A 9.30 start saw everyone arrive (Bev with yet another man) and get rigging in the bird seed field looking forward to the longer tows. Mark L (Torquay/ Germany) was back on the hang Glider hoping to finish his EPC and start his CPC, Bev P (N.Devon) was on a Paraglider having finished her CPC tasks and building experience for the hill, Dave B came back for more after last week for his second day on a Paraglider to move into more EPC tasks, Glyn P (N.Devon) who learnt with us back in 2007 was along for some refreshing on towing having only been hill flying since and Keith W (N.Devon) was along on his Paramotor for hopefully his final CPC flights.
Bev gets set as the lines return
Bev comes in as Dave and Glyn get sorted
The wind played ball nicely although instead of a NE we had a SE but there you go that's the advantage of towing:) Bev got the ball rolling and was soon enjoying herself as she played with the wing, practised spot landings and generally kept us all amused. Mark had a fine time on the hangy polishing off his EPC before moving into high flights and base bar conversions whilst putting in some super spot landings along with some not so super ones, it's all about airspeed.
Glyn gets some ground handling in
Mark on anice approach
and super finals
Proceedings were interrupted when Kaz caught a sheep whilst towing in the lines much to our amusement and her disgust, honestly it did look like that before she dragged it!
Every picture tells a story .......
...but possibly not the whole one !
Dave B did well and with his taster day experience settling in made good progress in to his EPC with release flights and gentle turns underway. Glyn P did really well getting back to grips with the towing and was soon looking really sweet and even enjoying himself into the bargain.
Bev comes in after a nice one
Keith pops in the protein ready for his second flight
Keith W had a two super flights on his Paramotor in stunning conditions with his only complaint being how cold it was up top! So completing his CPC and the end of a long journey to get there, well done Keith :)))
Tying on at the end of the day ...
With the wind filling in at the end of the day we actually got packed up before dark and had a very pleasant evening out with the guys in St Agnes Hotel where the food is excellent, worth a visit.
Some nice flying was also had at Carbis in the afternoon / evening but you can't do both, mores the pity.
Quote of the day "I can't touch it" and then she did