BRL - it's great - I'll be on the gliding field tomorrow (although Wx looks pretty rancid for the day). Great excitement - I could easily say I preferred it to powered flying, but they're really 2 separate things.
Yes, there's a lot of ground handling and waiting associated with gliding, also the cold, but on a good day, it's
almost better than s*x!! (what I can remember of it, as I'm married!!)
Thermalling is a skill that takes years of practice to perfect - I haven't got there yet.
Unfortunately, HRH won't let me out alone in her lighter than air machines (migraines!
), so I'll have to go private if I wish to go solo again (last glider solos were 1973!)