A better day than I expected at the Mynd. The wind stayed on the ridge most of the day (in spite of the forecast to turn north in the afternoon),… Read article Sunday flying
Chris Harris, MGC President, and Nicky Harris, guests at the Long Mynd Soaring Club annual dinner last night, held at the Inn on the Green. Nigel Lassetter was also there, as… Read article Presidential perks
Yesterday low cloud stopped play and we spent the day reading manuals and polishing gliders, fixing things that didn’t work and generally fettling. In the evening we had a really… Read article The rain in Spain …
We have had unflyable days whilst the UK has had a heatwave. The weather in Spain is not particularly good for the week ahead but today we flew anyway. Once… Read article Jaca expedition update
Yesterday we thought that the next few days would be unflyable so we flew in what we expected to be poor conditions. As often happens on this expedition things turned out… Read article Jaca expedition update
The footings were dug today. Concrete will be poured next week and the frame of the building should be up by the end of the week. Since we couldn’t move… Read article New Building has started
