"Waving" goodbye to 2017
It's been a while since I posted - something to be expected I suppose - since it's the back end of the year and this is a blog that's mainly about gliding and soaring. It seems that Golf Oscar Delta (GOD) had decreed September 2nd to be the end of summer because the weather hasn't been up to a great deal since (on weekends, anyway). The prevailing southwesterlies have been anything but, and there has been much rain. We have a year-round operation however, so there has been some flying - just nothing really notable, the odd 20-30 minute flight to maintain currency, maybe something a little bit longer on a half decent ridge day. I did get to enjoy couple of hours of hill-soaring cross country with an experienced pilot, which was an eye opener - making it all the way out to Guisborough SW and back at around 1000'. I've been waiting for some of the famous North Yorkshire wave though; although it only ever seems to show itself midweek - but finally, the