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Listening to cloud base mayhem podcast about groundhandling and they say you should do 10 to 1 ground handling so for me 10 hours a year. Should find more time as back at the start of my flying I was a lot better than I am now

yes you have my writing skills john eloquently put however people talk that much shite about chasing numbers, when you get a high one its great until someone gets a higher one when you could carried on. i dont do it for numbers but for time in the air if a get 10k in 4 hours it will be great 10k and...

Funny how people were put off going over based on the weather yet it rained through the night Thursday and stopped by friday morning. We decided to make it a late start due to improving airmass and used buttermere moss as are launch pad. Jocky set a goal of reghead services near M6 about 33k. It tur...

Well we went to clough head in the end it was most certainly worth it, i think Carlton came up good also with some xc flying and plenty of soaring but when you see the lakes in all the glory there is not a better place

Well going to let things settle but starting to think Carlton bank may be working 12-13.00 then its due to swing NW NNW then NE all flyable directions.or clough though it wont be epic base the cloud will lift and have broken sunshine and light NW wind all day will try and make decision soon let me k...

well east hill was working well had a nice few flight and just as things got lovely and smooth the rain came.

well as I arrived and 2.00pm everyone was very high and looked like a few could of went xc. however Ron don was the star of the day flying all they way out past the farm to the far hill to right out front. then back to west hill and then back to east hill. then even went back to west hill again show...

East hill maybe on later on as never flown it this year yet

I am heading to Chorley and hope to get out after that if it looks flyable though will be passing early on

i don't think anyone is to blame other than WhatsApp this has done the same to the Cumbria's as well. though not on there chat but believe there is one ad why there flying today is never used. the thing is if your not going on the website then its likely you will not ever check the sites use the xc ...

the activity on the website is now at an all time low and is going to prevent those looking to join our club as pointless. the reason been if no ones posting or doing flying today they will think that no one flies in the club. WhatsApp is great once flying has been arranged but it is possible aliena...

well its not looking like there will be any flying the glimmer was the west coast but just looks a bit to south.

cross fell is just a bit top end though sure hanggliders may get away with it if the there are any. looks very thermic as well so a good day to be doing a big distance

There was a few i was 37k Andrew Maltby was about 46k a couple of 66 and 25k Brian and a lot at 37k around where i landed. Great flying even if not that far and even got back for another flight down to Hastie so a good day out had by all.

Yes it looks very thermic up there tomorrow but may be off to the east a bit but the way Hogden works is very thermic indeed.
Now the problem is getting off work

Well the choice is either Tinto or model though model could be top end
Tinto is looking potentially very good but have my reservations after 6 i am hoping for rasp to confirm a choice and make an early decision.

I think late afternoon looks ok and think Monday model ridge looks good so all could be good

Well after a nice fly about at tp who knows sunday could be a complicated day but just might be flyable somewhere. Anything is better than nothing though at the minute it seems hard to get a good proper days flying in. It seems to be more like winter flying as apples to full on spring for us

Remember you are supposed to log your flights somewhere for proof of you currency and your safety. A few years ago 2 pilots were killed in a mid air and they looked into every part of there flying and the one who had no log book and lack of currency was definitely getting the blame. In this case bot...

Was that not murton pike the day we flew into the clouds

Well not 5 star at wether fell but there was still plenty of flying to be had and we could of flown until dark as we left at 4.30 yet there was still lots of flying to be had. Wether fell was south east when we got there so we moved on to tailbridge and so a good choice. The lakes was not as good as...

Well the dales is looking like a good place to be and sure some will do some great flights tomorrow but sure it will be a fun day out and imagine there is going to be a lot of pilots out for sure I have a van full and neill is also picking up at Bartley services so lets hope the forecast holds out f...

Carlton bank after 3-4pm today could be good if fronts have gone through or even radar masts. Sounds a bit late but had some great xc flights at this time of night

Well a cracking day today and all went well given the glider restrictions on the hill. A shame it was not more east to open up the full ridge line but still a very pleasant boat about. All the newbie pilots doing very well today as well so think we all got the best out of the day

Well i think that all things considered Carock fell should be working and all hills to suited fell and back. If there is a bit of south it should still work though not ideal.. Wrynos could also work but if there is higher winds around it is not a safe place to be for new pilots. Coniston is perfect ...

carrock fell maybe or suiter fell or cabells at the moment I have said I am going to the above and pre booked seats so far

me
mad dog
chris
mark
brian
liam
brian nellist?

so room for 1 -2 more

Well it looks like some nice coastal tomorrow afternoon and then Friday should be ok if the wind plays fair. The weekend as well though where at the moment is anybodies business but it should be on somewhere

This is a late 2016 wing and is under 10 hours in as new conditions as there has been little flying. This is not my wing but know it was purchased October 2016 so perfect wing for new or ambitious pilot can be flown right at top of weight range and will actually fly even better slightly over.

Well i think though now its going to be a good airmass it is looking rather windy so no flying today unless you go further south.

Captain cooks is border line though i will review later as it may come good

So tomorrow i have been requested to join in the tradition all been well and see what cross fell has to offer. Doing an 11.30 at Hexham and if the forecast tells try and get a bit of flying in

the beauty of the modern day gps tracking devices means you can show everyone how you done it and also for the future it is always there.

i heard a great podcast about the old day completions on PG and how dangerous it was trying to take pictures over areas etc.

happy days