Back to work :)

Christina waves as she returns to planet earth

Steve , Christina and Dave after their flights

Russell does the business

A look on cocentration from Steve (and Bill)

Dean super relaxed as he takes off, nearly perfect !

After our break away competing in the British Open Hang Gliding Series it was back to the field to start off some new students, to get some existing ones a little further and to pop some tandems up as well.

The hangy boys were made up with Nigel W (St Just Penwith of Paragliding fame)) Ian M ( ) on their first days and Dean F on his third whilst the Paras were Russell S ( ) and Steve L (Essex) on day one and a Taster day respectively and James W finishing off his Tow rating and assessment having partly learnt elsewhere.

Everyone worked hard in the morning, especially Bill and Kaz, getting through the ground work and Dean who became the human winch for the hangies and lost a few pounds in the process.

By lunchtime the Tandems arrived and whilst the students took a break we popped Dave, xxx and Simon all from Warickshire all up into the air for some fun flying and excellent views.

With the wind a little on the top end for the Paragliders we got the hangies going and both Nigel and Ian were soon flying across the field improving with each flight and even looking like they were enjoying it! Dean joined in the fun and progressed further into his EPC over 7 flights seeing him building his turns nicely another couple of flights and he is ready for the top ......

By the time Nigel and Ian had finished their flights for the day the wind was easing back so it was time to get the Paras on line. James led the way and had a fun time completing his rating long with some Big Ears and Asymmetrics before just flying for fun.

Russell kept me on my toes as he did his first flights but looked much better on his last, almost like a pilot and i am sure next day out he will settle in fine. Steve made it look all far to easy putting in three super flights and having a bigger grin after each one to round off a busy day in which the weather challenged us a little but it all worked out in the end.