Dunstable - 8th April 2007

Arriving at the downs around 9.15 the conditions looked promising. But instead of flying I was here for a walk with Ravi (the glider was in the car for a chance of a short flight on our return) and so we set off across behind the downs for a half-day walk. It was a lovely walk through farmland and small villages and on the return leg we could see Richard on his Atos high above and occasionally a paraglider. Where we were a few miles away the conditions felt rather strong and on returning to the car park I could see that only one person was flying and most pilots were sitting out the strong conditions.

Being a bank holiday the crowds were out in force and while it looked like conditions were mellowing, they still seemed fairly strong and I also didn't fancy taking off in front of so many people - besides which even the experienced pilots were clipping the fence on takeoff! So feeling well satisfied with the flying two days before we headed for home.