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Hey John Yep as Bill said both myself and Wendy have done the W2W and it was mostly a really beautiful route, however the Weather was against us with a permanent strong easterly wind the whole route. This coupled with driving rain and hailstones the size of golfballs on day 2-3 was not pleasant to s...

Another top program is Motion X GPS which also has a free version. Using the terrain maps which are actually the open cycle maps you can download the route before hand which will save your phones battery so no need to stream the maps through 3G on the move. The sustrans app which is admittedly still...

Yes wendy and me be there rain or shine looking forward to it.

congratulations woody hope you'll be very happy and all the best for your future together

congratulations woody hope you'll be very happy and all the best for your future together

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/colin.chapman2/ebay/wendnbill.jpg Well if you hadn't guessed already Wendy has a flyer in the making in her belly oven and hopefully all being well the stork will be dropping him/her off on the 5th september. It is the best 50th birthday present I could have ever asked ...

Oh forgot to mention a few apps I've tried so far MM tracker - nice View ranger GPS - nice Backcountry Navigator - inc free OS maps. needs work and be able to access the commercial MM os50, os25 and CAA charts. But my fav so far Gaia GPS - nice Androflight - hangliding paragliding app saves in ICG b...

Oooh looks nice I'll stick it on my new galaxy tab 7in android and check it out Before you ask no it doesnt replace my iPhone or iPad I bought it for out and about and strapping on my flight deck. Finding the android nice but they gotta go long long way to match apples slickness and far more importa...

wendy and col will be there too

As Kay said me and wend defo up for a meal in the toooon whether it's prima pasta or any other cheap and cheerful venue we will be there. Last years night out seemed to be a hit with everyone.

Sent from my iPad in clachaig inn In a very cold Glencoe brrrrrr

http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g451/coolin69/40df8caf.png Although this doesn't look too bad as we were under trees it was a different matter as we made our way out. In fact it got so bad we got stuck and had to backtrack 2 miles and take a different route to avoid any steep inclines http://i1...

Sorry colin read the post few days ago and meant to reply and forgot. Colin and I both enjoyed the night out last year at prima and would eat any type of food on offer and would go to most restaurant. But first need a date as that is more important to see how many people are available to go, especia...

Although a little top end and off to the south a few hardy souls managed to fly Neil being one of them video link below. Still it was a good turn out and ended in the pub so a great end to the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH2bjVO7p3A&sns=em

Col and wend x

Flying horden this week I lost the Antennae from my Kenwood radio, its the BNC type and was wondering if anyone knew where I could pick up a replacement?

cheers Colin

Well the camper invasion turned out to be me, wend & bill however it was still a great WE nevertheless. Sat saw us spend the night in the Fox with a nice meal and a few fizzies and as the camp site was full we had to spend the night in the carpark but hey it was free :) Sun we headed over the la...

Well n wend are off to ousby to meet up with bill for a night in the the fox (fizzy beer, food and live music on sat nights usually) then we will asses conditions in the morning and prob head over the lakes. We have our bikes with us so if it's not flyable will be doing a route around the keswick ar...

we'll be there too, looking forward to it already

Me and Bill done an out and return from Marske to Staithes yesterday but did intend to goto Whitby. However when we reached Staithes the pair of us were quite low at around 200ft above and there looked quite a bit of wind shadow and possible rotor so can anyone answer the following please: What is a...

Well a lovely day was had by all who flew the bell today in fact we enjoyed almost 2hrs before finally landing. It was then followed by a pint at Powburn cafe which was well deserved as the first 1hr 45 was spent walking up there before the short flight down :P Kidding aside it was a really delightf...

yeah I totally agree all that dodgy double, trebles and extra points if ya nanas dog manages to be with you, not only confuses things but take for instance our normal flying day! Me, wend, Bill and Andrew usually travel together and although we do try our best to meet up with others in the club and ...

found this gem of a site not sure it anyone had mentioned it before but check it out

http://www.airsports.tv/index.asp

If anyone can spare me a lift give me a call on 07976820744

cheers Colin

As the forcast was showing strong wind it was straight up to take off for an early one. Wind was off to the E and very light which made for an interesting take off especially for Glen (video witheld for return compilation). We headed off to Pic d'Andan where the hangies were setting up but as expect...

With the chance of over development we decided on a early start, leaving the hangies as there was no sign of life we made our way to the top. It was perfect conditions at TO for an extended fly down so we all lopped off, Sure enough it was little more than a top to bottom but nice all the same. Wast...

Although the wind had died a little it was obvious no flying would take place today, so after brekki all 8 of us headed over to the outdoor center. There was 2 rivers each offering 4 routes. The Tarn being the scenic option was scrapped as the Doubie was the obvious choice being full of rapids and m...

ay 3 and wind stops play, checking the net confirmed the next couple of days were not looking great so it was off to the town to check alternative activities and get some much needed supplies at the supermarket. Check out the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0qm8_auqfM After a coffee and chi...

Millau day 2 Up early and off to get important supplies, beer to you and me. On the way back we watched the first gliders coming off puncho the site we flew the previous day so the choice of venue was decided for us. While wendy prepared the sarneys we sat drinking coffee chewing the fat and assesed...

Arriving at millau around 1 we were welcomed by a multitude of gliders at the local site Puncho so it was a quick check in at the campsite, dump off the excess baggage and then off to take off. BTW this was only 10mins away with parking at the top! Like most good French sites the take off accomodate...

With deepest sympathy our thoughts are with you and the girls at this sad time.

Love Colin and Wendy x x x

save a spot for me n wend we would like to come please and a big thanks in advance x