Tag: Advance Sigma 8
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It’s true, sea air IS good for the soul…
Sunshine and light winds have been in extremely short supply over the last few months, but Sunday 19th January looked like like a possible window in between the endless succession of Atlantic storms that have been battering the UK this winter. With excitement normally reserved for classic looking XC days the emails and text messages…
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British Open St Andre
I’ve just realised I never posted anything about this during or after the week back in August. How remiss of me! We were a bit unlucky with the weather but still managed three great tasks and a superb practice day beforehand. Have a look at the video below which hopefully sums up what a great…
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Nailing 100 miles!
Two days ago on Wednesday 5th June I flew the the furthest I’ve ever flown, 163 km, or 101 miles (the unit I now believe UK PG XC flights should be measured in 🙂 ), from Hambledon Hill in Dorset to the most westerly point in Devon. I took off at 1247 with a bit…
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The “Milk Run” – Hay Bluff to Abergavenny
I’m getting a bit behind in my blog posts – it’s simply because there have been so many good flying days! I still want to write up my new PB flight from Golden Ball on Monday 6th May, but I’m afraid that’s going to have to wait! Saturday 25th May was a classic light wind…
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Another week, another 100km+ flight!
So, less than two weeks after a lovely flight to the coast from Liddington, I found myself at the coast again, this time at Torquay (though not actually close enough to the beach for an ice cream sadly :-)) Here’s the story of big Tuesday! (30th April 2013) There was some discussion the night before…
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Exorcising the demons…
Having screwed up on the first decent XC day of the year (14th March at Combe) and having missed out on big Saturday (6th April) due to family commitments, I was keen to make the most of a good forecast on Friday 19th April. For a few days before, RASP had been looking epic especially…
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Desperate measures called for…!
After missing out on “Big Saturday” (6th April) when 4,218kms were flown, due to being on holiday down in Cornwall, and with the following weekend looking very poor for XC-Scotia attempt three, and with me unable to do attempt 4 on 20/21 April should it be on, I randomly checked the forecast for Chamonix for…
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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…
Advance paragliders in the West Country 