I left the house this morning for a job interview, suited and booted. My wife had to stop and ask me what the bundle of casual clothes rolled up under my arm was all about :oops: caught red handed!
Well, you see... I had to drive from home, across via Sally Gap to Blessington in West Wicklow and of course take the same route home after the interview. Now in my book, it is a crime to travel past a good slope soaring site with out stopping to have a flight or two
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C'mon, it's true... isn't it :shock:
As for the change of clothes... You see, some time ago I was flying at Kilakee on my way back to the office from a customer site, dressed up nicely in my suit an tie when of all things my phone rang. I picked up the call to hear something like...
"J**sus, I was about to call you to tell you that there is some eejit flying a glider at Kilakee wearing a suit and tie with his trousers tucked into his socks and a dirty pair of brown work boots on... then I recognised you... YOU EEJIT!"
Anyway, back to today. I managed about 4 flights each about 30 minutes with no mishaps. Loops were big and turns were fast... I was really enjoying myself. Had the sky to myself, except that is for the Raptors. Two of them being very territorial with my Middle Phase. In fact, one of them came back after I landed to do some "Victory Dives" :shock: Big long dives, maybe about 100M each with the exact same cry during each dive. I guess he was just telling me which bit of sky was his :?:
Unfortunately moments after I landed on my last flight, as I was just about to walk back to the car, I witnessed a guy put a rock through a UK tourists window to make off with a handbag. In fact, I only caught the crime itself with no lead up and it looked pretty much like a cricket style bowl with a long run up which he followed straight in through the broken door glass. The whole incident took about 5 seconds. I walked back with the distraught tourists, called the Garda with a description e.t.c. but I guess it only proves that we must be careful what we leave visible in our cars. It is no consolation for the tourists, but the perpetrator left blood on the victims car which the Garda took for DNA testing. Maybe an expensive smash and grab for this perp! :clap: :clap: :clap:
I am sopoiled lately having got a good 90 minutes gliding in on Saturday afternoon too on the Greyastones side of Bray head. I love warm and windy days
Garry