Day 8

Interesting start time decisions yesterday. Forecast storms from 1630 so early start to be conservative with a short AAT task [2.30] I was struggling to get height to start with the gaggle as most left. As it happens we all had waited a little as we thought the storms would be later and conditions were soft. David started with the Poms and called they were coming back for a re-start just as I got up to start. The Poles had also come back and Germans were hanging around so I was in good company. Started after the Polish trio but soon got well above them, later in the flight after doing more km I nearly caught them again and beat them on speed (one of their worst days). Pom restart worked and Mike Young now in the lead- just!. The winner of 18m did a 1530 start and was lucky not to be caught by the storm.
Our Open and 15m teams generally had a fairly steady day, Lisa doing well in the placings.Michael Sommer starting to creep up.
600km fixed tasks today.