A bit of poetic licence their Gary - No I wasn't checking shoe laces or waiting for you to go first I just couldn't keep up with how quick you were trying to get off the hill your impatience to be first off paid dividends though and 5 mins after you went it was howling and I was on full speedbar just trying to get forward then another 10 mins later there was nowt. (The reverse of what happened on Sunday when you went down in front and I went over the back)
Anyway despite all that it was still a great weekend as you said.
Good fun good company & comowarderwie and good flying.
what a weekend in tinto with great spirit and camaraderi
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ron freeman
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camaraderie..
Camaraderie.. Mmm 
Nice flights !
was windy in the Cheviots
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Graeme Gilroy
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Bradwell/ lords seat
Was blown out all weekend in peak district but had a boat about on bradwell Monday in wavy conditions and a great couple o hours on lords seat today with some cracking thermals coming through ( am sure my legs where wavin around in panic) I know my arse was twitching ! Great bunch o lads down here made me feel welcome including one in his eighties !!!! Hopin for more of the same rest o week.
Well done Jim On your flight
Cheers
Graeme
Well done Jim On your flight
Cheers
Graeme
it's a fine line between heaven and here
Great weekend flying for some - I hear a few flights over the border 
Yes, there's a couple quid "donation" expected from non-members which I didn't remind of to not spoil the camaraderie, but it would be nice - after all, the club is stuck with 500 per annum insurance after more than half of our subs goes to the farmers around Tinto.
My flying was less impressive: 5min TTB, then carried up the rigged glider with a help from a few PG pilots (thanks a lot guys!) and another hour's flight.
Sunday went for Moorfoots expecting more wind as it's further East, and it worked really nice for a while - but the lull of the cycle was a bit bigger than I could survive.
The "dive in the ditch" landing has spurned a few comments, so here's the keelcam video
Yes, there's a couple quid "donation" expected from non-members which I didn't remind of to not spoil the camaraderie, but it would be nice - after all, the club is stuck with 500 per annum insurance after more than half of our subs goes to the farmers around Tinto.
My flying was less impressive: 5min TTB, then carried up the rigged glider with a help from a few PG pilots (thanks a lot guys!) and another hour's flight.
Sunday went for Moorfoots expecting more wind as it's further East, and it worked really nice for a while - but the lull of the cycle was a bit bigger than I could survive.
The "dive in the ditch" landing has spurned a few comments, so here's the keelcam video
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Jim Bittlestone
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I personally never expect a retrieve or someone to come looking for me if I mess up and always expect to hitch back to the car, which I usually do, it's part of the game when you go xc. If someone is kind enough to drive my car back, I'm really chuffed but would never expect it. I fly accordingly if out of sight or on my own, which is fairly often.
Same when I'm sea kayaking out to the Farne Islands alone say, its the risk I take, I enjoy the challenge of keeping my head in gear.
I think Steve Etherington has a SPOT device on his arm which his missus has access to from a computer for the very reason you mention.
Same when I'm sea kayaking out to the Farne Islands alone say, its the risk I take, I enjoy the challenge of keeping my head in gear.
I think Steve Etherington has a SPOT device on his arm which his missus has access to from a computer for the very reason you mention.