Wolstonbury Hill Weds 9th July

Hi all, Some of our group went to Wolstonbury Hill yesterday namely , Marc B, Terry B, Mike S, Graham U and David W

The picture is from Slopehunter web site

These words are from David Wilson who kindly wrote up a short summary of the day-------------------

Walking down non-stop took exactly 30 mins. It took longer to go up and we stopped at the side of the NE-facing bowl where there was a 12 to 15 mph breeze up the southern shoulder which faced NW. However as soon as you launched you got into rotor from the hill shoulder in front and soon there were gliders scattered to left and right on the ground.

We then carried on to just past the peak on the north side and the wind was 28 to 35 mph. We tried over a small quarry, but again got rotor so we moved to a smooth slope to the right (east). There we struck gold and soon there were these specs in the sky, so small you could hardly work out which way to move the stick. I just stayed up for ½ an hour before I had to leave.

 

There are places to park a car or three at the top of the track above the stables, but you probably need a 4 x 4 and I don’t know how you get past the stables.

 In summary:- fantastic views, great sloping, but a heck of a trek.

 

David Wilson