Matt Cook's Howidunnit for Day 3
Matt has emailed in his Howidunnit from Day 3
'Started fairly late - ran a nice line down the first leg getting good pulls and running around 2500. Didn’t get the climb needed to run off the end which left me skirting around Silverstone and then climbing in 2 knots from 900 feet from Buckingham. 2000 feet there - pushed low round BLY, finally hooked 4 knots to 3200 which was basically base.
Fair run into a climb just short of OUN - back to base and round - then went south to contact good runs and reasonable climbs up until Risington area - where I took a weaker climb to base as a long glide looked on into deteriorating conditions - crossing the gap I hooked into some shear wave from the approaching front - climbed at a steady 3 knots to 5200 on the QNH which after penetrating cloud saw me arrive around 15k from CME at 1700' feet - 1.5 knots to 2500 in the Severn affected air meant I could glide into sector and hookup with the low Severn air convergence line which was running off toward Nyms - waffled along this until I was 45 degrees off track and 128 feet over glide on 2 knot MC - thus reducing the headwind component and crept in at 80 knots.
Didn't see anybody else the whole flight - just some we passed over when leaving the wave!'
For this Matt was presented with bottled beer from Stroud Brewery, a glider battery from J.E. Clarke Motor Factors, a meal for two at The Butchers Arms, Oakridge and a HUGE keg of beer from England's Strongest man. Many thanks to our prize sponsors.
