Today was the first opportunity to get into the air again since Christmas. The weather forecast was for an absolute scorcher, so the options were either getting into the air early morning or evening. As it turns out, I did both.
It was a lovely calm cool morning, without hint of the extreme heat in store, and the field was deserted when I arrived. Despite not having flown for the best part of a month everything felt familiar, as the ever trusty Walrus buzzed off into the air as easily and reliably as ever.
With a large contingent of floodlights as well as a few trees it's not the cleanest of flying venues, however with good calm conditions to fly it was good enough. The Walrus had a bit of a run over the freeway adjoining the ground without attracting any unwonted attention, and again came close to being retrieved on landing. This time it was a friendly black Labrador who ran up to me after having briefly investigated the motionless Walrus and found it to be less intriguing than expected.
With the heat of the day abated, I headed off to the local field for an evening fly in the cool breeze. It was an exuberant flight to celebrate the end of a scorching day, with the Walrus' agility put through its paces in the turbulent conditions of the refreshing southerly...
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