Suckers ..........

Light ESE going south as day goes on sees various pilots head to Vault Bay in anticipation of a a classic paragliding day.  Peachy arrives,  decides whether to pop his Zero in the van, why not ?? in it goes Kaz asks are you going to pop the Hangy on, no think it will be normal Pg's all day, off we go.

The Judging panel

At vault there is a line of chairs filled by bundles off clothing encasing four pilots all bracing the more than fresh breeze coming from the SSE.   Aghhhhhhh where is my Hangy, sucker,  how long have I been doing this? how many times have I said why not just take both? I must be a slow learner or maybe I am regressing!

Peachy zooms by and .....

..... sets up to land

 Still at least the Zero is in the van and it is not long before it's out of the bag and in the air in nice and lift conditions seeing it climb easily and getting around fine. Back in on top and a word with Peachy and he is up and away on his Zero zooming about on half trimmers letting out the odd yelp as his eyes streamed in the wind. We had a fun fly together with the whole ridge to ourselves. The assembled judging panel gave some constructive criticism of his landing but Peachy was rightly pleased with his flight overall.

Mike C gave it some thought of launching on his Delta but even he thought better of it which tells it's own story.  Whilst several of the onlookers cracked and headed off Phil L jumped ship and stayed and was soon clipping into my glider to go and put it through it's paces with some "strong" wing overs and impressive spirals.  He even managed to put it down in a cow pat free zone which was much appreciated.

Bill as bouncy as ever and out on a Sunday!

Tim J arrived with his hangy and fortunately (in this case) chatted for a while before rigging.........


Bit of rain came through but with sunshine off to the west we held on whilst Simon S (N Devon) tidied up some theory paperwork, great to see him and Julie S out enjoying life ;)  Rain cleared wind eased so I gave it another shot commenting on some approaching clouds before launch.  Yep the lift increased and I was soon be sucked up somewhat faster than I appreciated,  tracking right took me away from the wind lines on the sea and just as cloudless approached the lift dropped off and the active flying began.  Next the sink and down I came nearly as fast as I went up picking my time it was in and back on top not wishing to find out what would happen next.

Feet on the ground and there was not enough wind to keep the canopy up, the wind went well off to the south the sun broke through the temperature warmed up and we headed off to have a look at Carne!

what a difference ............

..........   30 seconds makes to the wind ....

Wind on and light it was out with the Delta for Phil and myself, couple of beats and landing just below the hedge.  A long wait no more wind a glide down to the lower field giving the beach a miss as the tide was well in.

giving Carne a go as the sun shows through

Yummy, nice ham egg and chips Peachy

Interesting day and interesting to look at what happened where on the historical data ....... a good reminder of just how quick things can change and how important it is to keep an eye on it and have options.

Quote of the day "look Phippsy is getting sucked straight up ...."