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Another ‘must’ when visiting Cornwall is St Ives, which has lots of beaches, shops, cafes, and artists plus of course Tate St Ives. Again, the weather was not…
Visiting Lands End – the west-most point on the English mainland – was an essential part of visiting Cornwall. It was glorious first thing – clear with a…
Once it had stopped raining, we walked through the Penrose Estate to Loe Bar. By the time we got there there was a lovely warm sun. The beach…
I drove from Huddersfield to near Helston in two stages, and arrived early enough to visit Lizard Point – the south-most place in the UK mainland. I took…
I visited a friend in Skipton and we went for a short walk in Skipton Castle Woods. On the way back we passed a field with some very…
It’s many, many years since I last visited York Minster. I found that unless I was going in to worship (!) there was quite a hefty entry fee,…
I went to the Women’s Gliding event at Sutton Bank at the end of March. I arrived with time for a walk along the escarpment, which offered dramatic…
Aerosparx gave us a stunning and original combined aerobatics & fireworks display on the last night. Shutter speed: 1/100s Aperture: ƒ/1.7 ISO: 457 Focal length: 4.38mm Taken: 26 August, 2022 19:08 Camera: Pixel 4a
All pilots have to wait until 15 minutes after the last glider is launched before they can start – the gate opens then. During that time they have…
The gliders are launched by aerotow from a grid, with the order changing each day – sometimes it’s an advantage to launch early, other days it’s better to…