All arrived on Saturday safely, though Derek found the Fettercairn route a bit too much with a trailer and arrived at 2200hrs cursing his Satnav. The Accommodation is excellent as last year and all have nice rooms

The gliders were rigged and fettled the following day, though no flying was possible due to the 50ft cloud base. However, today (Monday) we were treated to a wonderful view of wave with southwesterly winds forecast up to 30kts. Derek and myself launched first in the K21 and contacted wave at 1500ft, pulling off at 2000ft in about 2-3knots. We called the DG1000 up with Dave Paffett and Dave Bowtell at the controls. They climbed to 12000ft while we struggled with a 55kt head wind trying to get into wind at 7000ft. My bladder demanded a landing after about an hour so we returned with a lively circuit followed by an excellent landing and ground run by Derek. Mike Dawson took off in the K21 with myself with changing conditions. As we climbed out calls were being made for gliders above cloud to descend. The base quickly came down to 2500ft as the wave collapsed and a mass landing started. All the landing were exciting but everyone managed to put it on the runway and keep it there. The you could smell the adrenaline. Launching was suspended and rain has resumed, but a start has been made. Mike Brooks of Lasham who is up here privately in his LS6 made 18500ft and asked for the wave box to be opened which of course caused the collapse of the wave so he will be wearing the yellow jersey and buying the beers tonight.

John Simmonds