Scottish Nationals Paragliding Series
The last round of this years competition was hosted by The Ochils Club on the 14th and 15th October 06
Day 1 -Saturday Myreton - near Menstrie.
Once everyone was up the hill, (most wings being carried up by the the one allowed 4*4) Tony briefed everyone comprehensively with an open distance task set. Tony also clearly reminded everyone of disallowed landing fields.
The conditions were however less than ideal with a bit too much East for the hills to be working at their best, however some people made it to near The Wallace Monument but I dont know who the task winner was yet. I do know however that Cliff, Brian and Zeno and one other person all went to a hill near Dollar and Brian at least did about 20km passing Myreton again and then also onto the monument - well done, this of course probably won`t count for the competition though :-(
In the evening Tina and Gordon were superb hosts to a group of 10, with lots of beer, food and great chat, followed by everyone "dossing" very comfortably down and to top that on Sunday morning- a perfect breakfast - Thankyou very much.
Some links related to this event
Here are photos by Brian Steele on my website. and here is Zeno Kerr's version
All my photos (107) in a Picasa format opens in a new window.
Day 2 - Near Ben Lawers - near Killin.
The forecast was good however in the real world there was just a light mist and no wind to speak of. After some time a task was set by a committe consisting of Brian Steele, Cliff Smith, Mike Jardine, Dave Thomson and George McGhee. This involved a forward launch 2 turnpoints - the trees and the "tennis racket" and then hopefully a spot landing on a blue glider stuff sack sheet provided by Logan Nisbet. No one was spot on however overall series winner Kenny Cooper was closest to the target.
Some links related to this event
A video of the pilots who landed after me - here is a 35Mb link (Right click and Save to computer)
All my photos (43) in a Picasa format opens in a new window.
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