wet rain, angry skies

today gave us an overcooked sky

Xeno- it's a winner

back of the front

of the 4 flyers on the hill, three were bidding for this on Ebay

triumphant Eric takes to the air

landing interupted by cow poo

beware- cloud suck!

Ray senses hail on the way

spring scale

It's bumpy close in today as the wind pulls round ssw, but this doesn't stop Paul maidening his new Ventus.

ready for some quality lift reaming

success!

Under the deft guidance of quality thumbmanship and Multiplex jiggery pokery, the Ventus shrugs off the lumpy air with a refined whistle. We hope to see this impressive thoroughbred making the most of those spring time thermals again some time soon.

first outlanding of the season

The honour of the first outlanding of the season goes to Ray, who sends out his two chicken boys to retrieve the wreckage....

handy site

Here's a useful link for your favorites....

weather station links

Scroll down the page to get a selection of weather stations around Kent with regular (almost live) updates.

Stations include Hollingbourne and Fant, both good pointers for the mighty mighty Thurnham!

seasons salutations

The new season starts here, a warm wind means Winter's on the way out and months of sunshine and thermals await us!

the lane foliage has been

comprehensively mullered, all the easier to park up against!

start of season salutations with the customary pensioner man poon parade

Eric and his Terry cover up Ray's excited fist thrashing-

it's been a while since he's seen the sun

see, a real man knows exactly where he is

with a 7 cell nicad pack and a speed 400

and the Terry (bless it's little cotton socks) is none the wiser either

Free Bird, plenty more of those down Rochester High Street

on a Saturday evening

2009 roundup

Here's a little bit of cheer whilst the weather continues to spoil our fun. The good news is that it's not getting dark until about 5.15 now.

testing day

Duke's got some new slope devices to test

and rounds up the ground crew

'I need one volunteer...you'll do nicely'

'Let's get this down on film......it's all

looking a bit dark though'

'Ray, keep an eye on those paragliders'

away she goes!

lost sight of him....

fossin' 'ell that was close !!

'what?'

countryman soars the common

common people

Deryck drags Paul out to sniff the icy north westerly wafting across Kent. Despite the perma-frost, there's some lovely thermal activity in the smooth air.

Deryck has the Countryman on duty today

firm push

no problems off the small hill, even with a meagre breeze

It turns out to be a right lovely day. It's more thermal soaring than ridge relaxation, but with rooks marking the lift and plenty of layers to keep out the chill, you'd never know it's still Winter.

finally some action

It's a light westerly, but plenty of fliers get out to enjoy the Winter sun. Lots of quality carnage for some reason, fly aways, fly togethers and fly straight ins. Perhaps we've all forgotten how to do it properly.

Steve does some quality flying...





...even if it does involve getting dragged around the sky

ouch!