Sundhope Heights Ridge Soaring 6th October 2018
A small party of Wingbeat club newbies comprising Ruth, Angus and Graham arrived at Sundhope just after 12:00 on a clear, bright and warm day.
A small party of Wingbeat club newbies comprising Ruth, Angus and Graham arrived at Sundhope just after 12:00 on a clear, bright and warm day.
Arrived late because of work stuff, so I assumed the day was over. Lots of cars, no people (Dave H, Sean, Fred, Alex et. al.). The sky looked great, so I assumed everyone had buggered of XC. The wind was very light northerly so I walked up the Hill a bit to try and find a decent face and when I crossed over to rough knowe I saw all the gliders on the ground.
I am sure all paraglider pilots spend their life with one eye on the weather and one on everything else and Wingbeat members are no different. Early messaging on Saturday suggested that Tommy intended to go to Witchie Knowe and I have to admit I secretly questioned why since Witchie is a SW to SE site and the forecast was definitely for westerlies!!