| Flight details: | We could see some curtain cloud near the Long Man. Steve C was planning to stay local, but Luke and myself had declared Petersfield. Tammy the Golden Retriever was ready to fetch!
I'd rigged but was going to have a coffee and a fag before take-off. No time
for that, so I put my flask in my harness, forgot the fag and took off. As I
climbed Steve shot off along the cloud line. I glided forward with Matt on
my left. He was heading for the curtain cloud to the right, but you need to
stay inland of this. I had to slow down and jink left, getting waked from
his glider. He disappeared down into the rough stuff under the curtain, whereas I sailed up in the smooth lift in front of the cloud. As
the plan was to head for Petersfield I used the height to glide away towards
Swanborough. I couldn't see Luke anywhere.
Had a lovely, easy ride along the South Downs, with the wind behind me,
picking off (blue) thermals from the obvious ground sources. Met the cloud
each time I climbed.
I burned off some very strong lift to land at Petersfield. I could finally
drink my coffee, warming up in the sun before wandering up to the pub in
Stroud village, whilst poor Miles battled with the rush hour traffic to come
and get me! Much nicer travelling by air!
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