Tag: dorset

• Classic Jurassic!

  Exactly one month after my last trip to Dorset, the forecast was again showing a break in the storms for Sunday 16th February, and sure enough, once I suggested another trip to the Dorset coast, this time to Ringstead, the Avon group emails started flying thick and fast. Plans were drawn up, lift shares were…

  Tim Pentreath

  February 21, 2014

  Flights, Videos

  Advance Sigma 8, dorset, Durdle Door, Jurassic Coast, Kimmeridge, Lulworth Cove, Ringstead, Tynham, Warbarrow Bay

• 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…

  Tim Pentreath

  January 30, 2014

  Flights, Videos

  Advance Sigma 8, Charmouth, dorset, Eype, Golden Cap, Jurassic Coast, Lyme Regis, Seatown, West Bay

• Nailing 100 miles – the full story!

  One week 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 and landed almost…

  Tim Pentreath

  June 12, 2013

  Flights, Videos

  Advance Sigma 8, Barnstaple, Bideford, devon, dorset, Hambledon, Mead, PB, Somerset, Yeovil

• 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…

  Tim Pentreath

  June 7, 2013

  Flights, Videos

  100 miles, Advance Sigma 8, devon, dorset, personal best