Benster

That will have been John Caston and Henry Glasse on their 230 mile flight from Ipswich to the Lord Stones flyin in Yorkshire. Awesome flight! Write up here http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1312854

Nice one Seymore! Looks stunning. I'm an hour or two further north than you in the Summer Isles and the past two days have been ideal for flying whilst inland it's been clagged in. Just landed after an hour or so in the air. Perfect breeze for easy take offs on very rough ground. Lots of remote coastline to overfly and miles of emptiness to drop down low over. Even though I'm outside the military low flying zone, I had a jet come in fast off the sea to the west and fly past me fairly close but not too close! I was well above the recommended 1000ft at around 2000ft so all good. It would be so much more enjoyable flying with others, shame we didn't fly together. Off to Applecross for a couple of days tomorrow but weather looks like it won't be so good for flying. I've had my fix for a while! Enjoy the rest of your trip and I look forward to seeing all the photos and video footage. All the best Ben

I used the length of the field to take off and had very little power. Wasn't climbing well at all and at the hospital decided to turn back. Engine stopped at that moment and I glided down into a field. Off to Cambridge now! PM me your email and I'll send you some photos. Let's hope the rain doesn't stay long! Ben

... and special thanks to Steve who drove me (and my motor) all the way back to my car in Pulborough. Despite it already being out of his way home, I made it even more out of his way when I took us on the wrong road... He has earned a lot of beers!

What a fantastic day for it. Thanks to everyone especially for the help retrieving me and my engine at the end of the day after my emergency landing. Here are some photos to keep us going until the next flyable weather! Ben

Thanks Phil and good luck with the course. The camera is a Nikon D90 SLR which is fairly bulky but still zips inside my flight suit for take off and landing!

Thanks Mark and Barry! Sounds great... here are a few photos of the day. Too many to post on here. Wish I could fly today but working yesterday and today. Hoping next week is good too. See you all in the air soon, Ben

Thanks to Seymore once again for a great day yesterday and also to Morgy for sharing his field. What an amazing day. Three flights and almost four hours airtime. The colours on the coast were vivid. Photos to follow... Ben

Thanks everyone for a fantastic day. Just looked at the tracklog - two hours ten minutes and 85 km distance. Here are a few photos - took far too many and still going through them! See you all in the air soon, Ben