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Photos 19th February 2012

An unexpectedly early soaring day. It was only about 5C on the ground, and it was about -10C up at cloudbase which got as high as 4500 feet above Lasham. I also took a couple of cloudclimbs, topping out at 5100 feet above Lasham / 5700 feet QNH in the Newbury area. I'm glad I took the camera with me. So nice to get soaring again. Although 3 hours in the freezer took its toll with the frozen feet, especially once bigger clouds arrived cutting the sun down.

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Above cloudbase between Newbury and Aldermaston.					Newbury Race Course seen through a gap in the cloud.

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Looking back towards Lasham.	More above cloudbase shots.

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One more above cloudbase shot.	Looking South from between Kingsclere and Basingstoke. Visibility was over 50km!	Thicker cloud coming in from the Northwest on the brisk 35kt flying wind.	Looking East from under the big cloud.