu's every 5 miles.
Took off at around 12, up to 4500ft in around 10-15 minutes, then down to behind Bell hill where I had a TP. Struggled a bit to get to TP (why are they always in a blue hole - odds on I guesss!) so flew a few miles away to PG's going XC, got up, refused to share cloud with fellow PG (two is one too many) and embarked on long trip back home in the 10-ish Mph headwind. Conditions steadily improved, with some incredible lift but also corresponding rapid sink in between clouds. Nice to be in shorts at 5500ft and not feel cold, felt like Florida! Flew back into Westbury at around 3:15 feeling very happy with the day. Trace below.
 
Loads of HG's out (incl Tim, Brian), quite a few went XC, but the large gaps made it difficult for some. PG's seem to be scaring themselves - it was very unstable.
 
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