Category Archives: General
70 miles in the clouds
Ben and I took a day off last Friday 29th August. We had planned a round trip from Denmead. The forecast was good and it promised sunshine. Sadly we got no sunshine but low cloud instead – we decided to go for it as the winds were light… I took off first and had not […]
Shining TOR
It was another top Bank holiday… Diana, Sebastian and I travelled up to Hathersage in the Peak District to stay with Michael and Mary. On arrival there were a number of paraglider pilots flying (as I suspected there would be!) at Eyam Edge. We got up there and I was too ill to even get […]
Evening PPG flight
We spent the weekend in the country at Closewood. I took the motor down on the off chance using my homemade carrier for the car which works extremely well. The weather was perfect and the conditions were clear. I took off from the local farm and had an hour or so flying around. There were […]
Vol Biv across rural France
There was a large paramotor meet on 28th and 29th June before the French Nationals in North Eastern France in a place called Basse Ham. Michel Carnet was flying there from Dieppe and he asked both Ben and I to join him along with Laura Beaumont and John Caston. I consider myself still to be […]
South Downs under power…
What can I say? Pure, unadulterated and blissful flying over the South Downs under power. The photo shows Ben with Brighton and the sea in the background…
Iñaki Ochoa de Olza
It was in Namche Bazar in the year 2000 when I first met Iñaki. He strolled into the lodge and greeted us all with a huge smile. We were off to climb Ama Dablam and I have to say that it was definitely one of the most enjoyable expeditions of my life. From this time […]
Flying at the Blorenge
The weather looked ideal… Ben and I took the day off and at 6am we set off hoping to fly Pandy – in Wales. It took us about 3 hours to get there and to our dismay, when we arrived, we noticed in the site guide that Pandy was closed throughout May due to cattle […]
Wingsuit video
Check out this wingsuit video which shows how low they can fly. The mountaineers are even waving at him! Nice… Adrenalin Hunters via Zapiks
Flying on the Isle of Wight
We have just returned from the Isle of Wight where we spent a long weekend staying in a beautiful thatched cottage in Afton (West of the Island – near Freshwater) It felt as if we were abroad somewhere and although it was just a long weekend, it felt like a proper break from the ‘smoke’. […]