The heavens emptied themselves on Easterton on Friday and into Saturday morning, so it was flippers rather than flaps as well as a fairly inactive sky yesterday. A handful of power flights at least gave the Venture an outing. Today looked a bit better in patches, though strong winds were blowing the sky to bits most of the morning. And then showers and heavier rain blew in, so not much flying. Patrick sneaked in a flight to the ridge with Carl, but then they just landed ahead of a heavy shower, and Stuart and Alexander found another gap to launch in a bit later and had nearly an hour on the ridge in R1. Of course, the wind died a bit and the puffy stuff arrived just as we'd finished drying off the gliders and packing them away. Mike introduced his newly built glider-turning rig to the workshop and then demonstrated it on his 15, in for its annual. Great bit of kit that could make life a lot easier if you can't find a turning crew when you need it. And at least the hangar got a better re-pack, with all the toys out and then back in again in a different order.