Off to the North and off at St Agnes

Sometimes you just have to make the most of what you have got and where you are and sometimes you just don't!

Perranporth and the wind was on and looking good so we rigged the hangers with myself popping a nice new U2 160 together for test flying.  Kaz was ready to go, hangy Dave was in the air and Mark L rigging the Falcon, Kaz waited while I tested the U2 which turned out to be handy as it turned out.

Hangy Dave landed and I took off as the wind moved a little more to the north.  The glider was just lovely, perfectly set up and light as a feather despite being a little large on me but the sink rate was superb!  With the wind moving steadily to the north I popped her in after 20 minutes with the lift becoming very limited and the windsock well off.

That is where it stayed for the rest of the day despite various forecasts saying it would come back. Plenty of fun flying on the Falcon along with a few danglers but with the tide coming in so no chance of throwing Mark off we finally cracked at the sight of Tim J circling above St Agnes and headed west.

Sure enough on arrival the wind was on and somewhere between ideal Hang Gliding and Paragliding, hmm which to do.  With a couple of Paragliding Tandems on the cards we decided to test conditions to see if suitable for them so it was out with the Tandem Paraglider.

A brisk enough launch convinced us it was not ideal for paying customers although the lift was superb once away. A swift climb out saw us soon joined by Phil L on his Paraglider, Carez and Tim on their Hangies and we all had great fun chasing the sea thermals as they came through.  Tim got it cracked and circled away over the back soon becoming a dot in the distance.  Kaz and myself got oh so close but a little greed on my behalf saw us pull out of  a steady climb in the hope of even better!

Climbing out and looking back at Perran

Still a fun flight and a great learning curve for Kaz in thermalling.  Carez and Phil had a ball as the temperature dropped and we all headed back in to warm up :))

Well done to Tim who made it just short of Carnon Downs where I found him with a huge grin on his face.  Also well done to the guys who stayed at Perran and made the most of it with some mini XC's, just like the old days.

Some people get all the luck, nice one Tim

Quote of the day " i don't think we will do that again!"