I had a lovely 41km flight from The Long Mynd on Saturday 8th August on the occasion of the BCC Final at the Long Mynd. I’m not sure whether the Impress 2 helped, but it feels so comfortable and snug I’m sure it must have! Gavin says it adds a point to the glide angle…
I’d never flown from the Mynd before – it’s a beautiful site…
This is the view shortly after leaving the hill looking NE towards Church Stretton…
From here it was along Wenlock Edge towards Ironbridge…
Looking down on Ironbridge…
I struggled to find more decent lift after Telford, and eventually landed just to the north of the ATZ at Cosford…
Alastair Florence from the Wessex club won the day with a stonking 85km flight to the south of Birmingham airspace on his Omega 6. Nice one!
Tragically the day was marred by the death of two non-BCC pilots in a mid-air collision above take-off, long after most BCC pilots had left the hill.
Advance paragliders in the West Country 
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