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Thinking those thinking of Beachy were over enthusiastic I toyed with the idea of cycling there. Right up until we woke early enough to sit out having a cup of tea to see it had become a peachy Beachy day. … Continue reading
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Sometimes it is the familiar things that feel the best, driving up this morning I was not put off by the low cloud because I knew that the forecast brought us some sunshine between the grey and the rain later. … Continue reading
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It was rather desperate after driving all day to get to the Dolomites during a reasonable day at Bassano to then find it unflyable had left us all a bit broken in spirit. We had this one last desperate chance … Continue reading
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Finally, a little flight, since arriving it’s been raining and so even this small chance became our best chance. I clipped a windsock pole on launch and never really made any headway meaning I was the first to land. The … Continue reading
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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 on 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 freewheeling through it without any of my own plans. That was only when I opened the curtains on Sunday morning to be faced with bright … 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