A great morning floating around up on Itford's North bowl

Yesterday morning John, Scotty, Robin and (new member) Gino made the climb up to the Northern bowl at Itford. The wind was very light but the slope was bathed in warm September sun light and it was a real pleasure just to be 'chillin' on the slope.
John brought along his new DLG which went very well. It has a fantastic colour scheme that makes it very visible to see in the air. Robin had his mini DLG as well as his Alula. Robin is getting loads of flying with his mini DLG and it was flying well for him.
Scotty had his vintage 'Cloud Rider' and his Ahi. Both Scotty and I enjoyed flying his vintage rudder / elevator glider but you really should wipe that dust off the wings Scotty!
I flew just one model, my big old Sapphire. Its' second outing since it's build and this flight was going to be in thermals rather than slope lift. The Sapphire really impressed me with its ability to float around on minimal lift. It may be slow to turn but boy can it float!
Here is a video showing the Sapphire doing what it does well.

As I mentioned above, we have a new member in Gino. Unfortunately, Gino has had rather light conditions on the two times he has joined us up on the slope. I don't think it will be long before he gets to enjoy a good blow and some cold fingers.