Lets go play on the beach!

After a wonderful time up on the cliff tops, we thought (well I did!) it would be a good idea to see if you can soar a model glider from the bottom of the cliff on the beach. Luckily the tide was out and we didn't get wet. Give it a heave next to the cliff face and see if it will climb away. The Traceur did well as its light and very manoeuvrable. The Ninja and the Spectre proved just too heavy for the relatively light winds. You will catch a glimpse of Chris and Bill up on top and my attempt at a top landing from the beach.

All in all I had a fantastic time (yet again) slope soaring on the Island. Thanks very much to Jack, Will and Scott for the superb company as well as Bill, Chris, Peter, Tony and Paul for their local knowledge and enjoyable company. Cheers guys!!

Off to Wales next. Hopefully with some off you ? 

Cruising the cliffs at Compton Beach

We left the Pearl Factory cliffs and moved a mile or so further West. Here we had more landing space with a huge field with long grass to cushion the landings. Very strange wind effect on top of the cliffs. The rotor caused by the cliffs meant that unless you were standing directly on the edge of the cliff you literally felt no wind in your face just a strong wind on your back. A little disconcerting when about to chuck your model off a cliff with a vertical drop below.
Well no need to have worried as the lift was stonking but the strong rota made for interesting landings and some more interesting arrivals. Glad the foamies bounce well.
This place was just beautiful and a joy to fly at. We all had a very good time and hours of flying here.
I really enjoy flying with the model being level or even better below my feet (I know I'm strange) but that's the joy of flying of small cliffs like these.
Will had a classic - thought he had landed (arrived) on top of the cliff but near the edge. His model took as bounce and a skid on landing and fell clean of the cliff and down onto the beach. Luckily for all of us the tide was out. I had loads of fun cruising along with the old Valenta Dragon plus Jack and Bill had a go too. Will & Scott spent nearly all there time airborne beating up the cliff edge.

We all learnt a huge amount today and gained confidence to fly off the cliffs. The burgers from the Ice Cream van was just about edible which meant we could spend more time flying than in a pub eating.
After a long time on top of the cliff, some stupid person (me) suggested we move down to the beach and see if we could soar away from the bottom of the cliff as good as we could up top! To see the results you will have to watch our next (and last) video from our amazing trip to the Island.