Saturday: Hazy sun but those that turned out enjoyed extended flights, with dutyman Tim and John Turk claiming the longest at 22mins....

Despite a promising forecast Saturday dawned drab and overcast. But thanks to Chris and others setting up early we were ready to launch...

Northerly wind with just a hint of east and lots of it promised a classic ridge day. However, try as we might (27 attempts) we weren’t...

Just a few of us there to see what flying we could get in before (and around) the promised showers. Started flying at 10:00 and retired...

An interesting day with varying degrees of lift. The wind started off as a moderate WNW which meant that only flights of about 8-10 mins...

Need a summer banner picture: so please email in your best offering to me Pete. Needs to be wide and short like the one above. Prize is...

A hardy few turned out today and had an enjoyable few hours in the great outdoors. Just an up-and-down kind of a day. Only a few...

Clear blue shy and sun when I left Newbury – complete cloud cover by the time I got to Rivar. Could base started to lift and occasional...

Everything went well and it now awaits conditions to improve so that it can spend as much time as possible flying. Having had a go in it...

After a late start caused by low cloud that steadfastly refused to clear we made up for it with a busy afternoon. The major event of...

Another good January day with in excess of 35 flights. Some thermal activity ensured that a few had extended soaring flights of around 16...

A day for brass monkeys to stay indoors but our members are more hardy (especially those snugly wrapped up in their Ozee suits). ...

Well what can I say? For me there has only been a handful of occasions over the years that our ridge has worked so consistantly so low...

At last a flyable Wednesday and the sunny day ensured a good turnout. Getting started proved a bit of a trial with the launch lights...

After a non-flying Saturday we were able to play. An up and down day with only one flight over 10 minutes. That was a massive (?) 12...

Ok the flight times were not as impressive as yesterday but all those present certainly enjoyed the flights they had. Jim was suffering...

..and those who know me will know that I will say it again… …you should have been there. I wasn’t clever enough to take pictures, but if...

Not wishing to waste a good ridge day, the four of us present set up the airfield and towed JMX and EGF down to the launch point. After...

Just in case anyone hasn’t guessed we won’t be flying today. All reports indicate falling snow across the area with low cloud. Our...

Well from now on sunset starts getting later, even though dawn doesn’t start getting earlier until the new year. The day started with the...