Arriving on site just as it got properly sharable, although some may disagree, we whipped a hangy off the roof for Will G down from the far east, well London way at least to have aloof at and for me to hopefully test fly if the wind picked up enough.
Sunbeams :)
With Will rigging I sneaked in a flight on the Delta 2 whilst the air was clear and enjoyed some nice soaring only joined by one other. Thinking it might be nice to land I was amazed (no not really) and saddened to see that about 9 Paragliders (aided by their pilots I guess) were laid out across the top landing area and one was standing on launch inflated. After several high profile accidents and several more incidents including some on this site have we learnt nothing?? Some of the "offenders" were sadly ex students who after leaving school were good as gold rigging and glider checking out of the way and only being in the launching or landing area when doing one or the other. Now further down the line there they were being part of a problem that many of them had discussed and complained about at club meetings, what has happened?
Anyway rant over I came in and managed to avoid the lines (although not all did), wings and even bodies that littered the area before moving swiftly out of the way. A bit of glider running with Will filled in the time until the wind and lift was sufficient to take the Tandem up with Wolfgang (Germany) as passenger. Wolfie had tried last year when on holiday but the weather did not play ball but this year he was in luck. We had a super flight with plenty of time to chat and check out the scenery. With the lift dropping off a little we hung around until with just enough height we nipped in on top.
The lift came and went giving plenty of chances to fly for those who wanted it. Lejair arrived for their summer holiday along with 6 hopeful hangies but despite them keenly rigging the wind never filled quite enough for them to fly.
Nice to catch up with ex student Carl at the end of the day who after a little confidence building was soon off and had some cracking flying as the evening lift kicked in. Stick with the A's and Brakes Carl until you are very comfortable and don't let others mess you up by introducing new tricks to early, there will plenty of time for that if you feel the need.
An interesting day if somewhat disappointing seeing Perran at it's worst ....
Quote of the day "it's warm and wet" ..... some of the guys went to high cliff
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