An epic wave day in Scotland yesterday

Hello all.
Yesterday proved to be a very good wave day in Scotland. Lots of high altitude cross country flights made up to a maximum of 20'856ft. With 3 flights over 700Kms and a flight of 878Kms. One flight which ended up with the pilot flying 1252Kms which included flying from Scotland to Ireland then back to Scotland at an average speed of  nearly 80mph. Here is the trace of the flight yesterday.

John Williams flight in his Antares glider 2nd October 2018

Here is a screenshot of the BGA Daily Scores of yesterdays flights.

BGA Daily Scores for the 2nd October 2018

I just find it amazing that a glider can fly so far, so fast and so high in this country.
If you would like to watch gliders (fitted with Flarm) fly on a nearly live basis then you can watch them here 'Spot the glider' zoom out and you can see gliders flying all over the world. Click on the yellow flag and you will see live stats of the flight. Of course you need to wait for a reasonable gliding day.
To view what glider flights have been flown and where by whom then take a look at the 'BGA Daily Scores'.
I spent the day down at the Southdown Gliding Club last Friday helping Ian rig his Slingsby Kestrel.

Ian's Slingsby Kestrel

Ian jumped into his 40 year old glider and flew the ridge from Parham to Eastbourne then to Butser Hill and back to Parham (175Kms) in just a couple of hours. Ian has previously flown his Kestrel all the way up into Wales from Parham then into the midlands and back home for a 600Km flight. Not bad for an old boy in an old glider.

Ian crossing the River Severn into Wales

And here what happens when you are gliding and the lift gives up on you - you end up in a road. This was from last Friday when Ian went on a glider retrieve from Newtimber.

A Libelle and a LS6 landed in a field