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I'm Not The Only One Who Gets It Wrong

It looked possible. Light SE winds possibly swinging SW, so it was worth the trip.

By one o'clock there was quite a crowd, Jeff, Kim, John (HG), Xen, Alex, Wayne, Anand, and myself. But it appears no matter how many turn up if it ain't going to happen, it ain't going to happen.

The wind was consistently from the Easterly quarter, although light, and the clouds slowly built up and came in from the West. Eventually overdeveloping, but the Sou-westerly never arrived.

Gradually pilots left to other commitments as it became more obvious that it wasn't to be, and the die-hards finally capitulated around three, leaving John the Hangie to linger.

The sea-breeze looked like it eventually arrived around five, so I hope John was still there to get a bit of soaring in.

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