Day Win

On day one everyone got back so the task setter clearly thought the task was too short for the good conditions (it was) and felt he had to make up for it. Day 2 task then 439km for the club class. Long way to the north west then back and even longer way to the north east. Took off at 11:15, started at 12:45 and landed back after 6 so it was a long day and we're all knackered. More of the same today..

The leg to the west was awsome, good reliable cumuls and 6-7 knots climbs up to 6500 feet. Then crossing the river on the long leg to the east the clouds disappear and now almost the whole class were together. Liz and I together with the French pilot were at the top of the stack and pushed very hard, concious that the day is running out.

We turned the north east turn point after 4pm with still 145 km to go in the blue with climbs 3.5 knots at best, but still going up to 6000 feet. We egged each other on and as soon as the climb dropped below 3kts we moved on.

This seems to work very well and we managed to lose the hunting pack, now four of us at the front and Rose, who left earlier and always fly on our own also doing very well a little ahead.

Last 60km were under a sheet of Cirrus cloud that stopped the sun heating and climbs now down to 1.8kts. Managed to get a climb on the edge of the cirrus and then one more 30 km out to put us on marginal glide home. The last part into the control point is over a large lake and flying over it at 1200 feet with still 10km to go was character building material. But the last 10km were good and we got in comfortably.

Day win for me and first overall, Liz in 5th and second overall. A grand day out!