The North Yorkshire Moors Soaring Club flies at the Hole of Horcum which is between Pickering (famous for the start of the Steam Train Journey) and a Whitby. I had wanted to visit for a while due its fame in slope soaring circles, and the venue for F3F Winter League events in the North.  I

Whilst the club was holding its first inter-club competition of the year, which was dedicated to Scale, PSSA was holding its usual Lleyn Peninsula Event over the weekend of 30th June/1st July 2018. More content of the event will be added below, but in the meanwhile, here are my photographs from the weekend. Click here. Also

You just wouldn’t believe that it was possible to get sun burned on a Sunday towards the end of April, which is more known for showers. The wind was South Easterly, and since the farmer put up fences everywhere at Bosley MInn, there isn’t really a good LMMGA slope, so Keith and I decided to

What better idea on a rainy Saturday Morning at the beginning of March than to accompany other PSS chaps on a tour round the Woodford Avro Museum, which is located on the site of the old Avro Factory, and is sadly is no more. All that remains, as we were reminded by our excellent host

For those of your who don’t know the Cloud refers to Bosley Cloud half way between Macclesfield and Leek. Featured in the Simon Cocker round the world treatment of the best slope soaring sites, and Simon’s local site, it rises from the Cheshire Plain suddenly in the wake of miles and miles of flat land,

Whilst the scenery is awesome, the views outstanding, and the lift abundant, it is a long way to South Wales – 4 hours for me and the best part of a day’s travel with stops for a nice lunch on the way. I took the day off on the Friday of the 20th/21st May weekend

Day One It was a glorious sunny day that greeted us for the first event of the year over the weekend of 8th and 9th Aprill 2017. For April, the temperature was unusually high. Unfortunately, with nice weather comes a High Pressure zone. Consequently, once again, no wind or at least 6mph forecast. We all

What else is there to do in your Premier Inn Llandudno Junction Hotel room after sharing a bed with Lenny Henry, with all the line learning that it brings with it – and he snores – than to write up the first day of the PSS fly in up on the Tank Tracks? I got