Hill Walking

Trevor gets first go at basic ground work

Lee has final instruction before tethered flight

Lee flying on tethers and looking good

Tony on the Tandem as the wind drops back and the sun comes out

Decaying Cunimb at the end of the day about sums it up

The forecast was for the rain to clear and for a moderate to fresh NW so we head out to Perranporth mid afternoon to get Lee H (Newquay) and Trevor H (Birmingham) going on their two day Taster session. It was a brisk wind that greeted us up to 26mph so perfect for tethering which is what we did after the normal glider introduction, theory and basic ground work. The guys both did well getting in some airtime along with Graham A Rebbecca S, Derek J and Pilot X.

With the wind on the drop Tony (St Austell) came along for a Tandem flight on the Hang Glider and we spent a pleasant time soaring the cliffs with the gulls before the wind dropped to a breeze and we struggled to find height to top land. In the end we gave up and headed to the beach where we performed a super wheeled landing looking like a WW11 bomber on approach.

The Paragliders were now flying so I hiked the glider half way up the dunes and took off solo to fly her back to the top. Things went pretty well until I noticed a kite flying in the landing area and asked Kaz who was still walking up the dunes to have a word. By the time she got there the lift had backed off and I was back to scratching with the Paragliders. One false move by one of them upset the otherwise nice circuit pattern we had established and that was enough to send me to the beach again where I was eventually joined by a couple of the floppies.

Still plenty of exercise and a fun day up till then!