| Flight details: | Arrived on the hill and tried to avoid too many pre-flight natters (although I did stop to give Andrew a quick squeeze and to admire Grita's fabulous orange down jacket - must try and half inch it at some point. ..) before launching into a bumpy sky. A couple of climbs over the the back brought me back almost at slope height when I tried to push forward again, but eventually found something that drifted me across to the A23 with reasonable height. By this point it was quite strong from the NW, so I had to make a decision, plump for a down wind dash and land at the coast (or possibly at sea) or try and push north. I decided on the latter and was rewarded when I saw an EasyJet -esque Enzo join me in a climb. Great! Now I had a shit-hot pilot to follow - how could I fail?! It appears observation isn't my strong point, as soon after we were joined by Andrew. Not that I saw him though, Middle Watts asked me when we were on the ground who it had been, at which point I looked blank and said "what other pilot?". A climb later and I had carried on pushing north with Mark, whilst Andrew headed down-wind. A smart move as we came down somewhere between Ringmer and Laughton, whereas Andrew added another 10 k and got to Beachy Head. Thanks to Hugh for the "above and beyond" retrieve down dusty farm tracks and past "Private Land - Keep Out" signs. Much appreciated. |
