tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306465292010-03-17T20:00:00.825ZWhere have you flown? and when?TVHGC Flying DIarynoreply@blogger.comBlogger621125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-78146647250132152692010-03-17T19:58:00.001Z2010-03-17T20:00:00.834Z

A fair trek to Rhosilli but its a superb coastal place!Reech

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Name :: Pete W Email :: news64@ _at_ btinternet.com Date :: 16 / 03 / 2010 Direction :: South Comments :: Nice and lifty until the wind got up around 1pm. nice day with only three others Pictures :: http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/photo_gallery/ XC League :: TVHGC :: National

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Light to start with but got good!Reech

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Name :: Robert Ager Email :: robertager _at_ ash-studios.co.uk Date :: 13 / 03 / 2010 Direction :: North West Comments :: A truly superb day! Arrived at about 10.30 and lightish conditions gradually improved to give lots of lift as the day progressed. Very reliable thermals over the eastern end and the copse in front got me lift to cloudbase at 3,500ft (along with quite few others.)

TVHGC Flying DIarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-12236327686182185682010-03-13T22:21:00.000Z2010-03-14T02:44:41.080Z

Name :: Simon Twiss Email :: simon.twiss _at_ btinternet.com Date :: 13 / 03 / 2010 Direction :: North West Comments :: Was expecting more high pressure mediocraty, so much so that I willingly traipsed miles to a kiddies fete in the morning. The smaller ridge to the West of the trees was kicking off well, but the sky was very cloudy for earlier gaggles. Finally high and with a narrow

TVHGC Flying DIarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-60154850264742847592010-03-12T07:09:00.002Z2010-03-12T07:15:07.235Z

A little flight at a very uncrowded Selsley. Light NNW surprisingly lifty.Reech

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Name :: David Hague Email :: davehague _at_ gmail.com Date :: 11 / 03 / 2010 Direction :: North East Comments :: Forecast looked good for an XC, so made the 5 hour round trip for a first visit to Leckhampton. Parked in the wrong car park. Broke my drinking tube in the car door. Completely overcast. Got my glider out and the wind became too light. Dog peed on my glider. Owner dragged

TVHGC Flying DIarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-55998657061592262892010-03-09T07:46:00.000Z2010-03-09T07:47:32.567Z

Strong, thermic, inverted, sunny, cold. ENE 8-15Reech

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Name :: David Hague Email :: davehague _at_ gmail.com Date :: 07 / 03 / 2010 Direction :: North East Comments :: Finally got to use my Malverns Sticker... Launched at 11am and got hoiked straight up to 1000' ATO. Lift pretty much everywhere in front of the ridge. The difficult part was finding sink in order to lose height and defrost. There was a strong inversion at about 2800' though

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A bit far afield but cracking South East Wales site.Reech

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Name :: Bob Johnston Email :: bob _at_ skylinemodelsdotcodotuk Date :: 07 / 03 / 2010 Direction :: East Comments :: Tiny little hill only two miles from home, next easterly is 50 plus miles away, lots of hopping around and a few reasonable small flights. not as much wind as forecast although few good gusts for sure. Spring thermals were small and not easy to use, almost got away twice,

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Name :: Mike Long Email :: _at_ Date :: 05 / 03 / 2010 Direction :: North West Comments :: Beautiful sunny day. Never seen so many hang gliders being assembled ! Ian P had some great flights out towards Bratton on his own and well out infront of the hill. Lots of good lift in the afternoon. Great practice for my first xc this year ?! Pictures :: http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/

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Name :: Steve Newcombe Email :: steve_newcombe _at_ hotmail.com Date :: 05 / 03 / 2010 Direction :: North West Comments :: Wind forecast looked a bit lighter to the SW, so headed to Bell. Flyable all day with spring thermals to 2000. Good turnout and lots of happy faces in the spring sunshine. Numb fingers only downside. Pictures :: XC League :: TVHGC :: National

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Name :: Malcolm Beard Email :: highviz _at_ googlemail.com Date :: 27 / 02 / 2010 Direction :: South Comments :: Just Grant and myself out on HG's today, although I think I saw Tim Guildford heading the other way as I passed through Malborough at about 12 o'clock. Wind was SSW and the the rain stopped about 1pm. Just enough west in the wind to take off by the cattle trough on the main

TVHGC Flying DIarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-21967304801805298662010-02-22T00:44:00.001Z2010-02-22T09:51:25.331Z

Name :: Nik Valiris Email :: nik.valiris _at_ gmail.com Date :: 21 / 02 / 2010 Direction :: Other! Comments :: With strong winds forecast all morning and mid day, late in the day there looked like a small chance. Mike Long and myself arrived on the track up to Milk to find some activity on Rybury with two above take off and with some wind across the track it looked promising :-) we

TVHGC Flying DIarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-72173250558058233082010-02-21T17:40:00.000Z2010-02-21T17:41:18.503Z

Beautiful day of sunshine and light wafty lift.Reech

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Name :: Nik Valiris Email :: nik.valiris _at_ gmail.com Date :: 20 / 02 / 2010 Direction :: West Comments :: Nice sunny day on Rybury, very light wind so not much soaring. Some light thermal activity coming through allowing very short beats of the hill around lunch time. Later in the day the winds picked up no more than 1-2mph allowing a few more. Nice company with 7-8 other hopeful

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Name :: Bob Johnston Email :: bob _at_ skylinemodelsdotcodotuk Date :: 14 / 02 / 2010 Direction :: North Comments :: A lovely afternoon on Combe if a bit strong on take off, plenty of lift and the sky to myself for about a hour. Thanks to Lee and Fi for a short go on the little cloud 18m speed wing, would love another try in a little more wind. Lets hope for many more days on combe

TVHGC Flying DIarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-57513381966108074632010-02-15T16:24:00.001Z2010-02-15T17:21:57.128Z

Name :: Mike Long Email :: _at_ Date :: 14 / 02 / 2010 Direction :: North West Comments :: Short flight after work before the wind dropped off at my local...... Pictures :: http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/photo_gallery/ XC League :: TVHGC :: National

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Name :: Mrs Moose Email :: me _at_ cloudbaseparagliding dot com Date :: 14 / 02 / 2010 Direction :: North Comments :: Forecast was optimistic but the wind was disappointingly strong most of the day for most people, except for a couple of courageous ones plus Lee on the mad little speedwing, then the sacrificial lambs left at 3.30 and it became flyable for all, though pretty chilly.

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Name :: Simon Twiss Email :: simon.twiss _at_ btinternet.com Date :: 14 / 02 / 2010 Direction :: North Comments :: Got to the front - no-one there. Wind up the hill - check. Not howling - check. Blue skies and puffy CUs - check. Wierd! Gorgeous Cus kept drifting over, but it didnt seem to translate to usable thermals, but thats maybe expecting a bit much in Feb. Slightly NNW at times,

TVHGC Flying DIarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-71629701989632736752010-02-14T17:00:00.004Z2010-02-14T17:40:43.724Z

Name :: Mike Hibbit/ Daniel Games Email :: cloud9airsports@btopenworld.com _at_ Date :: 13 / 02 / 2010 Direction :: North Comments :: SO WHAT WAS IT LIKE: Cold!! Top end northerly until 4 ish when it went light and then picked up again an hour later! But flyable most of the day. WHO WAS THERE: On arrival we found Richard Bungay and Mick Wooldridge flying. Alan, Mick's son had been

TVHGC Flying DIarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-10698938828969269662010-02-14T16:34:00.002Z2010-02-14T17:39:02.397Z

Name :: Lawrence Fansa Email :: lawrence _at_ verticaltd.com Date :: 14 / 02 / 2010 Direction :: North Comments :: Had a nice time soaring around Combe today. Fairly strong on the ground but in the air consistant with some punchy thermals at times, other times nice and smooth. Compression felt fairly strong so stayed well out front. Picked up some lift from above the wooded circle out

TVHGC Flying DIarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-25665728762872876842010-02-13T21:20:00.002Z2010-02-14T12:04:59.976Z

Name :: Robert Ager Email :: robertager _at_ ash-studios.co.uk Date :: 13 / 02 / 2010 Direction :: North East Comments :: Spoke with Kay and Paul earlier on and they convinced me that Combe wouldn't be the best site today and I'm glad I listened. Got to Westbury at about 12.30 to find not a soul there. I was worried that perhaps there had been an exclusion put around the site, but

TVHGC Flying DIarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-8257491073215425092010-02-09T14:27:00.001Z2010-02-09T14:34:07.975Z

Name :: Mike Hibbit Email :: cloud9airsports@btopenworld.com _at_ Date :: 06 / 02 / 2010 Direction :: North Comments :: Great afternoons flying. Visibility could have been better, but lift was surprisingly good! Richard Bungay stayed above most of us, most of the time but we cruised over the road and explored the lift on the front of Walbury Hill a couple of times. Wind speed okay and

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