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Friday, July 17, 2015

Cutting back at Carbis



A muggy morning with low cloud and drizzle saw us cancel off teaching for the day which proved a good move as whilst the sun did come out the wind filled in.

As it settled into a moderate NE we opted to head to Carbis Bay for some flying and hopefully a Tandem as well. Meeting up with Peachy on site it was deserted apart from a gang of bulb pickers working in the adjacent field looking like they had their work cut out as they cleared the field by hand.

With it looking more like Hang Gliding and with the field nearly waist high (well I am not over tall) in weeds it was out with the hatchet to cut out a runway and a joint effort between the three of us (Peachy, Phippsy and Kaz) soon saw a good clearing and ideal runway.


Before .....


..... during .......


and after :))))))

The wind eased a little and a test flight on my Delta 2 confirmed it top end but ok.  By the time the Tandems arrived things were even better with Kaz and Peachy floating about nicely.  Jo was soon briefed and ready in the Tandem Paraglider on the now clear launch.  Off we up and away above a stunning blue sea and under a super blue sky.  We played in the lift as the train went by, soaked in the views and had a good chat whilst Jo got a go at flying the glider.  The lift dropped off a little and we got a closer look at the train as it returned from St Ives and another as it came back again from Lelant!  Persistence paid off and we sneaked back up again saving a walk from the beach before arriving back in on top.


Jo,  Phippsy and Kate and a lovely day with lots of blue 

Jo's friend Kate was hoping for a Tandem on the Hangy having already tried Paragliding in Nepal and with the wind still light we opted to wait for a better day.  The rest of the afternoon Peachy and myself shared the air briefly joined by Big G before leaving the site still nicely flyable at 18.30.


Peachy with the sky to himself

If you are heading to Carbis anytime good idea to take something sharp and spend a little time keeping the weeds at bay, still better than picking bulbs!

Quote of the day " Yeeeeeeeehoooooooow"
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