Bell Hill - Monday 29th August

More breeze and more sunshine than forecast. Arrived just after 11am with Ian P., (new site). Parking space was at a premium. As expected, packed with PG but good to see several HG as well.

Breeze picked up not long after we arrived and PG were grounded for most of the day. The hangies enjoyed themselves with good height gains, (I got 2,200ft ATO on my 40min flight.) Lots of usable lift. Good to see Tony B. having a couple of long soaring flights.

Top field still in high crop which put me off. After watching a number of tricky landings I elected to land at the bottom and join Ian who totalled 3 flights. A very pleasant day.

(Other SSC pilots went to Westbury – what was it like there, chaps?)

Brian.

Blorenge Fly In

Headed to the Blorenge for the SE Wales fly-in. I was the only SSC Hangie, in fact there were only about 5 in the whole event. Forecast was not great and turned out to be pretty windy, Saturday blown out so on Sunday headed for the coast. Had a corking day at Rhossilli, never flown here before and what a lovely site. Unexpectedly, for a coastal site, I hooked into something that took me all the way to base at 3k.

Thanks to the SSC PG crown for entertaining me, we had a good BBQ on Saturday night.

Had to return home for parenting duties on Monday which looked far better.

James

P.S am I the only person reading or using this blog?

My Favourite Site, 8th August

My favourite site.....at the beach in Cornwall. No phones, email, computers, deadlines, clients, haven't shaved in over 2 weeks, no TV, no bills to pay, no traffic jams, no junk mail.......just a smooth and steady onshore breeze acres of pristine sand and the smell of salt in the air.

Thanks to Brian P for the donation of my new beach glider...she will be happy in retirement down here!

James