Joe and I heard about a midweek gliding camp taking place at Nelson Lakes Gliding Club and decided to go there as well and see what it has to offer. Here are our two gliders RY and ZH, ready for action
It’s busy here at the moment
A G103 getting ready for a winch launch
And there it goes
The winch, some 1 km further west
After having done a short check flight I did my first winch in RY and start exploring the area, here we see Mt Robert
This is the Nelson Lakes airstrip seen from above
Nelson Lakes’ LS4 CX, a little bit of Lake Rotoroa just underneath it
Mt Robert with the Relax Shelter
It took a while but eventually I managed to fly further up the Robert Ridge and made it to Lake Angelus
With the Angelus Hut, which I have yet to visit
West Bay and Kerr Bay (closest) of Lake Rotoiti
Lake Rotoiti
Lake Rotoroa
Once again West Bay and Kerr Bay
At the very end of the lake is Coldwater Hut, which I visited before
Robert Ridge again
Lots of small lakes
Flying south along the St Arnaud Range
And north again, Lake Rotoroa on the left
After flying Joe and I have some dinner at the ‘clubhouse’ (can’t think of a better description) on the airfield
The end of yet another great day of gliding