We got the gliders down to runway 12 and it then turned into this ..

so we decided to “stow all loose items” ...

and seek refuge in the caravan ...

and think evil thoughts about those who brought coffee in ...

The rain started sprinkling ...

and then the rain started raining ..

and then the rain started pouring ..

and the boys kept sitting ...

until it was all over.

Bryan Carpenter came out and ceremonially draped runway 12 in a few large white crosses, closing it down for operations.

We broke camp and moved up to 24 where the sky was obviously so much better ...

but the ground was just as boggy, as JC found out in the van – Lindsay to the rescue...

and as we found out with QA – Lindsay to the rescue, for an hour  ...

We managed to eventually start flying at lunch time

JC spent most of his time towing gliders back on retrieves. Tony also kept his feet on the ground the whole day.

I ended up doing the only instructional flight of the day, joining David Hawes for the longest flight of the day – 44 minutes of instrument-covered Blanik soaring.

We squeezed in 8 flights between 11:56 and 15:05, for 2 hours 24minutes of up-in-the-air time.