Still undeterred we got Nigel A (Germoe) going on his day one Hang Gliding and despite the lack of wind he did a great job with the ground runs out pacing me by a long way and that's with the hangy as well! meanwhile Joe M (Penzance) was on his taster day on a Paraglider and also worked hard with forward launches to get the basics in. Tom B (Padstow) back for his second day did well popping in some nice ground runs and declaring himself to be a Lindford Christy look alike, couldn't quite see it myself!
Waiting for the wind
Bev and Glyn also got set to go on paragliders, Mark on a hangy as did Keith W with his Paramotor. An early lunch and it was change ends of the field to point inot what non existent wind there wasn't!
Still after a demo flight on the hangy we opted to send the Paragliders first in the hope that sme breeze wold fill in. Tom had a fine time and having decided to go all the way and learn made the most of his day two by cracking off release flights and got well into turns as well so making inroads into the EPC.
Tea's maid
Joe on his taster day made it all look easy despite the zero wind and was that impressive he rounded off with a nice release flight to complete a super day for him, another natural i think.
Glyn put in some more refresh flights and did really well as he got his landings well sorted despite some hot and fast approaches, excellent. We decided to give the hangies a miss and to wait for better conditions as both Mark and Nigel can return on Thursday to play so why risk it. Keith and Bev also gave it a miss in favour of waiting for a bit of breeze, again wise decision.
a very happy joe
So whilst not all we hoped for it was still a good one and a very good one for several add to that the laughs that were to be had and it was a fun day all round. Off to the hill tomorrow with a bit of luck (and breeze).
Quote of the day "it's all that training for the Olympics"
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