Gusty wind day!

Yesterday (Friday 13th) I took paragliding taster students Paul Cunningham and Declan McGill to Skeagh on the strength of a favourable forecast despite calm conditions at home. Arriving at Skeagh we discovered that the NE wind was gusting up to 18mph - too rough for even the Firebird Trainer.

With nothing better to do we went round to Robin Young's where it was just as gusty at the car park. After a chat to one of the radio control model flyers who was still in his car having reckoned it too gusty even for his model, we went down to the bottom landing area to show the newcomers a bit about the site.

We had only been there a few minutes when the landowner, Campbell Tweed arrived in his car to check out who we were. He was content when he recognised me and we had a short chat before he headed off. It seems there had been a bit of sheep stealing in Co. Antrim recently but we were innocent of any such suspicion!

Although still gusty, the wind was a good bit lighter so Paul and Declan were able to get a good bit of reverse launch ground handling before we called it a day after 5pm. Incidentally, Declan's father-in-law is Terry Moseley, former UHPC hang glider pilot and UHPC secretary and prominent in astronomy circles.