Good thermals but with climbs going to only just above the peaks limited the early action as we flew across to join a large horde taking off on the se spur of Meall a Mhuridh.
weak looking clouds during the walk up ben toaig
bob g setting up
Eventually we headed down the coe with Al Brown but failed to follow him on a better line to the cloud forming to Meall a Chrulaiste (?) next to the Kingshouse so bob and i bombed near the Devils Elbow path while chris' typically bold move down the n side didnt work either.
From there we walked up and took off again with bob getting a fine climb out from just above my head to a freshly forming cloud street and proceeded to do the out and return along the aonach egach while i bombed again (it was that kind of day) and then walked up in a sweaty rush.
Eventually i laid my wing out at the level where bob had climbed out to see paul m (northumberland) climbing out at the same level as me only to find true dispair as my seemingly nice grassy take off had lots of tiny dry bracken sticks only 5cm long which tangled so badly in my lines that i was unable to take off!
I had to walk down - flying along the aonach eagach remains an unfulfilled ambition!
looking e to meall a chrulaiste and the kingshouse and the street forming due to e winds and strong sun on s faces - the street was even better the other direction along the aonach egach. this grass patch proved impossible to take off from...
