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Departed St Marys at just gone 9am, realised immediately that the GPS logger was still in my bag; doh! Stopped to refuel and Land's End and duly switched it on.
Took off from Land's End and made a straight line track across Cornwall, Dartmoor and East Devon towards Compton Abbas in Wiltshire where food and drink were consumed. Then headed north to avoid the Salisbury Plain soldier playground and scuttled up a corridor of airspace towards Milton Keynes. Naturally there were flippin' gliders everywhere who are a monumental pain in the ass as they find a bit of lift in a narrow corridor of airspace and colonise it, going up and down and round in circles with absolutely no consideration for anyone else. At least some amusement was gained from the sight of a glider in the middle of a crop field who got it wrong and didn't make it back to base.
A quick cuppa at Sywell and we got a transit straight through the refreshingly glider-free East Midlands zone, then direct back up to Leeds to finish the day with a splendid landing despite the 30kt crosswind gust.
Departed St Marys at just gone 9am, realised immediately that the GPS logger was still in my bag; doh! Stopped to refuel and Land's End and duly switched it on.
Took off from Land's End and made a straight line track across Cornwall, Dartmoor and East Devon towards Compton Abbas in Wiltshire where food and drink were consumed. Then headed north to avoid the Salisbury Plain soldier playground and scuttled up a corridor of airspace towards Milton Keynes. Naturally there were flippin' gliders everywhere who are a monumental pain in the ass as they find a bit of lift in a narrow corridor of airspace and colonise it, going up and down and round in circles with absolutely no consideration for anyone else. At least some amusement was gained from the sight of a glider in the middle of a crop field who got it wrong and didn't make it back to base.
A quick cuppa at Sywell and we got a transit straight through the refreshingly glider-free East Midlands zone, then direct back up to Leeds to finish the day with a splendid landing despite the 30kt crosswind gust.
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