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Author: Andrew Donnison (---.in-addr.fast.co.uk)
Date: 22-07-10 21:22
I got a text from Sprinty at 11:00 this morning whilst in the car driving to a meeting. Forecast looks Sh@t! might be a small windows of opportunity later this evening at Abergele Hill? I look out of the window to big menacing towering Cu’s and think WTF? Sprinty must be on the magic mushrooms again?
2pm I checked the weather forecast to see a massive collection of Cu Nims all over the UK with a few in North Wales. No chance, forget it I thought. 4pm the phone rang, what do you think then said Sprinty? I look out of the window to large ominous clouds with sparks coming out of them and the rain pelting the conservatory roof? Er, looks crap to me. Come on you have to be on the hill to fly it, there is a break in the weather it might just be on. North East 9Mph at Rhyl now?
45 Minutes later I arrive at Abergele Hill to glorious blue sky and sunshine, the wind turbines out at sea are NE and there are no white caps on the sea. Um I thought, we might just be lucky here. After the slog up to take off I got the wing ready as Sprinty turned up. He went to the front, got out his wind meter and said 16 – 18Mph smooth as. I clipped in, turned and launched. My god was it smooth or what! I turned right down the ridge and just went up and up. By the time I got to 500’ ato I just stayed at that height all evening. You could fly anywhere along the ridge and not lose any height.
Sprinty was soon in the air and was playing out front over the A55 and beach. What is really amazing about this site is how far you can fly out from the ridge and not lose height? It just works a treat. I even managed to fly out over the beach and sea and turn back to fly to the ridge and only lose 100’ at most. This site is crazy.
As the evening progressed you could see that the wind turbines getting quicker and the sea had white caps forming a mile out. Slowly but surely the wind was getting stronger and forward speed away from the hill was only 4Mph. In with the ears and both went to the landing field. Within 10 minutes the sea was rough and the trees were blowing hard. It pays to keep an eye on conditions.
I must fly the tandem at this site, the carry up will be a bitch but the views and conditions will be worth it. With two very large flat landing fields bottom landing should not pose a challenge.
We have been to this site three times now and flew three times.
Abergele Safe – A few pictures from Sprinty to follow and a video from me soon.
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Author: Stephen Taylor (---.midd.adsl.virginmedia.com)
Date: 22-07-10 23:10
Well done you two. As Nick says you have to be on the hill to know if it's flyable or not.
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Author: Laura wooding (82.132.248.---)
Date: 22-07-10 23:13
Knew as soon as the weather broke you two would be out. Im busy till sat and sun so hope to see you then.
Bringing tandem out?
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Author: Andrew Donnison (---.in-addr.fast.co.uk)
Date: 23-07-10 10:27
The Abergele Hill site or ‘Cefn Yr Ogof’ in Welsh is now a registered flying site with the BHPA under Beyond Extreme Paragliding.
The usual BHPA rules apply in that you must be a BHPA member to fly or have third party insurance at all times. This site does have a few sensitive areas so please ensure you have a copy of the site guide which can be found and downloaded here:
http://www.wingover.co.uk/
Depending on your browser you can either view it online or download it and print it out.
Please ensure the future of this site and abide by the rules please.
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