Flight

I had been watching the forecast all week & was rather hoping for a bi-wingular day, but a dodgy back put paid to any HG'ing, so I rocked up to the Dyke early afternoon with the PG hoping that the wind would drop mid-afternoon as forecast so I could get my hand back in in preparation for the Easter Annecy trip

initially lots of HG's flying in a fair breeze, but around threeish the wind dropped & they were scratching before bombing out to the bottom landing field, so off I went

a bit choppy low down, but soon connected with a 6-up thermal (3-up to you metric types) that took me to 1,900' ato where it all smoothed out nicely.  great views over the Downs and the sea (note to self - don't leave the gopro in the car).  rather less great was the view of the ambulance in the bottom field - hope you're doing okay AndrewE

after a while a load of hangies went off again & any forward progress needed a bootful of bar, so (after briefly considering a downwind dash & deciding against) I fortuitously found a load of sink that took me down for a nice top landing in the paddock

a nice day out, my first outing to the South Downs for far too long, good to see some old faces & meet some new ones.  shame not to have the HG as it looked like an awesome day for it, but salvaged an enjoyable flight, had a play with my new GPS & my best PG height gain to date  :)