7th August 2005 - Strathwillan, then the Ross Hill

This was a glorious day. The weather was stunning and there was an light northerly. We started off in the morning by going to a fairly steep but short field along at Strathwillan, just up the hill from Brodick peir. Again the 2 Kevs were over from work, and we spent a couple of hours practicing take-offs and landings. We got some decent height, but had to land before we ran out of field!

Here we can see the 2 kevs sorting out the lines, with a good view of Goatfell and Brodick Bay in the backgroud.

Kev B and Keith. That's Cumbrae island in the background (I think).

Keith was instructing us again. That's Goatfell in the background and you can just make out Brodick Castle, just to the left of Kev B's helmet.

After lunch Zabdi decided that we were ready for our first proper flight!! The wind direction had changed slightly to a north easterly, so she took us to the Ross Hill, just past the mustard factory in Lamlash.

This is not me! But it was another student of Zabdi's that was with us at the time. The island in the background is the Holy Island.

This was me taking off for my first proper flight! Ok, I didn't get as high as the guy in the picture above, but i still got high enough for it to hurt!

This is me looking rather pleased with myself. That's the Ross hill in the background and I'm standing in the landing field which i actually managed to land in!