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Goodness, it has been a long time since I last logged on -even the whole site has under gone a face lift!! No doubt you will all say that was ages ago and what a dizzy, useless woman I am- depending ofcourse on how rude / brave you are..... Simon are you out there?? The weather has been great today, I know we have rubbish on the horizon but I feel its time to get going again before I have time to start breaking any more bones. Give me a shout as to how things are working out for you. Owls and wine as well remember???!!

Hi guys - anything for a fire is great but it is a livestock field so nothing with nails, metal, plastics etc as Simon said please. There will be a flock of sheep in there on the night but they will bugger off around the corner as there is loads of room for them to get away from you all. The fire will be at the top of the combes and easy to reach in cars (close the gate after you though please), - just be careful of the sheer drop on the left so best to follow the hedge line around to it!

Think it might as well be time to put in a training blog. I must be the longest gravity held paramotor pilot in the history of paramotoring! I came across Simon by chance about two years ago and thought why not have a go. Hate being in a jumbo to the point I actually experience serious, very real, pains in my head and body but want to fly and to take on my fear. Been sky diving, gliding, balooning, up in a microlite, helicopters and light aircraft - greatly enjoyed all of these. Think its a control thing, maybe even claustrophobia, but I am a wreck in a metal coffin breathing in everybody elses germs! As I set out to experience and conquer most forms of aviation I have learnt a little along the way, but I have much still to learn and as a practical person rather than a boffin, I am aware that I might not know enough. Show me once and its in the bag, explain it to me by the spoken/written word and I would test the most patient human. My thoughts when coming across paramotoring were: Wow- that looks fun Great- I can afford to get myself one of those, run it and repair it Fab - it fits in the car Fantastic - I can control my flight so easily, be on my own, see the farm and have a space at home to take off from and land Ticks all the flying boxes for me!! So I went ground handling. Never flown kites before - think I missed out. Got the children flying kites now - think it should be something everyone does in their life. Building a wall, easy. Getting the wing up, no worries. Settling it above my head and keeping it loaded, all workable. Almost smug with myself ( a fateful place to be ), one good gust of wind and I am being dragged full pelt across the field, desparately hopeful that I will redeem the situation before I wrap a wing around the windscreen of the unsuspecting Swindon to Lambourn bus on the B4000. Mental note - none of you buggers who will remain nameless, lept up to save me I noticed as I spat out the dirt again. (First time this happened I even managed to knock a tooth out on what seemed to be the only stone in a 117 acre field). Unfortunatley I had an accident of the terestrial kind and have only now been able to get back into the serious business of flying over a year later. The wing I ground handle is not suitable for flying but has been a great starting point. It does hang slightly and is a dinosaur in comparison to everyone elses but I can take it off on my own and play knowing that I am not trashing Simons kit. Its done the job. If the dust devils decide to give me a wide berth and I have the wing settled, I have now started to turn and run. I tend to turn too slowly and can not run anywhere anyhow. Need to get that wing right over me and keep the forward power going. I get dragged back because of the position of the wing and my lack of fluid movement. Been pushed and pulled, which although knackering for those poor buggers volunteering doing it, has helped me to experience lift. I understand the principles. I can feel when the wing is right. I know when that wing is ready for me to turn. All I need to do now is leave those bloody brakes alone! Can not help myself. Turn then.... brakes on. Not helpful and why am doing it?? Learning to ease off the brakes. Should come easy really, hardly use them when I drive! Now at the point where I would like to carry a motor too - mainly to see if I actually can, what I can and for how long. What is it like to have the motor at full throttle? What is take off like? What happens when I land? How will I land? Probably what everyone thinks about. Will I be able to have more than one go at taking off or will I be restricted by my own strength actually having the motor on my back? I want to be safe and it is not my kit I am using at present so I am nervous about damaging someone elses. Hoping to be out with Simon and Pete B soon to take on these questions I have, weather willing...........

Thank you so much for your patience and encouragement today lads. Actually felt I had achieved something! Sorry I did not get back up ran out of time and - slightly sore...!!!! Will hopefully see you tomorrow if its a flyable.

Be with you as soon as I have fed all the six legged, four legged and two legged!! PS was that you flying over the house Simon? - I was already up and about mate!!!!!

Thats hillarious Gallar!!! Bill has printed it out and laminated it - pride off place!!!!!

sshhh, promise you will not tell anyone, I have the inside track - its eating me up. I have to confide and I know this is only between you and me.... The Truth.....The Real Truth......we were contacted....... a powerful dream sent in the dead of night...... USE OUR EXPENSES, it said, AND MAKE A DISTRACTION .......well you know how these dreams play on your mind like that irritating song you can't stop humming.............. a gigantic gelatinous mass that floats around and has nothing in particular to add to the life around it with a sting in the tail.............

Hey Pete, I was reliably told today by a weirdy beardy that the gyph is sending up positive energy with unknown qualities - perhaps this could speed up recovery for you? Simon, my multi media buddy, is this having an affect on flight over it? Questions, questions, so many unanswered questions, email me the answers at Spence@ the Prioy.out .........

You have got to think though....that field was walked through and checked the day before by the agronomist, two friends rode alongside it that evening (high enough on horses to see across the entire field) and nothing was amiss. By first light the glyph was there, approx 60m x 200m, individual stems are crossed over each other on a massive scale and the design extremely complex on the uneven ground......is the truth out there????????? ps I think its a great piece of art and really quite beautifull. Bloody shame the aliens can not make them without damaging the crop with all their advance technology. We are against GM - does extraterestrial interferance count? Can we recover our costs by selling the barely cut from that field to make hippy beer at a premium price? Could we get a licence to perform out of this world marriage ceremonies? Any ideas?????

Ah women! Cant live with them or without them - like all the best things in life!!!!!

Hey Max, Fantastic to hear from you again and really glad your enthusiasm for flying has not decreased. I think its great that you are learning as much as you can and have joined the relavant groups. I am not qualified to answer your questions but I am sure those that can will very soon. Whatever anyone suggests to you, you must stay within aviation law for your own safety and those around you. Keep on learning and I know your dreams will become reality. You are a pilot of the future. WELL DONE!

Hey Simon, if numbers are a prob, do you want to hold the meeting here? Cheaper to bring booze than be tempted to buy it...????

He sure did - and the grass never grows on the top where the blood was spilt..............could also have something to do with the feet of a thousand tourists, but hey, my kids are happy with the lashings of blood idea!!

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Quite handy having a man like Whitters about!!! Glad Togsie is recovered and back with us all - quite a shock alround I should think.! Ken - any advice on that first venture into the blue with a fan strapped on my back , a rack sack on my arse and a kite above my head - would love to know....!

What on earth happened to you Togsie????? Fab to hear you have been flying, really chuffed for you!

Happy birthday for tomorrow Malcs!!! Weather tomorrow is light winds, 2-3mph, with no rain and the track is dry to almost dusty.

If the global crisis continues at the present rate, by the end of this year only two banks will be left operational.....the Blood Bank and the Sperm Bank, and before you know it, these two will merge and the whole place will be full of bloody w*nk*rs!! Man has a £50 note tattooed on his cock. His wife says, "why have you done that?" He replies, "for 1, I like to see my money grow; 2, I like to play with my money; 3, I like having money in my hand, and last but not least, next time you want to blow fifty quid, you can stay at home and do it!"

Based on statistics the most used sexual position amoung married couples is doggy style. The husband sits and begs, while the wife rolls over and plays dead.

Hard thing to do Pete but worth it. You can do it, you told me you had before and thats pretty impressive. Got an amazing life ahead of you......would be a shame to miss any of it..........

The track to the flag pole is begining to widen into the culitvated field. Please, please can everyone keep to the right hand side when going up. I know it is hard with the slippery surface and ruts, but for public relations and continued access we need to keep that track on the right by the fence line. Thanks lads.

'tis true- its a genuine pea soupa up here. Sorry lads.

Pete my love, chances of you getting up to the flag pole tomorrow is more anorexic than slim. Give me a shout, got somewhere else in mind if theres only a couple of you.....

I will catch up with Simon when he is home and settled. Would be good to keep everything in the same area .................

You know there is a very good definition for bravery in marriage - Coming home very late from the pub, drunk, covered in lipstick, smelling of perfume, slapping your wife on the arse and saying " your next fatty"..........