September 2018

The last day in August provided some excellent if rather windy flying. Macolm Grout took this photo of Rob Grout on his Gin Explorer over Jenkin Fell, on the southern slopes of Skiddaw, looking over to Blencthra. Malc reports that take off was on Blease Fell and progress into wind was very slow. It was possible to fly to Souther Fell (on the eastern flank of Blencathra) and back and then on to Jenkin Fell.

June 2018

On a glorious spring day, Rob Grout was flying his Gin Explorer off jenkin Hill on the flanks of Skiddaw. malcolm Grout took the photo and reports "Jenkin Hill worked very well today, out in front over the valley, across Bassenthwaite and over to Blease Fell." Keswick is on the right and Derwent Water in the top right

May 2018

Brigsteer is one of our southern sites and is reckoned to be a good site for XC but not normally for soaring. Ed Cleasby took this "selfie" on 20 April and reports "Taken on a stunning Brigsteer evening, lots of lift from Levens village in the south to Cunswick Scar in the north. On cue, the wind died away at 1845 and we all retreated to the Wheatsheaf beer garden in the village". The Brigsteer site is about 2.5 miles SW of Kendal

April 2018

The view from on high! it's been a cold month; Tuesday 20 March gave us some rare warm sun and John Hamlett took this photo from above Clough Head. St John's in the Vale is the valley below and Thirlmere can be seen in the top left corner

March 2018

Flying in winter can be amazing! Ben Keayes took this photo on Great Dodd (north end of the Helvellyn range south of Clough Head) and reports " Al (from York) taking the first flight on his new wing from the summit of Great Dodd. We walked up from Wolf Crags – he flew over the snow to land near St John’s in the Vale – and I did an exciting downwind dash back to the car... Fun was had by all!"

February 2018

At this time of year, you've got to grab every possibility. On 11 January , Mike Harper reports "WIth a forecast of foggy valleys and clearing a sky I decided to go up Red Pike today. It turned out that I wasn't the only one as I bumped into Malc in Buttermere who had the same plan. The day didn't turn out quite as forecast, with a layer of cloud covering the top of the hill. Despite this we had a nice smooth flight, initially keeping an eye on the footpath below us before the visibility improved once we'd passed over Dodd." Here Malcolm Grout comes into land at the SE end of Buttermere. Fleetwith Pike is in the centre of the photo.

December 2017

Wednesday 8th November looked like it would provide the opportunity for flying at Jenkin Hill around the middle of the day before the wind got too strong. The picture shows Corentin Lami flying his BGD Cure, looking out towards Keswick and Derwent Water. At the end of the flight as the wind picked up the glide back to the Flight Park was slow going. Photo by Malcolm Grout.

November 2017

Yes that is a flying wheelchair. Tony Thompson, one of our club coaches was diagnosed with Motor Neurones Disease at the end of 2016 but that hasn’t stopped his desire to fly. After a long wait for suitable condition he finally got his chance on Friday 27th October. The weather was perfect and the flying conditions were superb. The photo shows Tony flying in the specially adapted buggy, piloted by Malc Grout. Tony was joined in the air by three of his grandchildren and one of his daughters. Tony is raising money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association and donations can be made through www.justgiving.com/fundraising/flytt. Photo supplied by Stuart Holme who flew with Tony’s 7 year old grandson. The flight was on Clough Head with Keswick in the middle right of the photo

October 2017

Ed Cleasby took this "selfie" on Thursday 28 September. After taking off from Jenkin Hill, Ed decided to go east and was rewarded with a flight to Southwaite services on the M6. Souther Fell is immediately behind Ed with the Blencathra/Skiddaw massif behind that. Ed reports that "this was the best looking day for ages" - it's been a wet summer!

September 2017

August is the CSC "Accuracy" competition month which we hold in Grasmere adjacent to the Grasmere Sports event. Here Richard Bungay comes in on finals to clinch the top prize with a 2.2m score. Stone Arthur is in the background and the date was 27 August.