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Wednesday 26th January
Saturday 22nd January
A special January day
Flying in the New Year
“Wednesday” 29th July
Weekend Woes
Sunday 18th July
Longest Day (ish)
Wednesday 19th – Spectacular skies
April into May
Back and flying
Getting ready…
Last flying before Lockdown MkIII
Out of Lockdown MKII
Lockdown Blues
Into Lockdown Mk II
Geoff Nicholls RIP
Birthday Flying
Wednesday 7th October
September Flying
Wednesdays in August
Into August
Flying in June & July
Back and flying
Preparing to fly
Sod’s Law
Still Around
Still here
Wednesdays 5th & 12th February
Wednesday 29th January
and the flying continues
Happy New Flying Year
Wednesday 11th December
Sunday 1st December
Sunday 10th November
3 Wednesday’s In One
Sunday 27th October
Wednesday 17th October
Gold Up North
Wednesday 9th October
Happy New (Flying) Year
Where was everyone
Wednesday 18th Blue Soaring
Sunday 15th september
Into a new month
Monday 26 August – hot! but busy
Wednesday 21st August
Hot, Hot, Hot
Wednesday 10th July
Saturday 6th July, Denzel finally flies!
More champers!
Saturday 29th June
22nd and 23rd June
SUGC Training Day
Sunday 19 May
Sunday 12th May
Time for a change…
A different kind of Easter
13th and 14th April
Watch & Weep
Wednesday 3rd April
Saturday 30th March
Wednesday 27th March
Wednesday 20th
Fab Feb
Sunday 24th February
Shalbourne’s Youngest Visit Denbigh (again)
Grob Gurnard
Sunday 17th feb
Wednesday 6th Feb
Wednesday 30th
Same ol’, same ol’
Sunday 20 Jan – Nice!
Thursday 17th – another ridge day
Wednesday 9th Jan – Ridge day
Happy New Year
December Mid-week Flying
Saturday 5 Jan 2019
Wednesday 12th December
Tuesday 4th December
Q: What do you do on a wet December Saturday?
A break in the weather
When I were a lad…
Wednesday 31st October
Sunday 29th October
Sunday 21st
Wednesday 24th October
Midweek Streets
Claire and Pete in Aboyne
Summer returns?
Happy New Year
Wednesday 26th September
Wednesday 12th – achievements day
Smoke on – GO!
Wednesday 5th September
Open Week
1st Weekend of Autumn
Nick does another 4hour 59 flight
Wednesday 8th August
Inter-University Task Week 2018
4 & 5th August
Wednesday 1st August
21st June, More cross country
A mega 14th and 15th
Wednesday 11th July
7th and 8th of July
Wednesday 4th July
Wednesday 27th June
Sat 16th
Midweek 13th June
So close…
Wednesday 23rd
Wednesday 16th May
Sutton Bank Shalbourne Group Expedition
Start of the Bank Holiday Weekend
Promising start to May
End of another rubbish month
Wednesday 25th April
News from Sisteron
Wednesday 18th April
Thursday 12th April
Saturday 14th April
Saturday 7th April
Wednesday 21st March
Beast from the East
Wednesday 7th March
February Flying
Wednesday 21st February
17th & 18th February
On the Radio
James goes to Japan
Wednesday 7th Feb
January – a record breaking month
Uni go to the Mynd
Saturday 13th January – buckets, brooms and bacon butties
Wednesday 10th January
Sunday 7th January
Thursday 28th December
Friday 15th December
Wednesday 6th December
Wednesday 29th November
Sunday 19th Nov – a typical winter’s day
Wednesday 8th November
Sunday 5th November
Fine start to November
Return of summer?
More October
October so far
Wednesday 4th October
Happy New Year
13th, 16th and 20th
Wednesday 6th
What a difference a day makes…
Saturday 2nd September
Saturday 26th August
Thursday 31st
Wednesday 23rd – our part in the comps.
Wednesday 16th
Mid August argentum weekend
Thursday 10th August
Views out the window (5th/6th August)
Navy Day
Guides Go Gliding
Saturday 22nd July
Wet Weekend (22nd & 23rd)
Thursday 20th July
More on Wednesday 12th
The morning after the night before
Saturday 8th July, what a corker!
Wednesday 4th July
Sunday 2nd July – The Eagle has landed
Wednesday 28th June
Longest (and hottest) day
Wednesday 14th June
Wednesday 7th June
April Showers, 1st W/E June
shalbourne gliding sunday 28th. may
Visitors from Lasham
20&21st May – Jim and Jim
Maybe not Itchy, but definitely Scratchy.
Sunday 14th May – Open Day
Course Week
Wednesday 10th May
Sunday 8th May
Into May
Sunday 23rd April
Wednesday 26th April
SUGC Gliding camp
Wednesday 19th April
First April weekend
Wednesday 15th March
Wednesday 1st March
Saturday 25th February
Wednesday 22nd Feb
Wednesday 8th Feb
Chilling out on sat 21st
Wednesday 18th January
YTD flying stats
Wednesday 4th January
First flying day of 2017
Festive Flying: Day 4
Festive Flying: Day 3
Festive Flying: Day 1
Wednesday 14th
Wednesday Weather 7th December
Sunday 4th December
Wednesday 30 November
Sunday 27th November
Wednesday 16th November
Wednesday 9th November
Wednesday 2nd November
Sunday 9th October
Sunday 2nd October rain gone !
1st October – Heavy Rain?
Wednesday 20th September
Saturday 17th – Who needs an aerotow…
Wednesday 14th September – So low
Sunday 11th September
Wednesday 7th September
Sunday 4th September
Wednesday 31st August
Tuesday 30th August
Bank holiday monday
Friday 26th August
Wednesday 17th August
Saturday 13th August
august 10th.2016 flying report
Sunday 7th August
6th August
Wednesday 3rd August
The last weekend of July
Wednesday 20th July
Sunday 24th July
At last a good day (3rd July) revisited
Sunday 16th July
Wednesday 13th July
flying report 6th. july 2016
Tony’s Photos 6th July
Longest Day +1
Wednesday 8th June
Open Day 2016
Wednesday 4th May
Last Day of April
Wednesday 27th
Sat 23rd (alternative view)
Saturday 23rd
Wednesday 20th
Saturday 18th April
Wednesday 13th April
Saturday 9th April
Saturday 2nd April
Mini Expedition to Shennington
Tuesday 5th April
Wednesday 30th March
Wednesday 23rd Murky March
Saturday 19th
Wednesday 16th
Sunday 13th
Sunday 6th
Another good day
It had to happen eventually!
Wednesday Feb 24th
Wednesday 3rd February
Wednesday Boys Aviate
shalbourne soaring-flying report 16th.jan 2016
Saturday 16th Jan
Flying Today
New Year – No Change
More on the 29th
What a glorious day
Saturday 19th December
Wednesday 9th December
Saturday 5th Dec
Wednesday 2nd December
We tried! Wed 25/11/15
Ridging on Saturday
Sunday 15th November
Wednesday 11th – we flew!
Sunday 1st November
Sunday 1st November
28th Footnote
Wednesday 28th October
Tuesday 20th October
shalbourne soaring 20th.oct 2015
Saturday 17th Ridge – was working!
Wednesday 14th October
Saturday 10th
Thursday 8th October
Indian Summer Weekend
Golden October!
Wednesday blues?
First day of Autumn
Make your mind up
Sunday 20th September
Sun 13th – deceptively good
Wednesday 9th
Sunday 6th September
Wednesday 2nd September
Saturday 5th Sept
Wednesday 27th – better than forecast
Task Week Mid-point
Task Week Update
Sunday 16th August
Sunday 9th
Saturday 15th August
Saturday 8th August
Sunday 2nd August
July Wednesdays
saturday 25th, sunday 26th
Thursday 9th July
Hottest July day on record
Sunday 28th June
Wednesday 24th – Progression Evening
Wednesday 24th June
Wednesday 17th June
Sunday 15th June
Wednesday 10th June
We got a bit worried…
25th May-Open Day
Sunday 24th May
Wednesday 20th May
Saturday 16th May
Sunday 17th – Grassed-up
Wednesday 13th
Thursday 7th May
Bank Holiday Monday
Wednesday 29th April
Saturday 25th April
Sunday 26th April
What, another TV crew?
Saturday 18th
Lights, Camera, Action!
Wednesday 8th April
Easter Monday – Cracking Day
Sunday 5th April- Easter Day
Saturday 4th April -Ridge day!
Spring? What Spring?
Wednesday 25th
Murky Wednesday
Saturday 14th March…..Thermal and Ridge day and bung pulling day at Shalbourne
Wednesday 4th March
Christmas Eve
Sunday 15th Feb
Sunday 1st Feb- Another ridge day!
Saturday 24th Jan-Ridge Day !!!
Saturday 17th Jan
Sat 6th December
Wednesday 3rd December
Saturday 29th
Saturday 15th Nov
Saturday 1st November…..soaring season over?………Nah!
Tailend of October
Saturday 11th October
Wednesday 15th
Sunday Extra
Sunday 12th October
Wednesday 24th
Sunday 21st
Wednesday 17th
Sunday 14th
Wednesday 10th
Wednesday 3rd
Wednesday 30th
Wednesday 23rd
Wednesday 16th
Wednesday 9th
Wednesday 2nd July
Wednesday 2nd – Silver Distance day
Wednesday 11th June
Wednesday 14th
Wednesday 30th
Wednesday 16th
9th April – Busy Wednesday
Wednesday 26th
Saturday 6th April
And the forecast for the day….Not brilliant.
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A little better than flying circuits
Hangar left at the top of the airfield…
the hot weekend
I don’t care what you’ve done with him – WHERE’S MY SUPPER!
Late finish, Beer, Fish & Chips
50 shades of blue (8-9 April 2017)
Wednesday 5th April
Last Weekend of March
Wednesday 22nd March (best quit while you’re winning)
Saturday 11March
A glimmer of hope
Saturday 4th March
Timelapse 4th March
Soaring! 4th Feb 2017
Saturday 28th January
And then there was two…
Wed 4th – Ridge soaring, but not as we know it
Shalbourne’s Guardian Angel
Sunday 13th Nov, Northerly!
Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 10
Wednesday 26th October
Wednesday 19th October
Windy Wednesday
How to get grounded…
Wednesday 10th August
Lights, camera, action (again)
shalbourne soaring-flying report-saturday 23rd july
Strangest Aerotow?
At Last a Good Day
Shenington Regionals
Sunday 26th June
Wednesday 15th June
Saturday 11th June
Summer Sunday (5th june – yes i did put may!!)
Time to move the Open Week north of The Border?
Sat 14th May – a day that got better and better
Chasing the wind: 7th may
Bert Gallagher 22/02/1915 – 26/03/2016
Iambic Wednesday
(Very Good) Good Friday
Team Effort
Merry Christmas
Portmoak update
Saturday 12th.September
Sunday 23rd
Sat 22nd August, Go! Go! Go!
Weekend 4th and 5th July
Bright moment on a dull day
Post frontal – 11th April
Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas
Sunday 7th September 2014
Special blog header
Saturday 30th
Sunday 31st August
Saved by the Comps – a Rather Bendy 100K
I was tim who wasnt steve whilst nigel was peter (sunday 24th august)
Phil & Carol have an adventure
Heading Westerly in a Westerly…Lambourn, Melksham and back.
Task week scores
Saturday 16th – Last Day of Task Week
Changing a trailer light bulb EASA style
Monday – task week day 3
Sunday’s Task Rivar, Ashbury, Winslow and back
Thursday 7th August – Task Week starts here!
Sunday 3rd August
Sunday 27th Didcot’s demise
Saturday 26th
Thursday 10th
Visitor’s Video
A few stills from last Sunday’s aero’s
Club Clothing
Sunday 6th July
Sunday 29th
Wenesday 25th
Sunday 22nd
Midsummer’s day
Sunday 15th
Saturday 14th June
Sunday 8th June – a day to remember?
Thursday 5th
good bye spring, hello summer
Monday 26th
Dumfries & District GC
Open Day
May 7th TLE
Monday 5th may
Saturday 3rd
Sunday 4th May (meanwhile – back at the ranch)
St George’s Day
Unnamed Saturday
Good Friday
Easter
Sunday 13th
Saturday 12/04 and Sunday 13/04
Task week / soaring week / open week, an exped at home 11th August
Saturday
Weekend Flying.
Wavey Wednesday
Sunday 16th March
Saturday 15th
Wednesday 12th March
Sunday 9th March
Wednesday 5th March
1st March
Wednesday 26th Feb
Sunday 2nd March
Saturday 22nd
Wednesday 19th February
Sunday 16th
Sunday 2nd Feb
Rest of January
Tuesday 14th January
Awards Dinner
Saturday 11th Jan
Wednesday 8th January
2nd January 2014
Sunday 29th Dec
11/12/13
A camera can’t see this
Sunday 8th December
Jack Dee live again at the Apollo
Wednesday Sunset
Sunday 1st December
Photo Comp
Wednesday 4th December
The North Wind did blow
digitisatification
Sunday 24th Nov, ridge flying(ish)
Sunday 10th
Wednesday 13/11/13 – spooky!
Saturday 9th November
saturday 2nd
Sunday 3rd November
Wednesday 30th
Saturday 12th October 2013
Thursday 10th October
Sunday 6th
Saturday 5th October
Sunday 29th September
Weds 18th Sept – equinox weather
Saturday 14th – rain didn’t stop play!
Wednesday 11th Sept – behind the scenes
Super Sunday and the Great Fir Cup
Saturday 7th September
Wednesday 4th September
Saturday 31st August – and summer keeps rolling on
Bank Holiday again!
Bank Holiday
Crop Circle
Sunday 11th
Saturday 3rd
Saturday 27th
Wednesday 24th
20th, 21st Quiet Weekend
Wednesday 17th
Hot and sweaty stuff (Sunday 14th)
Hot Stuff (Saturday 13th)
Wednesday 10th
Sunday 7th
Ka8 instrument panel
The Early Bird?
Non flying.
Monday night is gliding night (24th june 13)
Wednesday 19th
Sunday (9th June) confusion
Wednesday 5th
The beginning of June.
Monday 27th May
Sunday 26th not your usual bank holiday weather
Saturday 25th
Wednesday 22nd
and not forgetting…
Saturday 18 may
A welcome visitor?
Thursday 16th
not your usual bank holiday monday…
It’s mine – all mine!
5 May… a passing fancy
Mayday mayday – summer’s coming
Return to Winter (Sunday 28th)
Sunshine and showers (27th April)
More on Saturday
Saturday 20th April.
Sunday 7th April
Miserable March
Easter Monday
Easter Treat
Saturday 30th March
1st day of Spring
Wednesday 27th
Sir Ranulph Fiennes turns back from expedition to summit Rivar Hill
Non flying, but trailer tidying.
Saturday 9th
Fab Feb
Sunday 24th
Saturday 23rd
Sun 17th – Sun and soaring!
Saturday 16th
Friday 15th – AGM
Wednesday 6th
Saturday 2nd February
Wednesday 30th
Sat 2 Feb – was it really February?
Annual dinner and awards
Sunday 13 Jan – Happy New Year!!!
Saturday 8th December
Sunday 23rd
Sunday 16th Early Celebration
Saturday 15 Dec Blue sky, sunshine….
Wednesday 12th December
Wednesday 5th December
Wednesday 28th November -Alternative Ridge Day
Wednesday 28th: The north wind doth blow…
Sunny Sunday 18th…
Remembrance Sunday
A trip to Lleweni Parc
Sunday 4th – Lovely!
Saturday 27th – kick yourself if you missed it!
Saturday 20th – E Team
Sunday 14th – “If this is winter flying, bring it on”
Saturday 6th
Wednesday 3rd
1st is best. Look what I found.
My perspective on Sunday.
Sunday 30th
Saturday 29th
Caffeine Addictions
Wednesday 19/9 epic day……not!
Wednesday 19/9/2012. A promised epic day
Sunday 16th September
Sunday (also) 15th September.
Saturday 15th
Saturday 8th
Wednesday 5th
Saturday 1 Sept
Sunday 26th
Sunday 19th
The Champions of task week are…
Tuesday 21st August.
Wednesday Evening Group 15th August
Thursday 11th
Sunday 5th August
Wednesday 25th
Sunday 21st July, blue, hot and difficult.
Sunday 15th
Different kind of LIFT!
Congratulations!
Pete and Claire’s gliding holiday
Into July
March Winds, April Showers (June 30, July 1)
Sunday 24th – what a waste…
Wed 20th – a good day ahead?
Sunday 17th Part Duex
Sunday 17th
Saturday 16th
Wed 13th – a pleasant surprise
Saturday 9th. Almost forgot.
Saturday 9th June, Lasham Regionals
Saturday 9th June
Sunday 10th
Regional Competition. Lasham.
Monday 4th June
Sunday 27th at the club
Saturday 26th
Sunday 27th May. What a day.
Sunday 20th May
Saturday 19th
Sunday 13th (the other day)
Saturday 12th May 300km later
Alchemy, Pure Alchemy (12May)
Sunday 6th May
The second man in space…* (5th May)
Sunday and I didn’t fly (22/4)
As classic as last Sunday… (22/4)
yet more about sunday….
Sunday……a little more 🙂
Sunday. (15/4) And this little piggy went wee wee all the way home.
Wednesday = Funday
Saturday 7th
New winch chassis has arrived!
Good Friday? Sure was!
Google street view
Easter flying.
Wednesday 19th
Sunday 1st April. April Fool?
Saturday 31 March. Tea needed drinking.
Wednesday 28th – Another Sunny Day
Keesh and sunny sunday 25th march part 2
Keesh and sunny sunday 25th march
Saturday 24th – Summer starts a day early
Sunday 18th March
Saturday 10th March-spring is sprung?
Sunday 4 March – planning the perfect soaring season
Satuday 3rd March
Sunday 19th of is this really February
Wednesday 15th
Saturday 11th Feb
Granddad Phil!
Wave flying.
Saturday 4th Feb – polar bears seen on field
Sunday 29th 1-1 Liz vs Met Office
Saturday 28th – Liz forecast vindicated – cold but soarable
Sunday flying at Nympsfield.
Weekend flights.
Sunday 15th
Saturday 14th
Nymsfield Ridge and beyond.
Rodney and the Swales
Christmas flying
Sunday 18th December
Radio training and emergency landings.
Saturday 10th – on(?) the west ridge
Sunday 11th
Windy Wednesday (7th)
Day trip to the Long Mynd
Saturday at the Mynd.
A little wave over the weekend
Saturday 26th
Wednesday 23rd
Another Sunny Saturday
Sunny sunday (for mid November).
Sunday 6th November – record day
Wednesday 2nd
Sunday 30th – not officially ‘Nice’
Saturday 29th
Sunday 16th – visiting Challock
A quick gliding competition.
Sunday 16th – officially ‘Nice’
wave, WAVE, WAAAAAAAVVVEEEEE
What a Day of Supprises
Saturday 24th September
Saturday 17th September
Sunday 18th September
Wednesday 14th September
Sunday pic
Sunday 4 Sept
Wednesday 24th August
Sunday 22nd August
Sunday 14th August
Saturday 13 August
Task Week Day 3
Task Week Day 2
Task week day 1
Jenny from the block (weekend of 30/31 July)
Flying week
Saturday 23rd July
1000km night 23-24 July?
July 14th
What is it about the 14th?
Carnival time
We lost the end of the rope!!! 3rd July 2011
Cycling again, Saturday 2nd July
Sunday 19th
Splendid soaring Tue 14th
Saturday 11th June
Wednesday 1st June
Open day
OPEN DAY A GREAT SUCCESS
A blustery sort of day (28May)
Wednesday 25th May
Saturday 21 May
15th May
14th May
Weekend 7th/8th May
Royal Wedding Friday
Easter Sunday
Easter Pt 1. 7072ft & 304km
Tuesday 12th April
Saturday 16th April
We had our first BBQ on friday night…
Saturday 2nd
Sat 2nd, Sun 3rd
Sunday 27th march
Wednesday 23rd March
W/E 12th & 13th March
Saturday 6th March
Wednesday 2nd March
Sunday 27th Feb
Saturday 26th Feb
Photo Comp
Sunday 20th Feb
Wednesday 16th Feb
Sat 12th Feb
Sat 12th Feb
Sunday 30th Jan
Saturday 29th
Sunday 23rd Ridge day!
Wednesday 19th January
Sunday 9th January
Sunday 3rd January
I’ve said it before…
Thursday 23rd December
Saturday 18th Time to dream of a white Christmas
Sunday 12th Earliest sunset
Sunday 5th December
Sunday 28th November
Sat 20th November
Saturday 13th November
Saturday 6th November
Saturday 30th October
Halloween – Sunday 31 Oct…spooky…
Soaring Sunday 24th October – in thermal!
Wed 20 Oct
Sunday 17th – cold at 4000′
Sunday 17th October
Saturday 16th October
Wednessday 13 October
Saturday 1st October
Thursday 30th – 100 year old birthday boy takes to the skies!
Sunday 26th – Ridge day!
Sat 25th September
Saturday 18th
Wednesday 15th September
Vega at Parham
Sunday 12th September
Sat 11 Sep
Sunday 5th September
Saturday 4th September
Saturday part 2
Saturday 29th August
Sunday 22nd August
Choices…
Sunday 15th August
Weds 11 August…. 750k day..not….?
Sunday 8th August
July Stats
Saturday 7th August
Thu 5 Aug Task week
Mon 2nd Aug – Task week
Sunday 1st August
Saturday 30th July
Sun 25th July
Saturday 24th June
June Stats
Wednesday 21st July
Sun 18th – Peg w/e
Sat 17 Jul – Peg w/e
Great lift enjoyed by a few (July 11th)
Midweek Maintenance (Wed 8 Jul)
Sunday 4th July
Saturday 3rd July
A tale of extremes from Northhill
Wednesday 30 June
Weekend 26th – 27th June
Early flying on Saturday
Thursday Evening
Crop Circles
Sunday 13th June
Saturday 12th June
Sunday 6th June
Sunday 30th and Monday 31st May
Bank Holidays and Weather
Sunday 23rd May
Luddite(s)!
Authors
Weekend 22nd & 23rd May
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