tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:38:21 +0000Where have you flown? and when?http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/index.htmnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)Blogger643125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-6170845128523892359Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:38:00 +00002010-04-28T11:38:21.847Z This blog is now located at http://tvhgcdiary.blogspot.com/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds or you may click here. For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to http://tvhgcdiary.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default. http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/this-blog-has-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tvhgc flying diary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-5249024118846944867Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:39:00 +00002010-04-26T07:55:50.328Z Name :: Nik Valiris Email :: nik.valiris _at_ gmail.com Date :: 24 / 04 / 2010 Direction :: South Comments :: Arrived at 11am with a few others. It was blowing a steady 12mph SE'ly to start with and nice and sunny but quite hazy (inversion layer?!?) however by 12noon it had picked up to 16-18 and S'ly. Everyone got some decent soaring for a few hours with small punchy thermals which http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/24-04-2010-milk-hill-white-horse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-6708635951305906062Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:04:00 +00002010-04-23T22:18:38.779Z Name :: David Hague Email :: davehague _at_ gmail.com Date :: 23 / 04 / 2010 Direction :: South Comments :: Launched just after midday and initially had the sky to myself, apart from a bird of prey that followed me around squawking. Eventually decided to go XC with a (Team 5?) blue wing. They raced off towards Marlborough and found a climb. I joined a sailplane in a climb above the http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/23-04-2010-golden-ball-faringdon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-5507452181194283820Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:24:00 +00002010-04-22T11:25:00.132Z Name :: Al Wilson Email :: al _at_ mrog.co.uk Date :: 21 / 04 / 2010 Direction :: North Comments :: Beautiful sunny day with wind strong and a little off to the east, but nice conditions in the air. The forecast cumulus disappeared about lunchtime leaving blue conditions. Clearly 'good blue' though, as a couple made it into Dorset for 70k (Kirsty) and 80k (Tim G). Strong climbs to 4.5khttp://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/21-04-2010-combe-gibbet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-3843618827111578252Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:01:00 +00002010-04-21T00:01:35.892Z Name :: Nik Valiris Email :: nik.valiris _at_ gmail.com Date :: 20 / 04 / 2010 Direction :: North West Comments :: A cheeky visit after work, after a quick pre-travel weather check (thanks Lee) I arrived with lots of cars and a few groupies flying could only mean one thing lots have gone XC - 100k+ has been mentioned good going all. Well after take off at 6.30pm I had a ball with some http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/20-04-2010-liddington_20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-7815366844117403423Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:33:00 +00002010-04-20T17:39:57.279Z Name :: Al Wilson Email :: al _at_ mrog.co.uk Date :: 20 / 04 / 2010 Direction :: North West Comments :: epic! at least 4 100k flights to the south downs, think mark jones won the day with 120k. well done to jon collie on his first uk ton, 109k to arundel. windy in the morning, but liddington lived up to reputation for being good in a gale and tim g and i climbed straight out from http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/20-04-2010-liddington.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-5637119690946485683Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:52:00 +00002010-04-20T00:54:56.700ZA whizo weekend.Reechhttp://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/2010-04-17-talybont-and-2010-04-18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reech)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-7743761929306023002Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:58:00 +00002010-04-14T10:07:43.117Z Name :: Wayne bevan Email :: waynebevan23 _at_ yahoo.co.uk Date :: 10 / 04 / 2010 Direction :: East Comments :: Last Saturday provided much flying for all disciplines at Mercuy albeit the conditions at first were light. May I thank those PG pilots who displayed good airman-ship & discipline when scratching & having to slope land. Most of these pilots did their best not to hang aroundhttp://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/10-04-2010-mercury-sky-surfers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-5749287328446628602Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:40:00 +00002010-04-11T20:40:58.711ZQuite a day really. Got there about 11.30am. Loads of people there for a BCC round. Very light. Most trekked up to the top takeoff some people used the lower takeoff and managed to get up. I didn't and had a bit of a trek up through the bracken........... Anyway, loads of people flying and quite a few getting away. For reasons unknown to me I was flying like an ass and could barely stay up! Afterhttp://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/2010-04-10-pandy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reech)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-4665063562861270240Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:28:00 +00002010-04-12T10:46:05.396Z Name :: Mike Long Email :: _at_ Date :: 09 / 04 / 2010 Direction :: West Comments :: Due to work commitment couldn't make the BCC round in Wales at the weekend so headed for Talybont on the Friday. Several pilots in the carpark. Some took the short walk;having met Ken Wilkinson I opted for his advice and we, with three others, took the long walk.... Superb views from the top. The http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/09-04-2010-talybont.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-5097189032309614161Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:52:00 +00002010-04-11T08:34:14.478Z Name :: Bob Johnston Email :: bob _at_ skylinemodelsdotcodotuk Date :: 10 / 04 / 2010 Direction :: North East Comments :: To call it a north East wind isn't fair, there wasn't any most of the time! Warm, stable humid day with increasing cirrus rolling in, stupid me thought it would improve once small cu's started popping, it didn't and I wished I went earlier! Finally left around 3 http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/10-04-2010-malverns.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-7208061084104894027Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:53:00 +00002010-04-09T23:31:50.348Z Name :: Simon Twiss Email :: simon.twiss _at_ btinternet.com Date :: 07 / 04 / 2010 Direction :: North West Comments :: If anyone was interested in the Wednesday weather (seems a bit tame after Thurs) - V cloudy. And windy. But thx for on site wx update from Andrew - It was flyable - just. The site was just on the divide between light overcast and dark overcast, and there lay a line ofhttp://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/07-04-2010-liddington.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-4673834503450098760Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:03:00 +00002010-04-09T09:06:33.747Z Name :: Al Wilson Email :: al _at_ mrog.co.uk Date :: 08 / 04 / 2010 Direction :: North Comments :: Classic Combe day. Wind bang on the hill and soarable to begin with, but went light just as the thermals started Most of them seemed to stop at 2500' or so to begin with, but around 12 it switched on properly with good climbs to base at 4000'. Lots of sun on the ground and lift http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/08-04-2010-combe-gibbet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-8860641444152304855Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:29:00 +00002010-04-09T23:32:19.696Z Name :: Simon Twiss Email :: simon.twiss _at_ btinternet.com Date :: 08 / 04 / 2010 Direction :: North Comments :: Wow. Great day. Picked a nice field at Chichester on google earth - emailed declaration . It was being mown for me as I landed . Pictures :: http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/photo_gallery/ XC League :: TVHGC :: National http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/08-04-2010-combe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-4516963576639713852Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:41:00 +00002010-04-06T09:36:59.474Z Name :: Bob Johnston Email :: bob _at_ skylinemodelsdotcodotuk Date :: 04 / 04 / 2010 Direction :: North West Comments :: Lovely "stolen" evening flight on Chinnor on what was a blown out day, had a feeling it might just drop enough before it went West later in the day, shot up Chinnor as soon as the wind started to drop and got about 40 mins of evening thermal flying in before it did http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/04-04-2010-chinnor-ridge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-6603893849968217675Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:27:00 +00002010-04-03T17:29:35.338ZHere's a quickie of the doings at the Big Fat RePack. Really a must do each year. You might get one chance if you need to use your reserve. IT HAS TO WORK!Reechhttp://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/04/2010-03-28-big-fat-repack.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reech)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-7076241097663019649Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:35:00 +00002010-03-30T19:36:50.636ZGot blown out mid afternoon but only for a bout an hour. Then got me Ibex out. Was joined by a few other paragliders and some speedwing doods.Reechhttp://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/03/2010-03-27-rhosilli-on-ibex.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reech)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-6867989208557365615Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +00002010-03-29T18:01:41.411ZYet another trek to the seaside. Yet another wonnerful time had! Really is a superb place.Reechhttp://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/03/2010-03-27-rhosilli.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reech)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-8105324495289467408Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:05:00 +00002010-03-27T13:55:19.547Z Name :: Fi Burgess Email :: me _at_ cloudbaseparagliding.com Date :: 22 / 03 / 2010 Direction :: West Comments :: Unexpectedly nice flying at Milk in the bowl, although the wind was off to the west, almost a bit north of west at times. We were there by 8.30am and flew until lunchtime. By far the best bit was seeing John Morgan get signed off for his CP with some very good strong wind http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/03/22-03-2010-milk-hill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-6723557589442297857Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:37:00 +00002010-03-23T16:40:21.961ZOff to the lesser flown site of Whitesheet. Didn,t fancy the crowds at Rybury....Reechhttp://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/03/2010-03-21-whitesheet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reech)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-1715034137176837841Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:41:00 +00002010-03-22T18:03:42.090Z Name :: Nik Valiris Email :: nik.valiris _at_ gmail.com Date :: 21 / 03 / 2010 Direction :: West Comments :: Nice day! Some flying in the morning then strong conditions as forecast in the middle of the day which prevented flying for me as a LAT person but continued at 2.30pm when it became less gusty. Lots of flying had by other TVHGC members and CB posse including some XCs... and http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/03/21-03-2010-rudlers-west.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-171474166178193076Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:15:00 +00002010-03-22T17:39:02.444Z Name :: james learmont Email :: me _at_ my surname.com Date :: 21 / 03 / 2010 Direction :: South West Comments :: Sometimes unexpected days can be the best. Arrived at about 2pm to find about 30 cars parked at Rybury and a gaggle of pods hanging over the hill itself and Wallis big earsing in on Milk. It looked too strong but I waited. After listening to Pete W's tales of hours of http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/03/21-03-2010-milk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-7814664725013215269Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:58:00 +00002010-03-17T20:00:00.834ZA fair trek to Rhosilli but its a superb coastal place!Reechhttp://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/03/2010-03-15-rhosilli.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reech)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-2885171342175247866Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:27:00 +00002010-03-16T22:35:36.978Z 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 http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/03/16-03-2010-mere.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TVHGC Flying DIary)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30646529.post-1221626828986948428Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:46:00 +00002010-03-16T12:47:38.999ZLight to start with but got good!Reechhttp://www.tvhgc.co.uk/diary/2010/03/2010-03-13-bell-hill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reech)