Category: Holidays
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Viva Espana!
Well I know this is a long time after the event now, but my planned daily blogging from the British Championships in Pedro Bernardo failed dismally as I was never near the bar with wifi with my laptop for long enough to upload photos on the pitifully slow connection, or to write anything. When I…
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A highland fling!
It’s Tuesday 24th April and the North South Cup which was due to be held in the Peak District has just been called off because of the appalling weather forecast for the weekend, and I resign myself to a wet weekend in Bath. Then on Thursday evening Guy Anderson emails me to say that Scotland…
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Alpine Ascent “Last Hurrah” trip to Norma, Italy…
Gavin Foster is running a “Last Hurrah” trip to Norma in Italy from Thursday 29th September to Thursday 3rd October and there are a few places left. Apparently there are Easyjet flights from Bristol which some pilots are booked on. Here’s a stunning film that shows what a beautiful place this is to fly… For…
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Comp Day 2… no task, but not no flying!
Briefing at 9am then rebriefing at 11am… Sunny but too windy so team Avon decide to hire some mountain bikes and take the easy way up the hill (ie. chairlift) for a afternoon’s biking. Amazingly there were no incidents or injuries despite the fast decents on gravelly tracks. We had actually seen quite a few…
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On hols in Grand Bornand
Well, what a week – flying every day! We were so lucky with the weather! Here’s a summary of my flights: Day 1, Sat 27th June – an hour’s familiarisation flight from Planfait – good fun, but there some big clouds around! Day 2, Sun 28th June – a nice 70km flight around the whole…
Advance paragliders in the West Country 