“It’s such a perfect day, I’m so glad I spent it with you” Lou Reed, 1972, Transformer Album, produced by David Bowie. I was 15 and impressionable, how old were you? If you answer “older” then you may have attended day one of the Orme Fly-In on the weekend of 12th and 13th October 2019.

Today was a South Easterly wind which meant that the flying was either at Bosley Minn, or on Mam Tor. Because of the Whaley  Bridge dam situation, all the roads from Macclesfield to Chapel would be shut. Keith would also struggle walking up Mam Tor unti he felt better so it was either going to

We are always beholden to the weather at PSS events, such are the vagaries of flying model gliders. When you consider that we need, ideally, 20mph and above to confidently fly Scale Glider Jets, then being fortunate enough to enjoy ideal conditions is a matter of luck. When there are 2 weekend days then the

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,