Rain in the morning didn't seem encouraging but as it cleared - although a few showers were still hanging about - I got a message from Phil Barron that it looked flyable at Shane's Hill.
When I arrived at the layby at the bottom, one of Phil's students, Sean was losing height and landed beside me. His other student John, made a slope landing a little bit down from takeoff. I lent Sean a stuffsack and took him up to the top access gate (which incidentally no longer has a padlock). Just then, Phil and John were spotted making their way back down to the car, having decided that the wind was now too light for any useful soaring.
Another of Phil's students, Colin, arrived and we spent a while in idle banter and swapping flying stories before heading to The Misty Burn restaurant for some soup, coffee etc and more chat.
Since John lives in Belfast and relies on public transport, I gave him a lift to Mossley West train station on my way home. By then the wind seemed to have veered more southerly but it was too late in the evening to consider flying at Big Collin.
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