Second time on Corndon and first on the north side. Arrived to find it deserted - though local pilot Neil on an Omega XA turned up after a while - but no others. A tricky site on that side - as quite shallow - and I had a couple of tangles with the heather and a walk up before getting pulled round to the north side where the sun was shining and a strong climb quickly put me at 3.5k. I'd been slightly lacking a plan (having thought of going to Long Mountain at first, so had already switched once) but vaguely thought of flying towards Hereford to get the train back but only if the wind cooperated as it was forecast to have a bit of west in it. The thermals were strong, though it took the biggest (> 5ms-1 up on the averager) to get through the inversion around 4k. By the time I finally made up my mind for Hereford I'd tracked a bit off course; and with easy climbs I'd got lazy. So when it got a bit trickier I wasn't focused properly and was beginning to think about flying cross-wind. First mistake was not to stick with the penultimate climb longer - but I'm still trying to find ways to find the best climbs and not get side-tracked by weaker stuff - so left it and went on… Without success. The area is also higher than Thames Valley so I hadn't factored in that 3k here is not the same as 3k further south in terms of height AGL - so less room to search. I almost made it over the quarry at Old Radnor - but just as I arrived, low, I saw a buzzard in the field to the left. I think if I had stayed over that field, I might just have soared up the side of a small slope and got away, but I tried instead to track back with it hoping it would connect with something coming off the quarry. Alas I lacked the height and realized I had been flushed between the quarry and the slope. I almost made it back and onto the slope, which I soared for three or four beats. It would have been the lowest save ever. But it was not to be. Not a bad flight but could have been much longer - as the big guns further north proved in the NS Cup. Chapeau! To the awesome flights made by the Tinto crew. Three kind souls gave me lifts back, including Paul Massey's wife who generously went out of her way to run me the last bit back to my car. Thanks v much indeed and small donation made to WMAA in lieu of a fuel contribution as promised.