Losing the plot

Strong and gusty winds again today. Even the birds are walking! When will this end? Looks like the depressions are lined up to keep hitting us for a while.

Grounded again!

Yet another windy Saturday. Thinking of taking the X-sail to the beach but no fun if it's raining.

Too windy to fly - went to the races.

Good day's motorcycle racing at Tandragee. Only called once when a rider came off at around 140mph - his bike was wrecked. He remarked at the time that it was a good job he hadn't fitted the new exhaust!! He crawled out of the hedge without a scratch! Turned out later that he had a broken toe.

Tandragee in the rain!

Windy with rain forecast so I headed to Tandragee as part of the communications network for the emergency services (doctors, paramedics and first aiders) on duty there for the motorcycle race practices. Started off as a lovely sunny afternoon but with a strong wind. Met up with the usual suspects and blagged a lift to my post with my ambulance crew. Practice runs were rather uneventful. Then it rained - and rained! They persevered with some practice laps in the rain until every competitor had done four laps before drawing things to a close. Got home just before 10pm. 


Do it all again tomorrow for the actual races - weather to be useless for flying anyway: again!

What's this wet stuff falling from the sky?

Rain today for the first time in ages - and the wind still with us! Forecast for the next few days looking no good for paragliding. Might go to the motor bike racing at Tandragee - practice tomorrow and racing on Saturday.

Another windy day.

Grounded again today - windy with rain forecast. Reduced to chatting via Internet to an old flying buddy from down South and a long overdue sorting out of paperwork. Thought I had finished with all that when I retired from the day job but BHPA insists on record-keeping - not to mention HMRC!

Parawaiting

No flying or training at all for the last few days - far too windy. Did radio communications at Cookstown 100 motorcycle races on Saturday. Excellent day's racing with few incidents - none serious - on a dry day for a change!