Lots of us and lots of stories so this is just the basics about the actual flying and where to stay. See the video for some very typical flying. Other photo’s may emerge…. The stories may not. To be clear, no one was deported.
Team Wingbeat went East on 13th September 2024 to fly a Site in the Scottish Borders called Hownam Law. Present were Tim, Alex, Ruth and I. Wind was a strongish WSW, but laminar, at lunchtime when we arrived to set up. Parking close to the top is possible and the remaining walk in unchallenging. This is a very interesting site because it is flyable from many directions and has excellent potential to launch a cross country session around the hilltops in the Cheviots.
Sometimes going to a paragliding site is about more than the joy of flying.August 11th at Witchieknowe was one of those days.
An extended stretch of good flying weather has focussed the minds of many Wingbeaters to take the opportunity of some laminar lifty air in the region. High pressure to the West for an extended period has resulted in meteo wind predominantly blowing from the East augmented by gentle thermals.
ROB- The weather was looking good for Friday the 7th of April, with light winds in the North, so I got in touch with Fred about heading for the mountains. Fred said it looked slightly better over to the east, with a higher cloud base and slightly lighter winds but should still be flyable in the Ben Lawers area and so we made a plan to meet up and Champany and head North in the morning.
