26th April 2011 - Ben Toaig 100km triangle

The day of the highest scoring UK paragliding xc league flights ever for a 92km declared triangle (Mike Cavanagh and Richard Westgate) and the first 100km FAI triangle in the UK by paraglider (me).

But more than that ... what a day!

Commiserations to Trias who was so close.

The flying was stress free with smooth glides and friendly climbs (up to 5m/s) although the 30k without roads for the final leg did aid concentration levels.

A slideshow of the day is here.
Tracks logs are here.

Mike Cavanagh's fantastic pics of the same day are here.

EDIT: The rather long three-way account of the day which didn't make it into Skywings magazine is here

25th April 2011 - Creag a' Chliabhain near Loch Ness to Forfar

a crossing of the monadh liath and the cairngorms...

"do you know any take offs down the farr valley?"

"no"

"going there would put us upwind of the best area according to RASP"

"big crossing to aviemore to start... could be tricky"

"with a forecast this good I think we should take our brains out and just go for it"

"what about creag a' chliabhain near errogie?"

"could be a bit windy"

"let's go for a look anyway"

slideshow is here

the jewel of Lochan na Gabar in one of the NE coires of Ben Avon