Saturday 6 August 2011

Light wind relaxation on Rhossili

I decided to make the most of my last free day of my annual leave this past Friday and took the Wasabi and Gentle Lady to Rhossili for a nice session with Andy and Roger.



Was a nice relaxing morning that got very crowded with 30 paragliders showing up to make the most of a really nice day. Most of the paragliders were really pleasant and gave us some space after we moved to an area of the slope requested by the club Secretary. As so often happens, there were two paragliders that disregarded their own safety and decided to fly directly through the tiny area of sky we had been allocated to use, without giving us any warning. I nearly accidentally hit them both on separate occasions, and my polite requests for some space were ignored with a smirk. Kind of put a dampener on my day and caused me to get a bit grumpy.

To add further to my frustrations, I misjudged where my plane was and managed to have a mid-air with Roger's Ocelot. No damage to the Wasabi and creased the leading edge on the Ocelot, Sorry Rog.

I didn't get any videos and only took a couple of Photos




Tuesday 2 August 2011

Can't quit totally!

I managed to keep hold of my planes and will be using them now and then. I won't be committing to racing any more though as it was my competitive nature that was keeping me from my family, and I was wasting a LOT of time on forums, so will continue to refrain from posting on them.

I will be getting out for a sports fly when everything lines up and will continue to try to get videos and photos to share with you when I do.

Should have an opportunity to go flying at Rhossili on Friday. Roger should be maidening his Stingray!! And Andy should be maidening his Ascot!! Very exciting and even if I haven't fixed the Wasabi and Skorp by then, I will go along just to hang out.

Anyway, it feels good to have revised my 'knee-jerk' reaction.

More after Friday!