Paragliding Cromer Norfolk

[mdf1958]

no , the wind is coming from the sea and producing lift on the houses the same as the cliffs.

[viennatramway]

Wow - no problems with turbulences so close to the houses?!

[mdf1958]

hi there are no instructors in either county who can train you, but if you private message me i can give you a number of someone who may unofficially help.

[Pealesperegrine]

Hi, As I hav'nt recieved a reply from you club, can I ask you do you know of any body who is able to train me ep/cp? In Suffolk or Norfolk now! Willing to pay just need more local help. Thank you.

[mdf1958]

thank you :)

[mbarnardc1]

Great video. Aspirational for me to float along like that. Looking forward to getting there.

[mdf1958]

our club is a tow club and we have a school thats comes to us once a year to train students for tow flying once in the club we can help you on hill flying. Also i have a friend who may be willing to help you to fly the coast . Find the Norfolk Paragliding and Hang gliding club online and on Facebook. I am the treasurer, contact me.

[Pealesperegrine]

Hi again, would I have to be trained with ep/cp? Could I join your club a gain the experience to fly there? Dont wont to use paramotors, just want to ridge soar. Training is miles from me, just need more local help!

[mdf1958]

thanks ! no need to be in a club to fly there . It is one of our club flying sites though come fly with us !

[Pealesperegrine]

Love this video, just go's to show you don't always need the Alps to enjoy your flying. Only 60 miles from me, will I need to be in a club to fly there?

[carot2003]

Really great video..

[mdf1958]

@carot2003 thank you

[carot2003]

Fantastic..

[mdf1958]

sorry i dont

[iamthefatstig]

Have you any footage from about 5 mins earlier with Overstrand on?

[ljc53]

thought you were going to drop in for tea !

[SergioDoenetz]

Great dinamic!

[mrkarlhey]

brilliant video - I finally got legal on paragliders and I just bought one too, this is the kind of flying i want to get up to! Added to favorites and subscribed.

[mdf1958]

@mrkarlhey thanks , I just watched your misty speedfly video looks like you are an expert already

[typhoon1404]

thats some crazy flying right there :) its made me want to do a course with the ATC for sure, great vid

[featheredfriends1]

Great footage, I love Cromer and the east coast , go each year on holiday. I would love to live there

[mdf1958]

@featheredfriends1

just looked at your excellent channel

[featheredfriends1]

@mdf1958 Thanks very much :)

[OgwrDragon]

Fabulous!!

[Conway79]

Great video! This looks like such fun! I've always wanted to try paragliding. Where did you learn? How long did it take? How much did it cost?

[mdf1958]

it is fun! i learnt in dorset with flying frenzy . it all depends on the weather on how long it takes but you could possibly do it in a few weeks, training costs under £1000

[Conway79]

Thanks for the info! I'll certainly give it a go one day. ;-)

[simonh1002]

Awesome stuff - I guess you staying under aviation law because you are still ridge soaring despite being very close to a built up area at times?

How often is weather suitable to do this? I normally fly around Brighton but love the look of this flght.

[mdf1958]

hi simon i see you have just started flying ! congratulations . to fly around the norfolk coast like this we need a good north easterly about 12mph + keep your eye on the weather often it can be on for a week.

[warbaby45]

Still worth watching again and again. Would have loved to be there on the day and seen the flight from the ground.

[Wyrdtimes]

Impressive!

[svediz1]

lovely video, been to cromer several times since bro used to live there. walked along the coast, enjoying peace, quiet and clean air enjoying the north sea.

[Factnotfictionpeople]

Great pictures, I love Cromer and the rest of that coast......bl**dy long walk back though, eh? LOL

[mdf1958]

walk !! no way, landed at west runton and flew back to mundesley :-)

[Factnotfictionpeople]

Thats cheating! lol

[felneymike]

Hehe, i was there quite recently, was strange to see a new perspective on places i was walking around XD

[mrhulot101]

I Really enjoyed that, thanks for sharing!

[mdf1958]

Good ,thanks for watching

[joelwhitaker]

Great video....I am currently learning to paraglide......... wot kit would you reccommend buying and at how much???

[Factnotfictionpeople]

A Parachute? LOL Only kidding! You go for it mate!

[FCbisleybob]

a hanglider :) pmsl

[Vortigon]

Illegal flight?

[Vortigon]

Doesnt this break CAA regulations on flying over and within the set distance of a built up/highly populated area?

[mdf1958]

hi richard, it doesnt apply to gliders that are ridge soaring, also im at a height to easily land clear of any obstacles or people by landing on the beach.

[PHoSawyer]

great flying, was sure you were gunna ditch it in the grass...uv got some balls tho hehe

[mdf1958]

thanks, yes it was close

[steviejvk]

Thank you so much from a potential paragliding type person. Wow. Now my mind IS made up. Need to do it! Please do not take this as criticism, but would have been nice for a commentary (so much better for real situations) AND your take-off and landing. Wonderful. Again, thank you. Safe flying!

[mdf1958]

glad it inspired you

[mitchamus]

wow.. lucky you got that bubble at 3:39!!!

i though for sure you were going to end up on the grass!!

awesome vid.

[mdf1958]

thanks for watching

[parapendiomontefarno]

bellissimo video complimenti

[mdf1958]

gratzie. we were flying bassano italy november last year.

[blyid1]

Great view of Cromer from the air !

[matthew5a]

nice video

[puppetman2009]

gave you five stars by the way :)

[mdf1958]

thanks for the generous rating pete.

[puppetman2009]

who said norfolk was flat!!!??? cool video, please hit me back with a message on the 'Official Norwich Puppet Man You Tube Channel', regards, Pete

[Stoopingfalcon]

Excellent film, can`t stop watching! Just shows you dont always need big hills or mountains to enjoy flying paragliders. You must drop me a line when you are flying there again as im not to far away?

Paul

[mdf1958]

we will be flying this weekend mundesley to cromer i hope

[Strutty1956]

Great vid! Really enjoyed that as I've been checking out the sites along the Norfolk coast. What is the ideal wind direction.. NE?

[mdf1958]

thanks mate glad you enjoyed yep N to NE

[parateddy]

Five stars from me as well. Looked well scratchy in places and a memorable flying vid.

[mdf1958]

thanks parateddy

[FCbisleybob]

once again great stuff? qucik question is the any aerotowing going on in the norfolk area now

[mdf1958]

thanks bob, i dont think so

[UberStanno]

Awesome

[richardcloudbase]

I have flown a hang glider over Cromer. It is awesome as the cliff drops away and the lift comes off the buildings on the sea front. I never got quite that low, fair play to you.

[mdf1958]

thanks richard do i know you ?

[richardcloudbase]

Maybe. Probably not ;-)

[stirling123]

Very nice video. I have not flown Cromer yet but I must. It does not look like you had a lot of wind that day.

[mdf1958]

thanks ! not a lot of wind that day no, day before we were well above the town

[imw4sted]

great vid .... i live near the bushes at the end and thought you were going to end up in them ... showed that its not for the faint hearted!! 5*

[mdf1958]

yes it was very close, thanks for watching and rating.

[fuocophotography]

5 stars from me, come over check out my Norfolk videos when you get a minute.

[mdf1958]

thanks for the rating when i get a non flyable day i`ll check out your channel,im off to the tow field now.

[fuocophotography]

Great video! Enjoyed that!

[warbaby45]

Its times like this I wish I was a lot younger and could try this myself. As close to flying like a bird as you could get. Felt nervous watching it even on the third view. Much impressed.

[mdf1958]

Hi there. At 63 there is no reason why you cant do it as long as you can walk, run and you are reasonably fit. There`s an 82 yr old flying in the wessex club. You are never too old and if you dont want to do it yourself you could always go flying on a tandem glider as passenger. Thanks for watching.

[johno040176]

woah! Thats pretty cool mark.. i have never seen that vid b4.. it unbelievable to just fly right past the houses and streets like that!!

[mdf1958]

days earlier we were flying over town looking down on church tower it was just touch and go on this day had keep tucked in close and use lift from houses and sea wall and so many lamposts to look out for

[dikkyboy]

awesome and wonderful

[mdf1958]

thanks

[lakrifa2005]

Hello Mark, great video, I was there flying with you :-)You get my vote dude. Best regards, paraglider from Norway.

[mdf1958]

hey dude thanks. it was touch and go,i had to get every little bit of lift specially in between those posts at the end.

[garycooperpara]

Hi Mark. Just found you here, great video, looking forward to another go there this year. Got to West Runton 2007. Did the Cromer run and had a good day out. Catch up soon. Have some pics of you on flickr from Walton on the Naz. Happy flying.

[mdf1958]

hey gary hows things ? we wanna come to wales and fly next time you go let us know.

[secondrrow]

Amazing video, really, really good. I've never paraglided before, but I reckon I'll have to give it a go soon..... thanks for posting that.

[mdf1958]

thanks mark just do it !

mark

[D0ct0rM]

I left the comment above, but lost my YouTube log-in... anyway, inspired by your clip I finally took a trip off of Nebelhorn in Oberstdorf, Germany. Awesome, awesome, awesome. Will definitely do my training at some point now, what a great sport.

[mdf1958]

im pleased it inspired you doctor m

[DiamondEyeProduction]

Fantastic video and flying. Best I've seen!!

[raveydv]

Nice vid. I used to fly Cromer many years ago, never made that transition though, probably wouldn't have had the bottle to give it a go back then!  This makes me want to come back some day for another go. Do you still get hassle from the golfers these days? They used to hate us flying there, while the walkers/general public thought it was great!

[mdf1958]

hi raveydv you should come back,havnt noticed any hassle. where do you live ? watched your slovenia vid i was there couple years ago at Tolmin.

[raveydv]

Hi,

I live near Watford, so fly Dunstable whenever it's on, however am off to Cyprus in Feb 08, so will be checking out the flying there soon now. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ;-)

[mdf1958]

hi and a happy new flying year to you too.

you must know gary cooper then, in dunstable club.

[raveydv]

'Coopstar', LOL! Yes I do, seems everybody does!! I'll say 'Hi from mdf1958', next time I see him!

[mdf1958]

tell him from mark(norfolk tow) who left his helmet on cliff top at walton on naze

[peterotoka]

Thought I'd gone deaf, then realised it was paragliding not paramotoring......best paragliiding video I've seen! Well done.

[mdf1958]

LOL thanks peter

[merseysidestomper]

That is so cool.I took some from the cessna a few years back just converted them to digital.However this looks great I will have to give it a go sometime.

[tomandsophie]

Brilliant coastal run. Nice bit of filming too. I've got to fly there, what wind direction does it need?

[mdf1958]

hi tom and sophie takes a north easterly, just been watching your videos, impressive skydiving.

andrew taught me to fly too.

[gail197]

sure beats a ladder, for cleaning windows.

[paraglenner]

Could almost get caught in a crabbers lines

[FegrusMojo]

Cool !

[parawoody]

nice flight mate

[00pinker]

The cromer run. Always a good test of character.