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A quiet easterly bowl on the Downs, friendly CP soaring when the wind sits in the north-east.

Facts from the Southern Hang Gliding Club guide · pilots are adding the local read

Before you goPark in the gated club car park and shut the gate behind you; thieves have worked the public car park, so leave nothing on show.

Today at the launch8 Sept

Working window

N–E

WindW 11mphCrosswind

Gust1.8×Rowdy

Climb0-1m/sLight

Cloud base1,900ftLow

Context only, never a go-call

6 facts checked against the Southern Hang Gliding Club guide

The read

Comes alive on a NNE through ENE. A long ridge feeds a big north-east bowl, though the bowl can read lighter than it really is.

Is it my level

CP rated, an honest ridge-soaring bowl with room to learn the Downs.

Launch

Launch along the north-east ridge into the bowl.

Landing

Top land on the ridge above the bowl.

Getting there

Gated club car park; the Barley Mow at Selmeston is the local. Postcode BN26 6UW.

The catch

In a NNE the quarry behind throws rotor and a venturi that flatters the wind. Rabbit burrows underfoot, and shooting in the quarry woods in season.

Who do I ask

Southern Hang Gliding Club steward this site. The takeoff and landing photos, the full rules and who to ring live in their guide.

Crew chatLive3 messages

Tom R.

Proper thermic today, climbs to 4 up off the spine. Couple of us still up.

Jonny P.

Bit cross and gusty this afternoon, worth waiting for it to back off after 3.

Dave K.

Bottom field's clear, gate code's the usual. Cows in the top field, land short.

If it's not flying here

Local knowledge

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