Weekend flying 13/14th February

Greetings fellow slopies. Well this weekends weather forecast isn't looking the best, and as Saturday is looking likely to be very wet, (but I don't care because I'm going to the Wales v Scotland rugby game).

But Sunday looks like being mostly dry, but there could be a few snow flurries coming in from the NE on the 15 - 20 mph forecast wind. This means flying one of our favourite slopes, Fochriw.

The good thing about Fochriw is that it is a "park & fly" slope, so we park the cars about 40 meters from the ridge. So when we have cold or showery conditions, we can take easy refuge in the car to keep warm and dry. The flying is usually awesome as well!

At this time of year, I tend only to fly the foamies, because assembling glass models can be a bit of a pain with cold fingers, and I really can't be bothered going to that trouble when the -5°C wind is biting and I'm only staying for an hour or so.

So if you have nothing better to do on Valentines day, (yes, it is Valentines day on Sunday, so I hope you chaps have remembered the flowers, chocs and a card), then I hope to see you on Fochriw.

Until then

Happy flying
Steve