BROUGHTON 31/5/14
After a bit of banter on the group we settled on going round to Broughton. A meet up at the usual place in Innerleithen saw Dudley, Rob and myself heading round to the site.
After a bit of banter on the group we settled on going round to Broughton. A meet up at the usual place in Innerleithen saw Dudley, Rob and myself heading round to the site.
A bank holiday weekend, at least in Englandshire, so guaranteed not to be flyable since the weekend forecast was for a mixture of rain and sun with the Monday forecast suggesting over-development with thundery showers. Still, a plan was hatched to meet at Witchie around 5.30 in the hope that the southerly winds would drop as the heat of the day subsided.
Another chance of some evening soaring at Dungavel looked on the cards. Wind strong during the day but forecast to drop. and it did :-)
The forecast was for a Strong westerly wind during the day but dropping early evening and for once the forecast was correct.
My plan was to get to the hill about 19:30 and catch things as they dropped off. I made it to the bottom for 19:20 and there were three gliders in the air with three more on the hill.
After a busy week it looked like there might be a chance of a sneaky wee fly at bridgend after work.