February 2010

January started with clear skies and lots of snow. One of the difficulties in flying was getting to take off and the cold! Here, Pete Rycroft can be seen in Ennerdale with Pillar as the highest peak on the skyline. Photo by Ed Cleasby.

January 2010

It just had to be this one! Monday 28 December provided a superb afternoon's flying for the 14 CSC pilots who made the long walk up Blease Fell to the summit ridge. Dave Horne took this photo of Mal Grout and Paul Smith enjoying the lift at its best. Dave reports that " It was so smooth that you could fly virtually hands-off for the whole time in the air." More photos can be found here

December 2009

November has been a difficult month for free flying Cumbria with high winds, extensive rain and flooding dominating the month. However on Sunday 8 November, a gaggle of CSC pilots congregated at Burnbank for a splendid autumn day's flying. Here is Lance Greenhalgh in action with Coledale Hause in the background.

November 2009

Monday 5 October on Blease Fell looking to Derwent Water and the SW. Pete Lloyd reports "A beautiful day, very light winds which picked up slightly at around 4 in the afternoon and gave us all a wonderful afternoons flying back and forth along the ridge to the summit of Blencathra. Dave Robinson is the pilot and the photo was taken by Chris Lloyd. October has been a mixed month with good days when you didn't expect them. To get the best days, you needed to have a flexible lifestyle!

October 2009

Sunday 20 September was a glorious day. Roy Richards took this picture at Brigsteer. Chris Greenwood can be seen above Steve Kitchen above the crags at the north end of the site.

September 2009

Stuff the Med - you can't beat Cumbria (except when it's raining)! On a glorious summer's day, Pete Rycroft on an Airwave Mustang 2 flies at St Bees. Photo by "Chevron".

August 2009

In the short gaps between the rain there has been some opportunities for good flying this month. Mike Cavanagh has broken the record for the longest flight from a Cumbrian site twice in July. Here Chris Field is flying on Blease Fell on 6 July. St Johns in the Vale is behind and Helvellyn is the high ground on the left. Photo by John Hamlett

July 2009

Summer evening Lakes flying at its best! Dave Horne took this picture at 2000 on 22 June over Barton Fell and Ullswater. Lance Greenhalgh is the pilot. He reports that there was "incredible lift (despite the late hour) plus stunning views with every turn. We spent nearly 2 hours wafting smoothly along the ridges from Barton to High Street at 1,500 to 2,800ft. Nirvana!!" The rest of this month's submissions can be found here

June 2009

May has been a challenging month after an epic Easter in April. Strong winds and poor weather has provided limited opportunities for flying. A window opened up on Friday 29 May when a brilliant day was marred by strongish winds from the SE. Oportunities were available on Blease Fell and Barkin Fell. Dave Horne was flying on Blease and caught this picture of Malcolm Grout. Clough Head is on the left of picture and the Helvellyn ridge is behind Malcolm. Dave reports that it had been lively before this but it was settling down nicely when the picture was taken.

May 2009

Man of the month for picture of the month! Alex Butler has had a stormin' April culminating in a 106km flight from Parlick (NE of Preston) to north of Weardale on 26 April. This picture was taken on 19 April in Langdale. Lingmoor Fell is in the background with Blea Tarn just showing over the shoulder of Side Pike. Alex, flying his Gin Zoom Race, flew from Langdale to Dunmail Raise, up the ridge to Helvellyn, back south to Fairfield and then over to Shap - a total of 46km. Photo by Ed Cleasby