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Flying Diary
Devils Dyke
Saturday 17 September 2005 Flight 1
The Devils Dyke, my favourite flying spot when it's not over crowded, which sadly isn’t that often!
Almost smack on North with weak thermals passing through in cycles. After launch I crossed the bowl to make the most of the northerly ridge run to Truleigh. After crossing the bowl I was already below ridge height but was able to scratch around for some lift making a height gain of 160 feet. I then followed the ridge further west towards the pylons but did not cross them as I was not confident of staying up. I returned to the nearest bowl several times for a height top up before I somehow managed to mess things up and lost too much height. It was then a mad dash back to the bottom landing field where I moderately successfully landed (a bit of a run) my glider before being retrieved and taken back to the top for a second flight!
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