@65mickdx My pleasure Mick. Yes it did improve a little this week with a beautiful flight on Nonts. Made more special by the presence of a Rough Legged Buzzard flying quite close. Shortly after, a herd of twitchers arrived and the Buzzard could be seem playing around the site, hotly pursued by an over-zealous female Kestral. Absolutly magic. After I spoke to you the other day, I flew at Semerwater in cold, miserable conditions. But flyings flying, so quite enjoyed it.
35 years ago I was a young fit Royal Marine and that was the last time I visited Skye. I remember that the scenery was amazing but I'd forgotten just how spectacular it is. Thanks for an excellent video and refreshing a few 'old' memories.
@XCBrazil Absolutely my pleasure & thanks for your kind comments. Myself & a group of friends have just returned from Skye & the Quiraing (Round Fold) after a week of mind blowing hang-gliding activities. But the most notable aspect of the visit was the absolutely amazing welcome we received from, often, the unlikeliest people and locals. We have made some good friendships over a # of recent visits.
@dk57gwz Thanks for the quick response Simon. As you can see, the Quiraing is something else.
Two weeks ago, whilst flying there, my self and another flyer reached just under 3000ft above take-off. The views of the whole Island and the outer Hebrideam Islands was absolutely mind bogling.
@981smithy My pleasure Phil. As you may have gathered from my comments above, I've recently returned from another unbelievable visit to Skye. A feature of the vist were the horrendous wild fires across the sea on the mainland. This actually affected our hang-gliding activities due to them changing the meteorology over the Island.
@TeamMaggot Wow you must be really inpressed with my vid! LoL.
Actually haggis isn't that bad. I worked off shore 30+ years ago, in the wild North sea and was introduced to Haggis by, believe it or not, a spanish chef. Now you WONT believe this, his name was Miguel McGregor, honest! Anyway it was so cold, we would eat almost anything and ignoring the look of it, I found it quite appetising. No accounting for taste!
Flew there on a Gryphon in the early days, then a Lightning II. Would love to fly my Litespeed there in a decent easterly but it's a long haul from NZ...
@bloke264 . Now your talking, a real machine. I had one and absolutely loved it.
Yes the Cuith Raing is something else. Nothing quite like it anywhere else in the UK.
Yet I understand its rarely flown. The owner of the burger bar says its 3 years since he saw oneone flying there. He was pleased because we increased his trade, which is relatively quiet in October. I actually got a little sun burned whilst relaxing after a flight. Theres nowt stranger than the British weather.
Excellent video! Skye is my mum's favourite island. We've stayed there once and been through a few times on the way to Harris & Lewis (Went to St Kilda from there). We've walked through that quiraing bit, actually heard a cuckoo up there! Was really cool as it echoed all around!
@JimTLonW6 Thats a very good question Jim. We use several continental and British prediction services. Often they contradict one another. But when their predictions coincide and agree, thats the time to go. Sometimes with as little as a few hours notice. Even so it doesnt always work. But what a location and a butty bar on site as well. What more could we ask for? LoL. One morning, I was a 600ft above the pinnacles with 2 Buzzards playfully flying around with me for over 20 minutes.
Great footage, I hope to fly there in the near future, weather permitting. You can forget what dramatic landscapes we have here in the UK.
It was good talking to you up at parlick the other day, hope you've had better luck with the weather. Mick.
65mickdx 3 months ago
@65mickdx My pleasure Mick. Yes it did improve a little this week with a beautiful flight on Nonts. Made more special by the presence of a Rough Legged Buzzard flying quite close. Shortly after, a herd of twitchers arrived and the Buzzard could be seem playing around the site, hotly pursued by an over-zealous female Kestral. Absolutly magic. After I spoke to you the other day, I flew at Semerwater in cold, miserable conditions. But flyings flying, so quite enjoyed it.
RailMon 3 months ago
wonderful video. can you please identify each musical artist and tune? thanks, edward
linksglfr 6 months ago
@linksglfr The first track is by RunRig and is called 'On the Edge'. The next track by 'Abba' and the remaining music is again, RunRig.
RailMon 6 months ago
35 years ago I was a young fit Royal Marine and that was the last time I visited Skye. I remember that the scenery was amazing but I'd forgotten just how spectacular it is. Thanks for an excellent video and refreshing a few 'old' memories.
XCBrazil 10 months ago
@XCBrazil Absolutely my pleasure & thanks for your kind comments. Myself & a group of friends have just returned from Skye & the Quiraing (Round Fold) after a week of mind blowing hang-gliding activities. But the most notable aspect of the visit was the absolutely amazing welcome we received from, often, the unlikeliest people and locals. We have made some good friendships over a # of recent visits.
Hugh.
RailMon 10 months ago
Hugh good to meet you today and those photos and videos are excellent!
Simon
dk57gwz 10 months ago
@dk57gwz Thanks for the quick response Simon. As you can see, the Quiraing is something else.
Two weeks ago, whilst flying there, my self and another flyer reached just under 3000ft above take-off. The views of the whole Island and the outer Hebrideam Islands was absolutely mind bogling.
Regards, Hugh.
RailMon 10 months ago
Excellently presented video Hugh the choice of music was a perfect match to the incredible scenery of Skye, Thanks for posting.
Regards Phil.
981smithy 1 year ago
@981smithy My pleasure Phil. As you may have gathered from my comments above, I've recently returned from another unbelievable visit to Skye. A feature of the vist were the horrendous wild fires across the sea on the mainland. This actually affected our hang-gliding activities due to them changing the meteorology over the Island.
Best regards Hugh.
RailMon 10 months ago
Lovely place and lovey flying, one day maybe.
nvaliris 1 year ago
Cool flying site!
flyhghgy 1 year ago
Magnificent! Thank you from Bondi for editing that into such a nice vid. Almost makes me want to eat haggis. Bruce
TeamMaggot 1 year ago
@TeamMaggot Wow you must be really inpressed with my vid! LoL.
Actually haggis isn't that bad. I worked off shore 30+ years ago, in the wild North sea and was introduced to Haggis by, believe it or not, a spanish chef. Now you WONT believe this, his name was Miguel McGregor, honest! Anyway it was so cold, we would eat almost anything and ignoring the look of it, I found it quite appetising. No accounting for taste!
Hugh, the Railmon.
RailMon 1 year ago
Flew there on a Gryphon in the early days, then a Lightning II. Would love to fly my Litespeed there in a decent easterly but it's a long haul from NZ...
bloke264 1 year ago
@bloke264 . Now your talking, a real machine. I had one and absolutely loved it.
Yes the Cuith Raing is something else. Nothing quite like it anywhere else in the UK.
Yet I understand its rarely flown. The owner of the burger bar says its 3 years since he saw oneone flying there. He was pleased because we increased his trade, which is relatively quiet in October. I actually got a little sun burned whilst relaxing after a flight. Theres nowt stranger than the British weather.
RailMon 1 year ago
Excellent!
halbergs 1 year ago
Beautiful!
Thank you so much for sending!
All the best,
Margo Rose Ferderer
MargoRoseFerderer 1 year ago
nice video
parapente01 1 year ago
Excellent video! Skye is my mum's favourite island. We've stayed there once and been through a few times on the way to Harris & Lewis (Went to St Kilda from there). We've walked through that quiraing bit, actually heard a cuckoo up there! Was really cool as it echoed all around!
itfcsam 1 year ago
Very nice, how did you arrange such good weather? My experiences of Skye are that the place is wrapped in a thick fog most of the time!
JimTLonW6 1 year ago
@JimTLonW6 Thats a very good question Jim. We use several continental and British prediction services. Often they contradict one another. But when their predictions coincide and agree, thats the time to go. Sometimes with as little as a few hours notice. Even so it doesnt always work. But what a location and a butty bar on site as well. What more could we ask for? LoL. One morning, I was a 600ft above the pinnacles with 2 Buzzards playfully flying around with me for over 20 minutes.
Hugh
RailMon 1 year ago