Briefing at 10am today, with a presentation for Rachel and Eddy on their 25th wedding anniversary. The weather started very wet but with the clearance expected midday and soarable if windy conditions to follow, the task was set as East Dereham, Fakenham. Operation Snoopy was also put forward.
So after lunch, we took the K21 and tug out to the launch point on the church runway, and with wind blowing 15-20knts started operations. Mick flew with Paul T, Paul Woodcock and Mike Bean. Mark completed EDE PIK undeclared and Pete Ryland launched in the DG for Crowland and Snoopy, (so someone took the challenge - and Percy had a nice flight to Brandon and back!).
The weather certainly looked impressive and reported climbs of 4-5knts with cloudbase around 5000ft. However the wind was very strong - up to 20knts at surface, 28knts at height.
We had visitors from Wattisham who brought along the RAFGSA's Duo Discus XL and did some cross country flying towards Wattisham and back.
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