----- Original Message -----
From: Don Shipton
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 8:06 AM
Subject: WHITEWOOL
Hi , Whitewool looked beautiful I had hoped for some really good flying but it didn't happen as it was very much up and down and more down that up. On the plus side James lane went over the back, not far but at 1000ft ato had hoped for a longer XC .Simon Vacher also left the hill at the same time and managed to fly to Corhampton and had a quick retrieve.
Full house with eight pilots ,four of these low airtime who were very pleased to have their longest flights lasting all of 5/10 minutes .Now they are really hooked! Another low airtime pilot PG but high airtime airline pilot! Brian did well and enjoyed his flying having a few good flights. I asked the usual 'tongue in cheek' question. "Which do you enjoy flying the most, your passenger jet or your wind paraglider?"
The answer is always the same .No contest, which just shows how addicted our sport can be.
More good news. I have met with the landowners at Whitewool to try improving communications to avoid losing flying days and have been successful.
No visit by a warden but a visit to a website. This will indicate "Closed days" some are already posted for clay shoots. (The site remains controlled as per the rules except for this change.)
All pilots will have access to this website but it is still top priority that a warden be present for all flying.
These changes will come into effect very soon and will be posted ASAP.so for the time being continue as normal.
Mercury ,looking across ,didn't do any better than Whitewool and only a few pilots were there.
We remain optimistic.
Hope you are making a good recovery Jason. (and getting a good tan looking up to the sky!) Shippo
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