Hanging out at St Agnes

Stewart T takes off on the Tandem hangy

With a cracking forecast hopes were high for some good flying at St Agnes with a moderate Northerly on the cards and unstable air to match.  Well as it turned out the latter part was right but the breeze somewhat brisker than forecast blowing 30 plus in the morning.

Whilst the braver headed out there we waited at home and measured Mark H (Devon) up for a new Wills Wing Flylite 3 harness which a refined Cocoon type making a revival, well to be fair they have always been pretty popular in the States.

With everything indicating the breeze beginning to drop we headed out after lunch picking up Stewart H and Carys (London) on the way (from Redruth) who was down for the weekend and hoping to have a Tandem flight on the Hangy as his 30th birthday present.  On arrival it was breezy enough but not that bad and whilst the guys who had been there a few hours sat and watched we began to rig hangies as quick as we could.  The collective negativity cracked and more hangies came off roof racks and emerged like butterflies from their cocoons.

Classic Sea Thermic sky as we fly high

Still a bit on the windy side for the Tandem I popped in a super flight on the T2 C joined by Mark on his Atos and we had a ball playing around and coring up in the sea thermals to 1000' + before pulling back to the front, tempting to go but not fair to leave Stuart sitting there I think!

The speed wings get in the air as we fly above

The wind slowly eased back and after another test of the air on my glider it was time to get the Tandem up.  Stuart and I had a cracking flight in near perfect conditions as the wind played ball at the end of the day and the sun shone through the cumulus over St Ives.  a good 30 minutes of play saw Stuart get to fly the glider, soak in the views and watch the mini / speed wings get into the air to join us.  Patience is a virtue and it certainly paid off with our timing being spot on.

Cracking end to a cracking flight and big smiles
Whilst there was still enough day light left Phil L took the opportunity to come up with me for a reccie flight of St Agnes having not flown there before to get the lay off the land (and the sea) in preparation for when he does.

So a fun day as it turned out, shame it was a bit windy early on resulting in a few missing out but there will be other days,  lets hope it's similar for the Frostbite planned for next week end ;) Thanks to Carys for the piccies.