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Here you'll find a wealth of information including flying theory, local xc routes, key safety considerations.

We've preserved some of the best articles and content from over the years. Some of it is gold dust. Reading it will definitely make you a better pilot and it might just save your life!

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TRACKLOGS: the "reverse" Milk Run with Cefn Hoile

In this video, local XC pilot Cefn Hoile talks Paul Abbott through his flight of the "reverse milk run."

Mar 121 min read

The Milk Run with NE wind, with Tom Blakely

Cumbria Soaring Club Northern Sites Officer - Tom Blakely - talks about flying the milk run with a NE / NNE wind from Wolf Crags. The "milk run" is a local nickname given to XC flights down the Helvellyn ridge. In this flight from May 2025, Tom flew down the East side of the ridge to Grasmere and then ultimately to Coniston village. More normally the milk run is flown with a W or NW wind, starting at Clough Head. For example here is Keith "Bud" Paterson on a more normal vers

Feb 181 min read

TRACKLOGS: Keith "Bud" Paterson on flying the Milk Run

An excerpt from Keith "Bud" Paterson talking about his 2024 X-Lakes tracklog. This section looks at the Milk Run, which is the local nickname for flying the Helvellyn ridge on a paraglider, starting at Clough Head and flying south to the Grasmere valley.

Apr 30, 20251 min read