Lively in the field

 Phil looks on as Dave floats about

 Classic pose as Phil takes his turn

 Martin J on his new wing heads up the line

 James looking relaxed

Rick coming back to land

Cracking piccies taken by Richard, sorry there are none of him !

On the way to the field the sky was looking good, in fact very good. On arrival it still looked good in fact very very good!  Resisting the temptation to tow straight away and do a demo' flight which may well have ended up in Falmouth judging by the cloud street we settled down to work.

Richard M was along for a Taster day with a view to starting a Paramotor course and we soon had him working through the ground based activities. Along side him Martin J (Plymouth) on his EPC Paragliding got his new toy out and began to play with it.

Despite challenging conditions due the passing of regular thermals they both did really well and by mid day were looking pretty good.

By now the hangies had arrived and were rigged and it was time to start towing. A couple of demo flights confirmed it was going to be a fun day as birds thermalled down the field from the winch to launch.  fortunately we picked our slots and everyone had a fine time getting used to conditions which put them through their paces.

Richard did really well ending his day with a release flight and convincing him to sign up for a full course.  Martin had a ball on his new Gin Bolero 4 giving him a bit more sink rate and making his landings tippy toed, big smile there.

On the hangers James C and Dave D honed their skills ready for the hill with James adding chest releases to his list of achievements. Phil l moved to the end of his CPC tasks and the next day out should see him well sorted and Rick H completed his Tow conversion on his bid to return to Hang Gliding.

Tim did a fine job on the winch dealing with the conditions and keeping me sane!  Nice to Rodney back i9n the field although a bit bouncy for his return to the Paramotor, maybe tomorrow.