Weekend

[ambow...@aol.com]

Well...........

 

Yesterday I could understand, a bit. Toddled up (ok,  gasped and wheezed up ) Bein Glas as the previously epic looking sky filled in almost completely and sat and waited as people popped off and slope landed;  and again; and again.

 

Finally Tim J clawed his way up a bit,  but not all of us could match this so gradually the Ben Lawyers centre  car  park filled back up with those thwarted of a 37 K  task  in favour of a near universal 2k  top to bottom (is that a Scottish Nationals record - for task setting, at least?)

 

I didn't go back up  north to Lochearnhead today,  based partly on RASP's  last night prediction of much spreadout again, so went to Broughton under a clear blue sky, as the sun beat down; and signally failed to produce much in the way of useable thermals or even thermic breeze. 

 

The front was coming agonizingly slowly from the west but even as the first clouds arrived they were dissipating.

 

Flew down at 3, leaving Tim J,  Dom and a visitor from Newcastle still waiting and sweltering.

 

How midsummer sun for hours on end can produce virtually hee-haw in the way of thermal uplift beats me. 

 

Answers on a virtual postcard please....

 

I suppose I do really want to hear about how everyone else had a much better site selection each day (said with gritted teeth)

 

Slightly sun burnt Alistair

[logan....@blueyonder.co.uk]

Same on the ochils blue sky plenty of sun, south/south westerly thermic breeze. But in the air it felt like spring conditions small bullets of thermals very short lived offering only extended ttb for all. Wind switched more westerly around 3pm making it pretty rough in the air at the front of the hill with rotor coming along the front of dumyat.

Nice float about though.

Logan

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Subject: [LLSC] Weekend

[Richard Vereker]

Not being able to make it out yesterday I also looked at the RASP and pondered where to to , as I had 'she who carries baby ' and ' he who carries ball' with me I decided a long drive up north might not on the cards so headed to Broughton , 

Lots and lots scratching along never really getting anywhere , made it across the bowl and back and plenty of sun but just nothing to get you in the air! eventually after hearing that 'he who carries ball' was getting a little hot just flew down to the bottom . When I landed I notice that my airbag had a large rip down it which was a little concerning as I had no heavy landings , but does anyone know how to repair an airbag or is it an Aerofix job? 

Cheers

R

[Mike Jardine]

More later.    But great day at Lawers. Bob m leads out with a banzai boonie bash into the Cairngorms beyond Glen Tilt, Stephen to Blair Athol, al Broon beyond Aberfeldy and me past Schiehallion.

All we missed was Graham Saunders in the Kareoke last night in Locheranhead. Mike

Sent on the move. 

Mike Jardine

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On 3 Jul 2011, at 20:50, ambow...@aol.com wrote:

[C Smith]

Day two of the SMPC round of the Scottish Nationals enjoyed some wonderful conditions & produced one of the best tasks in living memory.

We sweated our way back up to Bheinn Ghlas and set a simple open distance task (slightly wary of over-estimating conditions as per day one).

Conditions improved throughout the day with the threathen spreadout never materialising.

Provisional details are as follows:-

Bob Matthews last seen very high above Blair Atholl and thought to be heading towards Glenshee/Braemar (a brilliant effort especially as he was first off the hill and showed us all the sky was working).

Stephen Peglar got to Blair Atholl around 35kms

Mike Jardine & Johan Kritzinger made Schiehallion at 20km.

I got to Kenmore at 17km (after a very very low save on Meall Greigh.

Ian Kennedy went over the back to Glen Lyon via Locahain nan Cat 10km (ish)

Gordon Smyth & Graham Saunders made Lawers where they got pub suck.

So everyone got away from the hill, enjoyed some magic thermalling and racked up some reasonable XC miles.

The thermals were large and lively but not too scary.

Once we track down Bob we'll work out scores for the weekend and Tina will post further details.

Looks like Bob will take some beating now. 

Looking forward to the next round.

[Stephen Pegler]

Just to be clear Bob has been recovered and no doubt enjoying a well earned shower now after long treck out the boonies. Thanks to Mike J for mine and thus Bobs recovery much appreciated.
Cheers Stephen

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From: C Smith <clif...@sky.com>
Sent: 03 July 2011 21:57
To: ll...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [LLSC] Weekend

Day two of the SMPC round of the Scottish Nationals enjoyed some wonderful conditions & produced one of the best tasks in living memory.

We sweated our way back up to Bheinn Ghlas and set a simple open distance task (slightly wary of over-estimating conditions as per day one).

Conditions improved throughout the day with the threathen spreadout never materialising.

Provisional details are as follows:-

Bob Matthews last seen very high above Blair Atholl and thought to be heading towards Glenshee/Braemar (a brilliant effort especially as he was first off the hill and showed us all the sky was working).

Stephen Peglar got to Blair Atholl around 35kms

Mike Jardine & Johan Kritzinger made Schiehallion at 20km.

I got to Kenmore at 17km (after a very very low save on Meall Greigh.

Ian Kennedy went over the back to Glen Lyon via Locahain nan Cat 10km (ish)

Gordon Smyth & Graham Saunders made Lawers where they got pub suck.

So everyone got away from the hill, enjoyed some magic thermalling and racked up some reasonable XC miles.

The thermals were large and lively but not too scary.

Once we track down Bob we'll work out scores for the weekend and Tina will post further details.

Looks like Bob will take some beating now. 

Looking forward to the next round.

 

On 3 July 2011 20:50, <ambow...@aol.com> wrote:

Well...........

 

Yesterday I could understand, a bit. Toddled up (ok,  gasped and wheezed up ) Bein Glas as the previously e

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[David Thomson]

 

Mark Dick and I decided to start as high as possible with a launch beside the huge faces above Talla, but we must have been still below the inversion.    Only a few turns in a disorganized thermal then down for all of us.  Still only 1:30 so a quick run down to the Beeftub where the convergence clouds where already growing – and shading a lot of the Beeftub.  

 

When we did get sun it was same as before – a small climb to just above the top and not much else.   Fantastic clouds still evident as we sat out for a pint in Moffat – oh well !

 

Its summer !

 

David

 

 

[Brendan Reid]

good to see there was some good flying in the central highlands today
- should have gone there!

saturday I went to Arrochar / Ben Narnain with Jules and Roger and I
squeaked away before the shadows hoping to keep on the sunny / sea
breeze side of the cloud development that was forecast. This worked
for a couple of glides but then I got low and had to take a sea breeze
influenced climb which drifted me NE and inland and into the grips of
the shadows. 2 hour+ walk out from Glen Caorann to Inverarnan (top
of Loch Lomond).

sunday I went km chasing in englandshire. Entertaining to climb out
with 30 other gliders and we got to 1500m initially over Wether Fell
(Hawes, Yorkshire Dales) which Helen G later called the merry go round
as everyone circled not wanting to lead out. Eventually team ozone
(me, mike cav, john ellison and stevie e) went for it but it was a
dribbly kind of day and english km's were confirmed not to be as
goodas scottish ones. Our declared goal of 142 S of the Humber was
untouched. Radio barney entertaining as always but heard via that
route that alex c had a hard landing (frontal 20ft up) near
Knaresborough and i heard later he is sampling hospital food and has a
pelvis injury.

Phil C arrived at take off 2.5 hours after the rest of us had left
allegedly after a heavy night on the sauce at a festival. He then
scooped the lot of us flying to Whitby on the N York moors coast.
Swift hitching and a nice pint with the other pilots in Hawes before
the zoom N. They were talking up tomorrow as a record day as i left
... starting at Stag Fell (Hawes) and asking about how to negotiate
the Edin-Gla airspace. I was willing but unable to enlighten them.

Bren

[ambow...@aol.com]

Congratulations all.

Must convert Yvonne to camping, or get a campervan!

 

Alistair

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Sent: 04 July 2011 19:51
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Subject: Re: [LLSC] Weekend

 

Congratulations all.

[Dominic Porter]

Hear Hear! Get yourself a 4x4 VW Syncro like mine then you can sleep in it and take it to the remote take off sites... Pictures and info here, or stick "VW Syncro" in Youtube:

http://www.syncronauts.org.uk/

DOM

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[ian kennedy]

But get one with a gear leaver that is reinforced and does not come of in your hand !!!!!!! --- On Tue, 5/7/11, Dominic Porter <d...@dominicporter.co.uk> wrote:

[Dominic Porter]

Good idea... after the 3rd time it broke off I bought new one made of SOLID metal instead of the factory fitted aluminium tube... And I discovered that Reverse is engaged by pushing down first (not just pushing harder!) ;-)

DOM

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