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It was a little like diving in a swimming pool, leaping off the top at its steepest part aiming to get ahead of my glider what was rolling off back to the car all on its own. I was too … Continue reading
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Because it was on at the Dyke. I almost could not believe it, almost could not believe how few people were out on a beautiful day, too windy for many paragliders too which made the day much easier. Shame the … Continue reading
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After what feels like far too long a time where there have been too few good days, meaning when I saw it was going to be on at Caburn I really did not feel that I had a choice but to … Continue reading
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After a nice evening in Poole I was late getting to the hill, but it looked good and the sky was nicely filled with hangies. So I got rigged, on finishing getting ready a lot of those who had been up, … Continue reading
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When I arrived it was quiet feeling slack no wind, not flyable, so enjoying just being out in a lovely winter day I was happy to chat. Soon however the wind came on and not rigging when I arrived no … Continue reading
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After looking at the weekend as being good because it had very little in it, I was free wheeling through it without many of my own plans. That was only when I opened the curtains on Sunday morning to be faced with … Continue reading
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The night before I had been left stranded by Southern Railways on my way home from work, the rails had broken and the trains had jammed up meaning it all ground to a halt leaving me to have to get … Continue reading
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Listening to your own advice is a trick that takes a bit of work, arriving and keeping to myself, rigging, flying waiting until after to really talk about it at any length has helped with recent flights. Nothing wrong with … Continue reading
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I quite forgotten just how much fluid you lose while climbing Mt Caburn, somehow the years since erased that memory entirely. After a nice chat with some walkers and an agreement with a modeller I was ready to go quite … Continue reading
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I saw this chance on Monday, talked about it on Tuesday and then waited, quietly. This waiting business would be repeated on the hill as we needed to be patient while the day took its time to come alive. Thermalwise, a trigger … Continue reading
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Seems the flyable days and I coincide on a monthly basis these days. I missed September because on its good day I had a cold so I was keen to get something out of this one. I set the alarm … Continue reading
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Facebook had been reminding me in the last days of this or that flying weekend 3 or 4 years ago, leaving me feeling that it had actually been that long since there had been northerlys at The Dyke. Light, thermic … Continue reading
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Its funny how decisions happen, they sort of sneak up on you then kind of explode in a fury of intuition and gut feeling. I was this way that last week I wired rather a lot of money to a … Continue reading