GTR 09 Day 1 and it is blowing a gale with 8/8 midcloud and little prospect of flying - tomorrow also looks grim. It gave me a chance to fix a sticky dump valve on the water ballast (landed with one full wing yesterday - fortunately the wind was howling on the ground, which helped to keep the glider under control.

This picture of EY has ZS-URR, a Nimbus2M in the background - I have more than 600hrs on her and many fond memories.

EY