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Oh, St-André…
… I miss you…! It’s only taken me about four months to finish editing a couple of short videos of my eight or nine days in St-André-les-Alps for the British Open back in August, but doing so brought back such great memories – the start gaggles, the booming climbs, the low saves, the scratching low over trees and…
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Last Hurrah?
The previous couple of days had seen me frustrated at work – Thursday and Friday had been good flying days – and come Saturday (25th September) I was keen not to miss out on another good day, especially as I hadn’t been out since returning from Saint-André-Les-Alps almost four weeks earlier. RASP was forecasting light…
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XC-Tracer Bluetooth GPS/Vario + Flyskyhy iPhone app – is it time to ditch my Flymaster?
Edited 15/06/2016 to take into account new developments since I originally wrote this article I’ve been flying with Flyskyhy for 2.5 years now and love it, especially when running on the iPhone 6 with its barometric sensor, but when I heard about a new Indiegogo funded “lag-free” Bluetooth GPS/vario called XC-Tracer, which works with Flyskyhy, I…
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Joining the 200 Club!
I’d had my eyes on Wednesday 24th June for a few days and come the morning it was still looking good. Mike Coupe picked me up shortly after 9am then we went on to collect Mike Humphries and Tom Janikowski before arriving at Milk Hill at 1030. Carlo Borsattino, Graham Steel, Richard Osborne and others were…
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Big Sunday!
Sunday 7th June had been looking like a good day from quite a few days out, and for once the actual was every bit as good as the forecast! Most of the SW XC hounds descended on Leckhampton, with the remainder heading for Coombe Gibbet for the Advance British Clubs’ Challenge round being held there.…
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If at first you don’t succeed, then try, try, and try again…
After a slow and somewhat disappointing start to the season (bombing at 20km and 40km when others have gone on to do over 100kms, and being in the bottom landing field when the thermal came through that most people got away in, on a day when two people flew over 260kms), things are finally looking…
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As SIV as houses…
Some months ago I booked up on a SIV / pilotage course with Flyeo in Annecy, and as the time neared I have to admit I was feeling just a tad nervous, after all, I’d been finding excuses not to do one for the best part of fifteen years! (I don’t think I even knew about…
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Happy Winter Solstice!
I know we’re currently in the depths of winter and the first spring thermals seem but a distant dream, but we’ve now passed the low point and things are only going to get better! And just in case you need some more cheering up, here’s a short video of a wonderful flight I had with…
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North Devon heaven!
Sunday 23rd November – what a great day! I’d last been out on my solo glider on 21st September so when, earlier in the week, I spotted the chance of a post-frontal northerly on Sunday I immediately thought of North Devon and a flight Richard Osborne had mentioned to me a while ago. I was busy…
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Advance paragliders in the West Country 