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« Reply #30 on: March 16, 2013, 07:33:07 AM »
Looking really giid, thanks Keith :)
Wind supposed to pick up this morning, up to 30 kmh, so if the weather hold, looks like a great week end :)
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« Reply #31 on: March 16, 2013, 07:40:35 AM »
have a good slope :mrgreen:  :wink:
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« Reply #32 on: March 16, 2013, 08:57:27 AM »
Back to bed for me!
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« Reply #33 on: March 16, 2013, 09:28:34 AM »
What’s up Ralph. :?:  All the excitement of thinking about flying worn you out? :lol:

Big Keith & Stephen are coming round to my place for 10.00. We’re going to do some checks on his planes before setting off to the Big L. Should be at Nine Stones around 11.00 :D

See y' all there

Keith
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« Reply #34 on: March 16, 2013, 10:12:11 AM »
At the slope :)
Wonderful view and sun up here :)
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« Reply #35 on: March 16, 2013, 10:17:50 AM »
Any wind Fredric? we need wind!
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« Reply #36 on: March 16, 2013, 10:42:58 AM »
Not much, but picking up :)
Jacket is off! :) flying the explorer :)
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« Reply #37 on: March 16, 2013, 20:30:22 PM »
very quiet on here tonight  :lol:
keith what happened today
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« Reply #38 on: March 16, 2013, 21:37:59 PM »
Hey Andy,

Well the winds were not very obliging today. They were light to non existent, with a tendency to blow across the ridge rather than onto it.
This fact was pointed out to M. Marie (Fred) but being the cleaver little :shock: , (   Did I say little… :roll: ) sod that he is, rather than change to a different slope, he insisted we all stay on the west slope and fly as best as we could.
Of course, he got his planes way up till they were just specks in the sky. :evil:  For the rest of us mere humans, we spent a large part of the day walking up and down the slope retrieving models! :!:

So to answer your question Andy, there wasn’t an awful lot of flying. Eating and drinking seemed to be the most action of the day.  I left around 4pm due to a malfunctioning transmitter. (It was a dry joint causing the problem. Which I’ve since repaired. ) So I don’t know if things improved after I left.

Tomorrow….. The winds, (on the forecasts that I’ve seen,) say slightly stronger winds for the morning, but we shall see.

We had nine pilots on the slope and a couple of new visitors, so not a bad turn out. Could just have done with a bit more wind.

The month of March is supposed to be famous for strong winds; Bring ‘em ON! :twisted:

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« Reply #39 on: March 17, 2013, 07:16:47 AM »
Good Morning Sleepy Heads :lol:  

Shake off those hangovers, jump out of your beds and shout, “Happy St. Patrick’s Day!” :P

Yes folks it’s true, today is St Patrick’s day and what a day we’re looking forward to. :P
As you can see, the actual mountain is dozing under a blanket of cloud at the moment but the sun is rising and in a couple of hours those slopes should be clear and bathed in warm spring sunshine. All we’re gonna need,…..is some wind. :!:  At time of writing,……..it’s dead calm. :(  (poo) But ‘Hope springs eternal’ so with a bit of luck………….. :wink:

I’ll be up there about 10.00 See you all then.

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« Reply #40 on: March 17, 2013, 08:20:05 AM »
La feile patrick duit!

Round 2 of this so far great week end!
Great day yesterday, but more later! Breakfast time! :) (dying for a coffee right now!)
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« Reply #41 on: March 17, 2013, 08:23:30 AM »
An hour later and the wind is starting to pick up. Woohoo.  See you later Keith
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« Reply #42 on: March 17, 2013, 08:27:03 AM »
Are you at breakfast?
I'm coming! :)

(Internet on phone, best invention ever! :) )
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« Reply #43 on: March 17, 2013, 08:31:52 AM »
Yes Ralph, what a difference an hour makes. :)

The wind here is gusting to around 12 kph from a slightly WSW direction. Forecasts predict 20, gusting 30 kph by midday from the west, That’ll do me nicely! :clap:  :D
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« Reply #44 on: March 17, 2013, 15:26:47 PM »
et les photos??????????????? :wink:
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