Flight

Flight details
Title: Devil's Dyke to Woodingdean
Site:Devils Dyke
Pilot:Vincent Talleu
Date of flight:30th July 2014
Wing type:Paraglider
Flight details:
Got a lift from Rob this morning, planning a massive XC :)

Lovely day, so much lift early in the day, everybody getting really high; except me :( 
Later on it got really punchy with massive sink between thermals, I got really low over the trees chasing lift and didn't manage to get back up, landed by the wheat field, mushroomed up and quickly walked back to the slope through a secret shortcut, when I got to kiting height, 2 hangies were thermalling right above me, I kited as high as I could and then my wing started to fly!

Carlo joined to show me how it's done, it was great help as he kept pushing upwind longer than I usually would, forcing me to stay in the best bits!

I then happily managed to get away from the hill!
Such a relief, as I was dreading having to take the bus from the dyke back home, tail between my legs! 
Also amazed that less than 5 minutes ago I had landed at the bottom, thank god I didn't pack the wing ;)

I got really high, almost in the clouds over brighton, tried to push back inland as the clouds kind of looked like a seabreeze front?
Found lift over Asda thanks to a few seagulls and swifts but quickly lost it, later over Falmer found another thermal but lost it again, so frustrating, as soon as I went out of the thermal it was nowhere to be found!!!
But then, a short walk and I was home, no getting back to the hill and all the bullshit, what a legend :D

Thanks Luke for showing the thermal and sorry for getting on your way you big fat hangie :p

Sorry all the losers who stayed on the hill or went to work, eheheheh :)

ps: Flying rocks!
Cross-country league entry
Flight type:Open Distance XC
Takeoff:50.885083,-0.2264
Finish at:50.841233,-0.080217
Landing place:
Witness:GPS file
Distance11.39 km
Score11.39 km
In novice league?YES
GPS evidence from:XC.013015.igc
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