England 1: Tibenham 4. Sunday 27th June 2010

The winners on the day were those who turned up to Tibenham.

It did not start out that way. At 12:00 the low inversion was still holding strong, and forcing the gliders back to the ground.
On the ground it was sunny & hot, but at least there was a breeze from the SW. (6-16 Kts).

However, once the temperature got up that little bit higher the inversion broke down and started letting the thermals - and the gliders through.

Thermal heights to at least 5,500' locally with 5-6 Kt climbs. Yess! Up to over 6,000' near Martelsham, and over 7,000' near Bury St. Edmunds - at 17:45 BST.

It had been lovely and cool in the air too. Even after 18:00 the ground seemed hot and sticky after landing.

I missed the Lancaster flying over Old Buckenham, but I heard it call Lakenheath. I bet that someone who was still near Tibenham will have seen it though (own up if you did). The Lancaster never flew to Old Buckenham last year - even though the Spitfire & Hurricane did make it. The reason given by the announcer was that the rain (thundershowers developing that day) damages the propellers on the Lancaster (weird eh?). Not that that was a problem in WW II as they had a better production line for spares.

It even seems to be quite quiet on the bgaladder, for the kind of weather on Sunday - but for those of us who did not stay at home to watch England be defeated: "we wasn't robbed!"