Forecast looked promising for Big Collin for the afternoon, with light wind in the morning. I headed out at lunchtime, having arranged to meet Paul Cunningham to finish off his CP Novice qualification.
Tom C, Steven G, John Q and Martin B were already on the hill but flying was confined to a few beats and a slope landing. Gradually the wind picked up and soon everybody was flying. Martin and I chased each other trying to work small thermals coming through until I hit more sink than lift and slope landed.
Later, when Paul had successfully completed all for his CPN rating, I went up for another soaring flight. The wind by then had increased to 16-18mph. Top landing was tricky as the lift continued well back. Brian on an eventual top to bottom after soaring for a while, had the same problem as Tom - lift all along the bottom lane meaning it took ages to get down from less than 100ft.
Dermot L had arrived and climbed the hill but he and I eventually packed up and carried our wings down from the top as the wind had increased to over 21mph.
The photo shows Steven (I think) just getting airborne to chase the airliner and John ground handling.
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