well if it was down to been party animals then the nhpc would win hands down.
well for the weekend was bases on a lot more walking than flying, but still avery good weekend and good crack.
finished off by the mother of all thunder storms and rain and hail, though some did get wetter than otheres though i was not one of them ( neail brian) a good story for brian to tell.
for some it was a fly down with monsters and must say a very interesting one.
i am hoping not to here of any horror stories from the flooding as it was cleer there were cavers out and about and they would have all been flooded so i am praying all is well.
cheers gary
bcc walking chalenge what a weekend
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While walking in the rain,,,,,,,,
You know who your friends are when,,,,,,,
Stenhouse and Guthers are tucking into a 4 course beans and bangers pie,
Wendy, Colin, Bill and Ali are sheltering under a cover.(will you drive round and pick us up?)
And Neil, with rain soaked hair, which is standing on end with electrical charge is cuddling you, (not rushing to the other side of the road screaming, keep away Brian the lightning will strike me next, I've been struck by a sprite!!!!!!)
Oh, what friends I have, they can be trusted in a moment of danger, they'll walk to the ends of the earth for you, they'll give you their last meal. I'll remember you all!!!!!
A great weekend parawalking, but how much does a weekend in the BCC cost?
Petrol £25
Food poisoning £20
Drink?????, (would be a lot more without the food poisoning.)
Repack for the soaked reserve. £30
Dead mobile phone, (wet) £100
Dead wet instruments £1000
Dead wet camera £300
etc.
But cheap at the price of a priceless weekend.
Sorry I missed 4am (ask Wolfy) I was just too ill (don't eat at the Station)
Will I be there next time?
You bet!!! But I'll be on form and the rest better watch out, my cutting wit and sarcasm will be fine tuned for the event! (I would hold an evenings tuition for those wishing to improve their skills but only the few true friends would turn up. {which brings me onto another topic,,,,,,thanks Ali, and his students for the informative talk and powerpoint on thermalling and competition flying. I'll never forget little Timothy, the boy with Downs and one leg, giving the demonstration of thermalling through the clouds of students dressed in white clouds, and their tears when they realised only 3 people turned up to watch, so sad after the promises of so many,,,,,all they asked was a bag of sugar for their efforts, Mr Wolf. and some attention from the rest of you.}
If we didn't win!!! Ed you better beware. I'll set the Mad Plumber with electrified hair and the Mad Dog loose to move your mountains with,,,,,'A small nuclear device'
Mr Wallace,,,,,, Wolfy managed to volunteer you for a round in the north,,,,I will be more than a devil on your shoulder if you make us walk as far as Ed the Duck! We could always have another fly down competition,,,,, you could even win John!!!!
Just as an aside,,,,,,wouldn't it be great if Nintendo made a sex tournament with their wii fit,,,,,stand on the wii fit platform with the remote in your pocket and,,,,,,,,,,!!!!!? Would get you in training for 4am!!!!!!
Hope I've made up for my moments of quietness, due to illness, at the weekend! One thing about remaining quiet, and sober, means I can remember everything! This is only the surface!!!! bribes greatfully received, (I would even accept a hang gliding course, to keep quiet). I will await my time,,,,, meanwhile,,,learn to sleep with one eye open,,,,even the man from the mafia has fewer connections,,,,, I know a man with a horses head,,,,. Way beyond the line in the sand, which the tide has washed out!!!!!
One I'm sure we all remember!!!!!!
You know who your friends are when,,,,,,,
Stenhouse and Guthers are tucking into a 4 course beans and bangers pie,
Wendy, Colin, Bill and Ali are sheltering under a cover.(will you drive round and pick us up?)
And Neil, with rain soaked hair, which is standing on end with electrical charge is cuddling you, (not rushing to the other side of the road screaming, keep away Brian the lightning will strike me next, I've been struck by a sprite!!!!!!)
Oh, what friends I have, they can be trusted in a moment of danger, they'll walk to the ends of the earth for you, they'll give you their last meal. I'll remember you all!!!!!
A great weekend parawalking, but how much does a weekend in the BCC cost?
Petrol £25
Food poisoning £20
Drink?????, (would be a lot more without the food poisoning.)
Repack for the soaked reserve. £30
Dead mobile phone, (wet) £100
Dead wet instruments £1000
Dead wet camera £300
etc.
But cheap at the price of a priceless weekend.
Sorry I missed 4am (ask Wolfy) I was just too ill (don't eat at the Station)
Will I be there next time?
You bet!!! But I'll be on form and the rest better watch out, my cutting wit and sarcasm will be fine tuned for the event! (I would hold an evenings tuition for those wishing to improve their skills but only the few true friends would turn up. {which brings me onto another topic,,,,,,thanks Ali, and his students for the informative talk and powerpoint on thermalling and competition flying. I'll never forget little Timothy, the boy with Downs and one leg, giving the demonstration of thermalling through the clouds of students dressed in white clouds, and their tears when they realised only 3 people turned up to watch, so sad after the promises of so many,,,,,all they asked was a bag of sugar for their efforts, Mr Wolf. and some attention from the rest of you.}
If we didn't win!!! Ed you better beware. I'll set the Mad Plumber with electrified hair and the Mad Dog loose to move your mountains with,,,,,'A small nuclear device'
Mr Wallace,,,,,, Wolfy managed to volunteer you for a round in the north,,,,I will be more than a devil on your shoulder if you make us walk as far as Ed the Duck! We could always have another fly down competition,,,,, you could even win John!!!!
Just as an aside,,,,,,wouldn't it be great if Nintendo made a sex tournament with their wii fit,,,,,stand on the wii fit platform with the remote in your pocket and,,,,,,,,,,!!!!!? Would get you in training for 4am!!!!!!
Hope I've made up for my moments of quietness, due to illness, at the weekend! One thing about remaining quiet, and sober, means I can remember everything! This is only the surface!!!! bribes greatfully received, (I would even accept a hang gliding course, to keep quiet). I will await my time,,,,, meanwhile,,,learn to sleep with one eye open,,,,even the man from the mafia has fewer connections,,,,, I know a man with a horses head,,,,. Way beyond the line in the sand, which the tide has washed out!!!!!
One I'm sure we all remember!!!!!!
See you out there!!!!!
Surf crazed and dazed
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I'm severely sun burnt, my legs wont go up stairs, I'm waiting for a new mobile from orange and my cars booked in for repair. Oh and my reserve needs a re pack. Whats the technical term for fear of thunder and how can I stop the nightmares. That aside it was a laugh. 
never waste a hard on and don't trust a fart
Thunderaphobia?Whats the technical term for fear of thunder
Lightningcrapitas?
Ionisationgraphobia?
Cumuluscrashiasphobia?
NAAAAA!!!!
Soft tart!!!!!!!!!!
May your hair stand on end and your toes tingle in all rain storms!
I'm always a little concerned when men cuddle me!!!!!!
See you out there!!!!!
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My Lord it would appear that Head Teacher is turning into a Miller..... Never have I heard such lyrical words, reflecting the misery and pain of a weather beaten and financial burdened NHPC member, spilled, so poetically, into the forum....well apart from when Miller does it. And to think that, despite this endeavour (including a near death experience with Neil Copper Rod Smith), he shows more concern for Little Timmy than himself stands as testimony to the man he is.
Well Bryan don’t worry or concern yourself any longer. I have spoke to the psychologist and the speech and language therapist and they insist that Timmy’s lack of communication, brought on by the trauma of there only being four to watch his demonstration and there being no sugar for his tea, is temporary and that, in time, he should make a full recovery.
The experience of the BCC may have left you, Neil and Gary out of pocket but in respect of love and moral standing you are far richer… in fact be ready to accept a quest to pursue a star over Bethlehem this winter.
As far as the BIG BAD WOLF is concerned…I hope his clock sticks at 4am forever and that his tea is always too sweat. Porn Tash needn’t think he’s excused of any finger pointing either. Clearly karma has already set to work on him with a knotted brake line and it is only a matter of time before the tash falls out to expose his girly lips!.....not that I’m bitter or owt.
Sadder Northerner
Well Bryan don’t worry or concern yourself any longer. I have spoke to the psychologist and the speech and language therapist and they insist that Timmy’s lack of communication, brought on by the trauma of there only being four to watch his demonstration and there being no sugar for his tea, is temporary and that, in time, he should make a full recovery.
The experience of the BCC may have left you, Neil and Gary out of pocket but in respect of love and moral standing you are far richer… in fact be ready to accept a quest to pursue a star over Bethlehem this winter.
As far as the BIG BAD WOLF is concerned…I hope his clock sticks at 4am forever and that his tea is always too sweat. Porn Tash needn’t think he’s excused of any finger pointing either. Clearly karma has already set to work on him with a knotted brake line and it is only a matter of time before the tash falls out to expose his girly lips!.....not that I’m bitter or owt.
Sadder Northerner
Chairman Mao eat your heart out!
The long march??? Nothing compared to what team NHPC have done this past weekend.
Saturday morning, BCC briefing at Ribblehead viaduct. The decision was made to go to Whernside. A good 90 minute walk, but hey it looked positive, maybe even blown out??
People flying as we got near the top….. and then the wind dropped.
Four hours we sat.
And waited for a breath.
Gary flew down, then walked back up.
We then decamped for a "15 minute" Ed \Cleasby walk…. Never trust that mans time estimates……!!
45 minutes later we arrive near the top of Whernside, looking down onto the Ribblehead viaduct, with a glide comp to decide that days event.
Good fun flying over the top of the viaduct, but did not quite make up for the days marching and waiting.
And that was the good day……….!!
Sunday…. Lets walk up Ingleborough!!
The statistics do not do the day justice.
5 miles walked.
2070ft vertical ascent.
Sitting out a hailstorm with hailstones the size of marbles.
Incipient Hypothermia.
Gliders desperately trying to outfly a gust front from a towering Cb.
But back to the morning….. dropped of at the bottom of Park Fell, and started of with a gentle stroll across the foothills. Clouds were building over Whernside, but nothing over Park Fell….. We struggled up to the top for what I thought was going to be a rest and briefing, only to discover that we had a further two miles to walk across the top toi take off.
By this time the clouds over Whernside were BIG.
We sat on the Eastern t/o, to find the wind blowiung straight along the hill.
So lets move to the Southern face….
Another mile to walk.
Wind on the hill, but no lift, and ominous clouds building behind us.
It got darker and darker. The decision was made to fly down asap, and get a retrieve from the Ribble valley, rather than walk 4 miles back to the cars.
A couple of people took of. \Flew out. Didnt go down.
Huge claps of thunder and lightening. Black black clouds behind us….
Started going up….. and up….. with huge Cb behind us. They turned and ran down the valley.
Most of the other 30 pilots decided to walk down, but myself, Colin Wendy, Bill, Ed cleasby decided to sit it out, in the hope that it might improve. After 20 minutes it started to rain. Wendy had a glider stuff bag, and we huddled underneath that. It then started to hail…. Not namby pamby little bits, but huge marble sized hailstones, which HURT when they hit you. We were huddled behind a stone wall, and were not in the worst of it, but it was bad enough.
The temperature dropped markedly…. Where we had been running around topless 45 minutes before, we were now huddled together for warmth, our flying suits on, and freezing water running down our necks. Eventually we decided to make a run for it in a lull in the storm, and climbed down via Alum pot to the main road, where fortunately there were people waiting to retrieve us……
Neil and Brian had walked back, and got caught on the tops during the storm. Neils hair standing on end…. He thought he was going to be fried….
All in all a disastrous weekend, saved only by the great evening had on Saturday …… made even better at 4am Sunday morning….
But you had to be there.
Never again am I going to walk up hills like that.
The long march??? Nothing compared to what team NHPC have done this past weekend.
Saturday morning, BCC briefing at Ribblehead viaduct. The decision was made to go to Whernside. A good 90 minute walk, but hey it looked positive, maybe even blown out??
People flying as we got near the top….. and then the wind dropped.
Four hours we sat.
And waited for a breath.
Gary flew down, then walked back up.
We then decamped for a "15 minute" Ed \Cleasby walk…. Never trust that mans time estimates……!!
45 minutes later we arrive near the top of Whernside, looking down onto the Ribblehead viaduct, with a glide comp to decide that days event.
Good fun flying over the top of the viaduct, but did not quite make up for the days marching and waiting.
And that was the good day……….!!
Sunday…. Lets walk up Ingleborough!!
The statistics do not do the day justice.
5 miles walked.
2070ft vertical ascent.
Sitting out a hailstorm with hailstones the size of marbles.
Incipient Hypothermia.
Gliders desperately trying to outfly a gust front from a towering Cb.
But back to the morning….. dropped of at the bottom of Park Fell, and started of with a gentle stroll across the foothills. Clouds were building over Whernside, but nothing over Park Fell….. We struggled up to the top for what I thought was going to be a rest and briefing, only to discover that we had a further two miles to walk across the top toi take off.
By this time the clouds over Whernside were BIG.
We sat on the Eastern t/o, to find the wind blowiung straight along the hill.
So lets move to the Southern face….
Another mile to walk.
Wind on the hill, but no lift, and ominous clouds building behind us.
It got darker and darker. The decision was made to fly down asap, and get a retrieve from the Ribble valley, rather than walk 4 miles back to the cars.
A couple of people took of. \Flew out. Didnt go down.
Huge claps of thunder and lightening. Black black clouds behind us….
Started going up….. and up….. with huge Cb behind us. They turned and ran down the valley.
Most of the other 30 pilots decided to walk down, but myself, Colin Wendy, Bill, Ed cleasby decided to sit it out, in the hope that it might improve. After 20 minutes it started to rain. Wendy had a glider stuff bag, and we huddled underneath that. It then started to hail…. Not namby pamby little bits, but huge marble sized hailstones, which HURT when they hit you. We were huddled behind a stone wall, and were not in the worst of it, but it was bad enough.
The temperature dropped markedly…. Where we had been running around topless 45 minutes before, we were now huddled together for warmth, our flying suits on, and freezing water running down our necks. Eventually we decided to make a run for it in a lull in the storm, and climbed down via Alum pot to the main road, where fortunately there were people waiting to retrieve us……
Neil and Brian had walked back, and got caught on the tops during the storm. Neils hair standing on end…. He thought he was going to be fried….
All in all a disastrous weekend, saved only by the great evening had on Saturday …… made even better at 4am Sunday morning….
But you had to be there.
Never again am I going to walk up hills like that.
It is sad to measure your life in terms of hours flown...... but even sadder not to.........
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Bloody hell I wasn't even there and I still manage to get shed loads of abuse how does that work?
Well done to you all for sticking out the crap weather in the name of the glorious NHPC.
Guthrie beware next time you're camping you may wake up with a tash superglued to your top lip
Ha ha ha ha ha Did my stint last year with much driving around with Bob Sutherland asking permission from all the farmers it's someone elses turn this year. I really wouldn't recommend a round in the Cheviots the sites just aren't big enough for 40 odd pilots to fly safely. Cross Fell would be a much better bet but I would suggest leaving most of the vehicles outside Kirkland Church and doubling/trebling up to keep the locals happy.Mr Wallis,,,,,, Wolfy managed to volunteer you for a round in the north
Well done to you all for sticking out the crap weather in the name of the glorious NHPC.
Guthrie beware next time you're camping you may wake up with a tash superglued to your top lip
Just a reminder of the wonderful weather last weekend.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvQDHn9QtpE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvQDHn9QtpE
It is sad to measure your life in terms of hours flown...... but even sadder not to.........
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