Introduction

Finally, the club managed to find a suitable site to hold our very belated WMSA 50th Anniversary event. AMARC 2002 has kindly allowed us to use their flying site which is located at Western in Gordano.

Weather permitting proceedings will commence sometime after 10.00 on the morning of Sunday 18th September.

The Gordano site is located between Portishead and Clevedon. Directions to get to the site are as follows:

Arriving from the North

Leave the M5 at junction 19 and take the A369 to Portishead. At the Sheepway roundabout bear left. Continue to the next roundabout and bear left again, past the new school. Go over a mini roundabout and proceed on the B3214 to Weston in Gordano and Clevedon. At Weston in Gordano village, look out for a building on the left, obstructing into the road and coloured cream. Cadbury Lane is here. Turn left into the lane and Weston Drove is 500 metres further down. OBSERVE THE 10mph SPEED LIMIT. Continue right to the bottom of the drove, AMARC entrance is on the left.

Arriving from the South

Leave the M5 at junction 20 (Clevedon) and at the roundabout over the motorway, take the left turn onto Ettlingen Way. At the next roundabout, take the third exit, which is the Northern Way. At the next roundabout (mini), take the first exit going West on the Tickenham Road. At the next roundabout (mini), take the second exit that leads onto the B3124, Walton Road to Portishead. Continue along this road until you get to Weston in Gordano. Shortly along the road in the village you will travel though a ‘pinch point’ where no simultaneous two way traffic is possible. After passing through this section, look out for the cream coloured cottage on the right. The position of the cottage obscures Cadbury Lane, which you must turn right into. Weston Drove is 500 metres further down. OBSERVE THE 10mph SPEED LIMIT. Continue right to the bottom of the drove, AMARC entrance is on the left.

Activities

The plan is to have flying throughout the day. All types of powered aircraft (providing they are not too noisy) plus bungee launch and DLG gliders can be flown. Currently, there are no plans to do any aero towing or winch launching!

It would be good to see as many current and past members of the WMSA on the day and of course AMARC members are very welcome to join in. Food and drink will be provided free of charge although I suggest that any vegetarians should bring their own provisions. It would be good to see a few wives and girlfriends as well although as far as we are aware toilet facilities will be somewhat basic and maybe not very female friendly!

If you are not a member of AMARC. please do not fly before you have been made fully aware of Club rules.

If you plan to join us on the day, please send Peter Evans an email ASAP to let him know approximate numbers for catering purposes.

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