Sometimes it's just not your day!

[@chezzap4717]

Its always harder when your on your own!! Those other 3 gliders worked well together.

[@TimPentreath]

100%. Add to which those three are three of the top UK pilots!

[@wildflyingbc]

Looks like you were flying along with a sink street! The group of 3 gliders on your right seemed to have consistently better lift! I just recently read Dennis Pagans book, “understanding the sky”, and he had a really good section on cloud streets and sink streets etc. definitely hurts when you land on a day that looks like that though! Thanks for another great video, always a pleasure watching Tim!

[@TimPentreath]

Interesting, I think I’ve got a copy of that book from years ago - time to dig it out! Thanks!

[@jameslloyd7965]

I grew up in Woolstone at the base of Uffington white horse. Thanks for sharing such a fantastic view of it. One day I wish to fly over it and say hi to Dad scattered there in 2022.

[@TimPentreath]

Let's try and do that this year!

[@tonysherrington3137]

Thanks Tim for this video it relieved a bit of winter blues from not flying for weeks, up north is not good at the minute bloody freezing

[@TimPentreath]

@@tonysherrington3137 glad you enjoyed it Tony… it’s been freezing down south too, though maybe a degree or two warmer, and less snow… roll on spring!

[@glidezilla]

Thanks, Tim for your time and effort in doing this video, much appreciated on this Winter night.

[@TimPentreath]

@@glidezilla thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@Robbo1966]

Great video, was also hoping for that last low save. Its just the way it goes some times. Thanks Tim. Still a good flight from Milk

[@TimPentreath]

@@Robbo1966 Cheers Robbo, yeah sometimes that’s just the way the cookie crumbles - it’s not the first time it’s happened to me and for sure won’t be the last time!

[@Riskman99]

Pete Townsend's house. Leased from the National Trust.

[@TimPentreath]

@@Riskman99 wow, lucky Pete!

[@Itsallgoodtogo]

You were flying. That's a good day in my book. I've got one of those videos ... 30 minute flight. Inversion simply didn't let us out. But I still had fun.

[@TimPentreath]

@@Itsallgoodtogo cheers Jerry, yep, even a short flight is still a privilege and beats a day in the office any day!

[@triggerfish999]

Lovely video on a perfect English summer day (except for the lack of lift for you).

[@TimPentreath]

Thanks Roger, glad you enjoyed it!

[@SeanH-fn7vv]

Maybe the 4 brown paddocks in front of you at 12.08. If you look earlier they are in full sun and shade crosses them when you arrive. I find the shade line can also trigger lift. But it's always a guessing game

[@TimPentreath]

Yeah, good call, that could have been a better option. Sadly we’ll never know 😂

[@FlyRusty]

40k and the bonus of seeing Auntie🤪

[@TimPentreath]

@@FlyRusty yep, a good day out 👍🏻

[@dronemotioncom]

Very nice, good to see you in the air Tim! How's that ULS? I still fly the OXA3. Cheers

[@TimPentreath]

It's beautiful... I would say the OXA4 was only a slight improvement on the 3, but the ULS, is all round a really sweet glider - fantastic performance and beautiful handling. Maybe slightly higher pilot demand than the 3 and 4, but worth it.

[@rodragsdale1702]

Perhaps flying through clouds reduces your potential as the clouds got your number and feel that you are lacking the appropriate respect! Thanks for sharing Tim. Enjoyed watching and knowing that even the sky gods get stumped on occasion. As for advice..., nothing comes to mind except try again another day.

[@TimPentreath]

@@rodragsdale1702 haha, cheers Rod, glad you enjoyed it

[@robertmout7240]

Thank you for sharing. I loved the ‘vive la révolution’ comment, but possibly that caused some karma effect. The brown fields to your left between 10:00 and 13:00 may have saved you. We will never know…

[@TimPentreath]

@@robertmout7240 haha, good point 😂 And yes, those four brown fields might have worked, I just felt there were more sources and triggers along my line, but maybe not…! Four days later I failed to get away in a decent climb from the same hill, but five days after that I flew 164kms from a nearby hill, so order was restored!

[@Jumpymountain]

I remeber Mike cav saying who is Tim pentreath 💐

[@TimPentreath]

@@Jumpymountain who’s Mike Cav? 😂

[@TimPentreath]

@@Jumpymountain (only joking!)

[@Jumpymountain]

@@TimPentreath 🤣🤣🤣