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Just in case no-one turns up........ (Serves four) One Rabbit jointed One large onion, finely chopped Two celery sticks, finely diced 2 tbls. Olive oil One large carrot, finely chopped 250 mil (8 floz) of chicken stock One Bouquet garni 4 tbls. Red currant, quince or rowenberry jelly 2 tbls. Arrowro...

It's a viral ad for these people:-

http://www.killathrill.com

Check out the logo on the side of the plane.....

Brilliant!!

Perverse as it may sound, going out in bad weather can give some great days out in the hills! I once went up Beinn Alligin in Scotland after weather warnings of strong gales - and it was superb. Loose rocks on top of the hill were rocking in the wind, making these weird banging noises, something I'v...

No, I wasn't there. I don't doubt that the weather was atrocious, but the sort of commentary coming from the news 24 reporters was sensationalist rubbish. For example, there was talk of people being 'forced to camp out overnight', forgetting to mention that this is actually part of the OMM. There wa...

As of about 2pm today, BBC News 24 is reporting ALL participants have now been accounted for. A bit of wind (mooning) and rain (rain) never did anybody any harm! I'm sure much of this was over hyped by the news organisations in search of a good story. "1500 people missing in Lake District"...

Strange. When I looked at the trace using google earth it came up slightly short of the Clay Bank road. When measured using the 'ruler' button, you came up short by about 50ft. I'm using Google Earth version 4.3.7284.3916 (beta). Thought at first it could be GPS datum problem, but the IGC file says ...

Naw na theur northern monkey, ther's alsooarts o' those Yorksha fowk whoa dooant knwoa abaht computers 'n runnin wattah 'n stuff!

......or even see how it was done. Came across mention of 'IGC Flight Replay' on paraglidingforum.com. It allows you replay your flight (or anyone else's) and give's you a pilots eye view of the flight in Google Earth. It's in the early stages of development, but it looks very promising as an educat...

The special effects budget on that film clip must have cost a small fortune.
If you look closely you can see several paragliders actually flying on East Hill - Unbelievable

The last two times I've been out midweek at a notamed site there's been some sort of military activity. East Hill had a low flying helicopter come past very low over the trees near the parking area, and Captain Cooks had two low flying training aircraft come over, using the monument as a turning poi...

There's those that know, There's those that dont know And there's those that don't know they don't know (headbang) There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknown...

:!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: Anyone flying from Blackhall should watch where they are walking for the next few weeks. Following the recent heavy rain a main sewer appears to have burst and spewed what looks (and smells) like raw sewage in a number o...

That set me thinking............

Whatever happened to that Crazy Frog stuff from a few years back

No problems here.
Get yourselves a decent browser - firefox is nice!!

Another reason to avoid kite surfing!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6RuE5t1-H9k

Tophat is one cool dude!!

Not got an idiots guide I'm afraid but there is some good info in the links:-

http://ukgarminairmap.wikispaces.com/Use+Notes
http://www.paraglidingforum.com/viewtop ... ps&start=0

Hi Jim, The little Yaesu is a good radio to go for. You can get them with the wideband modification already done for you from the Sick & Wrong shop. You will be able to find them cheaper on the net, but you will have to do the wideband modification for yourself. It is easy to do, but does involv...

John, Have a look at http://ukgarminairmap.wikispaces.com/ As you can see, the airmaps are updated on a fairly regular basis, every few months or so. More often than the paper maps. While they are not 'official', 'CAA approved' etc. there is a large enough community out there using them, so any prob...

Well it could be. Have a butchers at the video in the link. Loud check jackets, very odd dancing, and a totally incomprehensible dialect!!

Sub-titles provided.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCu2XMTU76s

Funniest thing I've seen on youtube in ages, or maybe it's just me?

I've just come across a weather website, which looks like it will deliver the goods. http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/index.asp Comes complete with mountain weather forecasts, including wind speed at ~3000ft for the Lakes, and North Pennines, and ~2500ft for the Cheviot. Also sailing forecasts & ...

Finally, someone looks to have developed a useable jet pack system. 60mph, 8000ft ceiling, but only 30mins range. Comes with parachute and an impact absorbing undercarriage for those bumpy landings. :oops: Video here http://www.airventure.org/2008/4wed30/jetpack.html You can order one for a $10,000 ...

Now that was really worth watching how good was he. So in one day I have learned about the Zen technique and now Moochin? You want Moochin? See Mr. Cab Calloway:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08wOPt-2PeE All together now......... Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! He-de-he-de-he-de-he! H...

Isnt ther supposed to be a big sailplame comp there this weekend Yes, looks like there is a comp on. Notam says:- Q) EGTT/QWGLW/IV/M/W/000/350/5441N00235W025 FROM: 08/07/26 00:00 TO: 08/08/03 23:59 E) MOUNTAIN WAVE GLIDING/SOARING EXPEDITION. INTENSE GLIDING ACTIVITY MAINLY WI 25NM RAD 544152N 0023...

The NATS-AIS pages are notoriously un-user friendly, yet it's still our reponsibility to find out! Not easy. I put in a route briefing for Newcastle airport to Durham Tees Valley and still had to scroll through a huge list of trivial irrelevant stuff to get the right ones. Thanks Dave, I've now fou...

After all the recent talk about notams, and a local TV news story about the Sunderland Air show this weekend, I thought I'd go and look at the notams for the event. Trouble is, I cannot find any! I'm almost sure there must be something, so I guess I'm not looking properly. I've signed onto the NATS-...

Errrr, has anyone seen the synoptic chart for Sunday? There's the remnants of a Hurricane out in the Atlantic - Tropical Storm Bertha.

Isn't it a bit early for hurricanes?


Might be a bit wet & windy next week

Well Brian, if it's any consolation, you're not the only one! I bought a brand new Mentor back in February, and have hardly had chance to get it out of the bag, due to pressure of work in the first half of the year. And now it's July. Several of my customers have cancelled work at short notice and i...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXNSTkhY ... re=related

........So I think I'll take up kayaking instead. After all, it'll be quite a nice, quiet float down a river. With the birds singing, and the gentle lapping of the river against the kayak. What can possibly go wrong?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7484122.stm