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Hey hey, I just loved this one. You definitely need skis, the pair of you

Still, laughing.... getting up....

= good landing

Great video (again)

Keep 'em coming

Yes please

Not quite as exciting as Gordie and Steve's exploits, but I enjoyed a mega fly-down from Skiddaw Little Man to Poartinscale, landing very conveniently next to the car :lol: I had the whole of Skiddaw to myself - one car in the Latrigg car park - one pair of walkers passed as I was getting the wing u...

Wow! Majestic

Amazing how snow makes everything look so well, err, kinda ALPINE

Fantastic video.

June says: "Just put me off any chance of flying tandem" :( "Very romantic" :roll: "It's the wrong sort of togetherness for me" :???: "But nevertheless I was well impressed" :) Chris - you owe me a drink on 12th - there's no chance I'll ever get her on a tande...

Just love the running commentary "Oh shit...." from Jan in the 2nd video

Know the feeling well but prefer to stay quiet myself

First video appears to be set up as private - couldn't access it

Beautiful video Gordie

Made me feel great just watching it - really captures "that" feeling

Now much better quality on Vimeo:

http://www.vimeo.com/2316118

Brilliant flying conditions - isn't the Lakes fantastic in a North-westerly

Clough, Latrigg, Walla, Barton..... all put to good use

Here's a short vid that I hope captures the atmosphere

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=L9tJ3W052VM

Epic flying on Clough today in wave and orographic cloud

A few pics at http://picasaweb.google.com/NHPCMember/ ... And18thNov#

Just to confirm - I can't get IGC files uploaded to the server, or pictures uploaded to photo album, or indeed pictures attached to posts.

Problem is with the server - looks like the function responsible for handling uploads (of anything) has died a death

No Dave, that's the wrong interpretation, the correct attitude is: There's ONLY 42 days left (nearly down to 41 already) - it'll soon start getting lighter again :) :) There's nearly always some flying to be done in December OK OK I know it's boring old ridge soaring but what the hell anything's bet...

We live in a world now where Health & Safety has gone mad and there are people to blame for everything that goes wrong. It’s a nanny state Hear Hear Chris :) :) :) :) Our household just fell apart in laughter listening to the news reports, getting more incredulous by the hour :D :D The people w...

Nice one Tony

Are you starting the Tony & Lance guide on topical tips for beginners

Two tickets for me and June please Chris.

Need your address for cheque - PM to us if you don't want it public

But I will be thinking about all that has been said and I think it will be a very little hop first! '! Spencer, never forget that it's the ground that hurts, not the air :!: I managed to bruise my leg very early on (pre-CP) by messing around in a sloping landing field as the sea breeze came through...

If it is though Dave, you could always say that the person getting dragged around the hill while ground handling possibly wasn't you! :lol: :lol: Brian you bugger you sure know how to kick a guy where it hurts :oops: Well just so as you know, I enjoyed watching Germans, French and Spanish getting d...

Hey don't get so upset Colin

Just toss another match on the blue touch paper somewhere else

Spencer - what colour's your Infinity? I shall be very upset if it's red and blue as there hasn't been another one that colour around

Nice One Colin

Do you have a Ph.D. in Google Earth studies ?

John, I see you are using a flytec 5020 same as me :) It's got plenty of track memory and I have found that a good compromise for sampling rate is 3 seconds. Plenty of flying hours recording time but much more accurate track recording so that you get a better representation of your actual track. Plu...

Hi Spencer, Just read your post as I've been out in Spain for last 4 weeks enjoying real thermals, I have had a U-Turn Infinity since CP 3 years ago and still very happy with it. I seem to stay up when others do (tho some might disagree :lol: ), and the wing has never given me a seriously heart-stop...

Well I am away on hols for the next 4 weeks, so the UK weather is bound to be very flyable - enjoy

I should be able to negotiate a pass-out for Sunday and hapy to try Wynose if the wind's looking good fo that

Mike,

The bit about flying in cloud was slightly tongue in cheek as I enjoy lighting the blue touch paper on the forum now and again

I for one certainly never lost sight of the ground

I don't think anyone else did either

Well today turned out to be surprisingly good :) After an inauspicious start, conditions improved and upwards of 14 pilots enjoyed excellent soaring around Jenkin and Skiddaw until 7pm :D :D Cloudbase was below Skiddaw but later lifted to above the tops. Great fun flying through wisps of cloud toget...

It's not entirely Gary's fault Colin, my post was intended as a joke

Dangerous places, these forums

Count me in for a tenner

But you will have to come down the cabin on the evening Malaga flight 18th Sept to collect

Or else I suppose I could post it.

Have a good look around for a 5020 Jim, you might find one at a reasonable price now.

I don't have the problem with it deleting big XCs cos I haven't done any

But it does keep ending flights in mid-air when set on auto, must be all the gale-hanging I do

Well I am very happy with my Flytec 5020. It's been around a couple of years or more now so you might be able to pick one up cheap