A lovely Summer afternoon in South Wales with Steve, an Ascot and a Zulu

The long drive up to South Wales was deffinately worth it. Three and a half hours drive to Neath and drop off the family and my Mother-In- Laws and then up to the Bwlch to meet up with Steve Houghton (A470 Soaring fame).
Steve was already airborne with his Genesis wing flying the VR98 slope at the Bwlch with a gentle Northerly wind. I flew my foamy Zulu which went reasonably well between the spells of no wind and bugger all lift. Lobbed the Ascot out into what I hoped was a thermal drifting through and boom it was up and gone in a flash.

Myself and Steve continued to swop between models and enjoyed a good hour or so up on the VR98.

Then we packed up and drove to the slope above Rhigos to a place called Hirwaen Common. A classic looking slope with the Tower Colliery below us and the horizon filled with the Brecon Beacons. Just an amazing slope in my mind. The landing area was huge and lovely and smooth air for landing.

A huge thank you to Steve for the great company and local knowledge. Cheers Steve!