Good flying at Dungiven W. Then the rain came on and cloudbase dropped to the base of the hill. By this time nearly everyone had gone home but Colin D, Deri and I decided to wait to see if it cleared.
We headed to Dungiven and found the coffee shop closed but Dungiven Castle came to the rescue with large cups of the warm brown liquid as we listened to an instalment of Deri's life story, with frequent hopeful glances out the window.
Colin had a look outside after a while and pronounced the hill clear.
We drove back up to find the rain had gone and a high cloudbase. It was now 7pm. The three of us had a ball - soaring the entire ridge to heights over 850ft above takeoff in smooth air. I suspect there was wave lift in front of Benbradagh as heading out encountered very smooth air and steady moderate lift. This notion was further reinforced on finding that there was a bit of turbulence at the takeoff and top landing areas - perhaps the tail end of some wave rotor. Deri wisely decided to land at the bottom. We eventually packed up and left for home around 9pm having had probably the best of the flying. Just goes to show that having a bit of patience can sometimes pay off.
