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Boxing Day

Light airs and sea-breezes was the forecast.

We managed to get to the car park early, around 11, no-one else in sight (not a good omen?).

Waited and watched the clouds and wind swing from SW to SE then back to SW, so I walked to launch to find pretty light winds with the occasional thermal coming through.

Unfortunately not enough to stay up so my first flight was short and sweet, about three passes along the ridge before top landing.

I waited a while hoping things would improve but the sea-breeze would be the only wind to make it flyable as the thermals were weak. So I launched into a mild sea-breeze, had a 1/2 hour of Yehaa and Whoa type ridge soaring before top landing again.

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