A couple of the riders had a mental trip in Tiree, 5 days out of 5 riding, some good waves and strong winds. There'll be footage and photographs on the Cumbria Power Kiting Club website.
We've got the radios and we need to program them. We've also got wetsuits, boots, harnesses and vests from Pro-Limit who've given us an excellent deal on equipment.
We had a meeting last night to do some rider interviews, some final planning, test radios and discuss routing plans. We also put the Gravitron and Blue-Eye logos onto some of the kites.
We also have some news on the forecast from one of the paragliding meteo experts.
Here's the info:
Hi Martin,
We're starting to get long range forecasts for the 14th onwards - and the general pattern is looking very hopeful. The big HP which is setting up from Wednesday this week will give calm seas and when it moves E it will introduce winds between S and SW as the next LP approaches. Thats currently forecast to happen around mid next week. The problem is that the forecast models usually underpredict how long blocking HPs will last, so we may have a situation of it looking good about 4 days ahead then finding that the HP sticks and delays the winds starting. (I guess from a flying point of view that would be good !) I'll keep you updated as it develops.
David
So it looks like we have a potential go. Bring it on!
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